How To File Liability Insurance Claims

If you have done everything right in setting up your business, you will be prepared for virtually anything that might happen to cause problems with your company. One of these things is taking out a general or other liability insurance policy, sometimes referred to as an umbrella policy, to cover costs that may come from claims against you due to personal injury or property damage.

With a small business, you likely have little experience in filing liability insurance claims. This, of course, is a very good thing, as it means you are not running into many problems with dissatisfied customers. Still it is important to understand what you need to do, should an injury or damage occur, especially as timing is essential.

The first thing you need to know is that you must file the claim as soon as you are know of a loss, meaning that there is a claim or is likely to be one. This is part of the reporting clause in most insurance policies, which you need to be familiar with. The sooner you report, the greater your chances of not missing the time limit.

In order to file the claim, you need to first get all the necessary information about the accident. You need to be very specific so the matter can be resolved as efficiently as possible, and hopefully quickly, too.

Included in your liability insurance claim should be information about where, when and how the accident took place. Details about the person who was injured, including name and address, as well as the name and address of any witnesses must also be reported.

Besides just this basic information about the accident and the injured, paperwork connected with the lawsuit or claim also needs to be given to the insurance company right away. These might include legal papers, notices, demands or summonses. You also need to give the insurance agency the authorization to get information connected with the case.

When you have given all the appropriate information, the case will be considered. From that point on, you must comply with any requests made by the insurance company. Failure to do this, or provide the necessary documents and information makes it very likely that your claim will be rejected, leaving you to pay for legal fees and any winnings on your own. This is definitely something you want to avoid!

This is an overview of what is generally required when filing liability insurance claims, but there may be different requirements for different policies and among the various companies. Before you purchase a policy, and especially after you have chosen one, be sure to familiarize yourself with the claim filing procedure very carefully so you can make the most of your investment, should the need arise.






 

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Insurance company sues to deny Apple coverage in slip-and-fall claim - Apple Insider

Insurance company sues to deny Apple coverage in slip-and-fall claim
Apple Insider
The Colony Insurance Company on Friday lodged a complaint in an Illinois district court disputing liability for a claim from Apple, the Chicago Transit Authority and a Chicago construction company over a civil suit involving an incident that took place .

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Concordia Insurance Claims May Reach $1B
The insurance costs related to the sinking of Carnival Corp. (CCL) s Costa Concordia off the coast of Italy may reach $1 billion once environmental damage and injuries are added to the count, Moodys Investors Service said...


AAOIC Insurance Company Enhances Professional Liability Insurance Plan for AAO . - Dentistry Today

AAOIC Insurance Company Enhances Professional Liability Insurance Plan for AAO .
Dentistry Today
T. LOUIS (January 12, 2012) EUR The American Association of Orthodontists Insurance Company (AAOIC) announced five new policy enhancements to their professional liability insurance plan for AAO members. "Making sure our professional liability insurance .

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Reinsurer sees major loss from Concordia capsize
The Associated Press The Associated Press BERLIN German reinsurer Hannover Re AG says it expects the fatal capsizing of the Costa Concordia cruise ship to cost it tens of millions of euros (dollars). Hannover Re said Monday it expects losses of some ‚¬30 million ($39 million) from marine hull insurance. It said it's difficult to say how large liability claims will be. It estimates that, based on ...


Mazzeo Agency Highlights Five Things Business Owners Should Do Now In Order to Avoid Claims On the Liability Insurance .
The experts at Mazzeo Agency want all local companies to start the year off on the right foot, so they have compiled a list of the top five things business owners should do now in order to reduce their odds of filing a claim on the liability insurance New York companies need.Woodbridge, New Jersey (PRWEB) January 22, 2012 The team at Mazzeo Agency knows that during the beginning of the new year ...


Collision in the Making Between Self-Driving Cars and How the World Works - New York Times

Collision in the Making Between Self-Driving Cars and How the World Works
New York Times
Questions of legal liability and insurance are also unknown territory. Potential liabilities will be huge for the designers and manufacturers of autonomous vehicles, said Gary E. Marchant, director of the Center for Law, Science and Innovation at the .

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Concordia Insurance Claims May Reach $1 Billion, Moodys Says
The insurance costs related to the sinking of Carnival Corp.s Costa Concordia off the coast of Italy may reach $1 billion once environmental damage and injuries are added to the count, Moodys Investors Service said...


Owners face big bills over falls from apartments - Sydney Morning Herald

Owners face big bills over falls from apartments
Sydney Morning Herald
Mark Lever, the CEO of industry body the Strata Community Association, said that while strata schemes were required to have at least $10 million in public liability insurance, damages payouts for severe injuries where a duty of care was owed could go .

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