recall vs. liability insurance · 2018. 7. 17. · – i.e. aig, crum and forster, lloyds, liberty...
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Product Recall Insurance
Recall vs. Liability Insurance
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Product Recall
• Two main elements:1. Liability2. Recall expenses (property)
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Product Liability
• Covered by general liability insurance• Liability insurance pays for injury, illness or
damage caused by your products or activities
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General Liability Policies: Limitations and Exclusions
• Intentional acts/injuries• Contractual liability• Pollution• Aircraft/watercraft/ auto• Rental of property• Workers compensation
claims• Employers
liability/related practices
• Bodily injury to the insured
• Damage to your property, product or work
• Recall of products, work or impaired property
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Injury, Illness, Death
• Not usually excluded• Coverage limit can be an issue: $1 million/
$2 million is typical
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Excess Liability (Umbrella Coverage)
• Covers losses above general liability limit• Also has limits and exclusions
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Excess Liability: Covered Losses
• Illness caused by product• Damage to property caused by tractor• Injury caused by malfunctioning farm
equipment
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Excess Liability: Losses Not Covered
• Injury or damage caused by auto, boat or aircraft
• Damage to property of the insured• Injuries or illness to employees• Expenses related to recalling products
from market
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Product Recall Expenses• Property coverage pays for damage to your
property• Covers expenses related to recall cost of
products– Cost to retrieve product– Cost to destroy product– Advertising, public relations costs– Claims costs, tracking costs– Lost income
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Product Recall (Property) Claims
• Coverage is excluded on almost all liability policies
• A few liability policies provide very limited coverage: $50,000/$100,000
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Product Recall Policies: Exclusions and Limitations
• Several different types of recalls– Government entity or consumer group announces
problem or recall– Buyers refuse to accept the product– Grower/distributor recalls product due to suspected
contamination – Sampling shows presumptive positives and product is
recalled• Major limitation: It must be your produce that caused
the illness or damage• Some policies require that there be a formal
government announcement
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Market Availability
• Many companies offer product recall – i.e. AIG, Crum and Forster, Lloyds, Liberty Mutual
• Produce recall policies have evolved from manufacturing policies
• Big difference in manufacturing policies– Recalls tend to be very specific-brand, model, lot
number– Very easy to identify and handle – unlike produce
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Basic Coverage: What It Includes
• Product contamination• Product tampering• Extortion demand
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Basic Coverage: What It Pays For• Extra expense to rent
warehouse• Destroy, dispose product• Actual cash value of
recalled or destroyed products
• Cost to redistribute• Cost of communication
and media/public relations consultants
• Transportation costs
• Employee costs, additional staff costs
• Retail shelf costs• Increased costs of
working-cleaning, subcontracting
• Rehabilitation costs of brand
• Emergency costs• Loss of gross income
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Basic Coverage: Exclusions
• Existing claims and claims prior to effective date
• Similar product but not insured’s
• Government ban or regulation
• Fraud/dishonesty
• Customer losses due to insured’s event
• Third party losses• Third party caused• Nuclear or radiation• Brand impairment• War or terrorism
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Endorsements/Enhancements
• Government recall with adverse publicity• 3rd party endorsement• Business income coverage• Product Refusal