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...'s Liability Bodily Injury by Accident: $ Each Accident Bodily Injury by Disease: $ Policy Limit Bodily Injury by Disease: $ Each Employee ... Deductible $ 1,000 UMBRELLA Limit of Liabi...

... like a lot, but claims involving bodily injuries can easily exceed this. Thus...wo other cars. The value of the four Bodily Injury claims came to approximately $700,...

...are now requiring that limits for Bodily Injury/Property Damage (BI/PD) and Uninsured...be careful. Personal and Commercial Umbrellas vary widely, so make sure that y...

... pay and insurance benefits, which are usually excluded under occurrence Liability policies with EPL endorsements. EPL coverage attached to a General Liability or other occurrence-based Liability policy is not generally intended to provide extensive EPL coverage. Coverage under standard Liability policies is often limited to liability for bodily injury, property damage, and certain personal-injury offenses. Unless such a policy is properly endorsed, many of the allegations brought in an EPL suit would not be covered. CONCLUSION Writing EPL insurance on an occurrence basis has its advantages. For example, under claims-made ... , the limit of Liability may be more prone to exhaustion. Because a claims-made policy may cover prior acts, the limit of Liability might be spread over many years. It may be necessary to increase the limit beyond what might be considered sufficient under an occurrence policy. Another drawback of claims-made coverage is that as soon as the policy is canceled or expires, coverage ceases. This may require the purchase of Tail coverage, with no guarantee that such coverage will be available.[2 ] Today, however, stand-alone EPL insurance ... EPL policies provided coverage on an occurrence basis. Squeamishness about how losses might pan out led underwriters to issue EPL policies on a claims-made basis. But recently there have been instances of EPL coverage being issued on an occurrence basis-in endorsements, or added onto General Liability, Umbrella Liability, or other Liability policies. Although many people think that claims-made coverage is inferior to occurrence coverage, there are arguments why this might not be true in regard to EPL coverage. EPL insurance has changed greatly in recent years. Just a few years ago ...

... pay and insurance benefits, which are usually excluded under occurrence Liability policies with EPL endorsements. EPL coverage attached to a General Liability or other occurrence-based Liability policy is not generally intended to provide extensive EPL coverage. Coverage under standard Liability policies is often limited to liability for bodily injury, property damage, and certain personal-injury offenses. Unless such a policy is properly endorsed, many of the allegations brought in an EPL suit would not be covered. CONCLUSION Writing EPL insurance on an occurrence basis has its advantages. For example, under claims-made ... , the limit of Liability may be more prone to exhaustion. Because a claims-made policy may cover prior acts, the limit of Liability might be spread over many years. It may be necessary to increase the limit beyond what might be considered sufficient under an occurrence policy. Another drawback of claims-made coverage is that as soon as the policy is canceled or expires, coverage ceases. This may require the purchase of Tail coverage, with no guarantee that such coverage will be available.[2 ] Today, however, stand-alone EPL insurance ... EPL policies provided coverage on an occurrence basis. Squeamishness about how losses might pan out led underwriters to issue EPL policies on a claims-made basis. But recently there have been instances of EPL coverage being issued on an occurrence basis-in endorsements, or added onto General Liability, Umbrella Liability, or other Liability policies. Although many people think that claims-made coverage is inferior to occurrence coverage, there are arguments why this might not be true in regard to EPL coverage. EPL insurance has changed greatly in recent years. Just a few years ago ...

... pay and insurance benefits, which are usually excluded under occurrence Liability policies with EPL endorsements. EPL coverage attached to a General Liability or other occurrence-based Liability policy is not generally intended to provide extensive EPL coverage. Coverage under standard Liability policies is often limited to liability for bodily injury, property damage, and certain personal-injury offenses. Unless such a policy is properly endorsed, many of the allegations brought in an EPL suit would not be covered. CONCLUSION Writing EPL insurance on an occurrence basis has its advantages. For example, under claims-made ... , the limit of Liability may be more prone to exhaustion. Because a claims-made policy may cover prior acts, the limit of Liability might be spread over many years. It may be necessary to increase the limit beyond what might be considered sufficient under an occurrence policy. Another drawback of claims-made coverage is that as soon as the policy is canceled or expires, coverage ceases. This may require the purchase of Tail coverage, with no guarantee that such coverage will be available.[2 ] Today, however, stand-alone EPL insurance ... EPL policies provided coverage on an occurrence basis. Squeamishness about how losses might pan out led underwriters to issue EPL policies on a claims-made basis. But recently there have been instances of EPL coverage being issued on an occurrence basis-in endorsements, or added onto General Liability, Umbrella Liability, or other Liability policies. Although many people think that claims-made coverage is inferior to occurrence coverage, there are arguments why this might not be true in regard to EPL coverage. EPL insurance has changed greatly in recent years. Just a few years ago ...