Solutions with Tested Questions and
Verified Answers
Expanded Liability Concepts: - Answer- generally applied to products liability situations
- enterprise liability
- alternative liability
- market share liability
- concert of action
-conspiracy
-joint venture
Vicarious Liability - Answer- a legal responsibility that occurs when one party is held
liable for the actions of a subordinate or an associate because of the relationship
between the two parties
-principal and agents
- employer and employee
-parent and child
Good Samaritan Law: - Answer- a statute providing that a person will not be liable for
damages as a result of rendering aid to an injured person, without compensation, at the
scene of an accident
Class action - Answer- a lawsuit in which one person or a small group of people
represent the interests of an entire class of people in litigation
Premises and Operations - Answer- accident that either occurs on the organizations
premise or arises out of the ongoing operations on or off the premises
-usually negligence
-contractual liability included here
-includes mobile equipment
Products and Completed operations - Answer- liability arising out of the products
manufactured, sold, or distributed by the organization after they leave the premises or
the completed operations of the insured
-negligence, strict liability in tort, misrepresentation, fraud and breach of warranty
Personal and Advertising Injury Liability- Coverage B - Answer- Any kind of injury
arising out of any listed offense including false arrest, wrongful eviction, libel, slander
and infringing upon another's copyright in an advertisement
, -specialty markets address publishers, broadcasters, and telecasters through media
liability policies
Medical Payments- Coverage C - Answer- pays small bodily injury claims without
having to establish liability, perhaps reducing the likelihood that n accident victim will
sue the insured
-part of premises or operations loss exposure
General Liability Declaration - Answer- -all the insured's info
- policy inception and expiration
- limits of insurance
- description of business
- rating and premium audit
- list of attached endorsements
General Liability Coverage Forms - Answer- -Coverages
- who is an insured
- limits of insurance
- conditions
-definitions
Commercial Lines Manual - Answer- ISO publication that includes rules and rating
procedures for several major lines of commercial insurance
How to assign proper GL rating - Answer- 1 determine insureds business operation
2 check the appropriate classification in the classification table for inclusions, exclusions
and classification footnotes
3 apply additional rules based on the insured's business group
Manufacturing or Processing - Answer- converting raw materials into finished products
-end use of the insured's product
-if separate named insured does the packaging, different classification, as well as
offices
Contracting or servicing - Answer- -classification with highest rate should be used when
payroll is not separated
-separate each classification that applies to each subcontractor's operations
Mercantile - Answer- businesses that are engaged principally in buying and selling
goods, wares, and merchandise (stores)
-usually installing, servicing and repairing merchandise sold is included
Building or premises - Answer- offices and residential use- occupy a building or rent it to
others