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Liability Insurance

Liability insurance for businesses: public liability, product liability and commercial general liability covers, and how third-party claims are notified, defended and settled.

4 lessonsFact-checked 8 October 2026
  1. 01Public Liability InsuranceWhat public liability insurance covers, how the compulsory cover under the Public Liability Insurance Act, 1991 differs from voluntary cover, and how claims-made wording, defence costs and the usual exclusions work.
  2. 02Product Liability InsuranceProduct liability insurance: whose liability it covers, the kinds of defect, the Consumer Protection Act, 2019 provisions behind it, claims-made cover and continuity, territory for exports, and why recall costs sit outside the standard policy.
  3. 03Commercial General Liability (CGL)Commercial General Liability: the covers it combines in one policy, what completed operations and personal and advertising injury mean, the usual exclusions for employees, pollution and cyber, and how the aggregate limit works.
  4. 04Liability Insurance Claims & DisputesHow a liability claim differs from a property claim, and the clauses that shape it: no admission, conduct of the defence, claims-made reporting and the extended reporting period, defence costs, the hammer clause and subrogation.

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