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Yin and Yang symbolize complementary forces that create balance, a concept mirrored in insurance policy wording. This session examines the interplay between coverage grants and exclusions in insurance policy wordings, showing how subtle changes in definitions and endorsements can create significant coverage implications. Participants will review real-world claims and court cases to see how courts interpret policy language across property, liability, crime, and specialty lines. Key topics include named insured rights, sister endorsements, coverage gaps, occurrence definitions, contractual liability, sole negligence disclaimers, liquor liability exclusions, and exhaustion methods in excess coverage. Emerging risks like crypto assets, NFTs (non-fungible tokens), and cyber exposures will also be explored. By session’s end, attendees will sharpen skills to identify pitfalls, assess policy language, and apply strategies to maintain balance—or recognize tension—within insurance contracts.
The objective of this 4-hour session is to help insurance professionals better understand contractual liability coverage. After an overview of contractual risk transfer, they will identify contract issues encountered when entering into hold-harmless agreements, indemnification agreements, leases, and construction contracts. They will discuss various categories of indemnity agreements including why some may be void and unenforceable, potential defenses to indemnity, and the mechanics of third party over actions. Specific issues related to Additional Insured status will be examined and alternative ways to minimize insurance coverage conflicts will be discussed. They will discuss waiver of subrogation versus waiver of all rights of recovery. Using straightforward examples, they will be able to apply these principles to ever more complex situations and enhance their overall command of an often-misunderstood aspect of contractual liability.
Participants will examine the systematic process of writing insurance to provide protection for commercial clients who enter into contracts or who add additional insured endorsements to their insurance policies. They will analyze significant coverage issues encountered when entering into contracts and examples of hold-harmless and indemnification agreements found in leases and construction contracts. They will discuss the primary reasons for adding Additional Insureds. They will learn how the Additional Insured endorsements to the Commercial General Liability coverage form apply to claims involving contractors, lessors, vendors, and others.
Participants will review the background of the traditional “at-will” doctrine and statutory legal requirements, the major federal employment related laws, and major state statutes. They will examine an employment-labor law audit and EPLI insurance and analyze an EPLI policy.

COURSE DETAILS


DURATION
16 Hours

PRICE
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FORMAT
Classroom

CE CREDIT
Varies by State

INSTRUCTION LEVEL
Master

FINAL EXAM
No Exam

EVENT LOCATION


PIA Northeast Headquarters

25 Chamberlain
Glenmont, NY
12077

800-424-4244

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