Insurance Advisory Newsletter – ‘Exclusion’ under Insurance Policies : December 2024

What is an ‘Exclusion’ under insurance policies? An exclusion, simply put, is the liability or risk which an insurance company would not cover. It is a settled principle that insurance contracts exclude: (i) intentional or deliberate acts or omissions which are known by the insured would result ...
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Insurance Advisory Newsletter – Commercial Crime Insurance and Cyber Insurance : November 2024

Does Commercial Crime Insurance And Cyber Insurance Overlap? In today’s rapidly evolving business landscape, companies face an increasing range of risks, particularly from commercial crime and cyber threats. Commercial Crime Insurance protects companies from the losses resulting from direct lo...
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Insurance Advisory Newsletter – Understanding Umbrella Insurance Policy And Excess Liability Insurance Policy : October 2024

Business entities at times need to choose policy structures in addition to their primary policy program. From the perspective of structural bifurcation, a primary insurance policy (“Primary Insurance Policy”) can be the policy getting triggered on the occurrence of a claim event. The insured can...
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Insurance Advisory Newsletter – Understanding Employment Practices Liability Insurance : September 2024

Employment Practices Liability Insurance (“EPLI”) is a type of insurance coverage that protects businesses against claims made by employees, former employees, or prospective employees against employment-related issues. This includes claims such as discrimination, harassment, wrongful termination...
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Insurance Advisory Newsletter – Professional Indemnity Insurance vis-a-vis Cyber Insurance : August 2024

Professional Indemnity Insurance And Cyber Insurance  As the usage of technology provides significant benefits to save time and effort, it has also resulted in an increase in claims pertaining to professional negligence and cyber-crime events. It is quite evident that without Professional Indemnity...
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Insurance Advisory Newsletter – Export Credit Insurance Policy : July 2024

What is an Export Credit Insurance Policy? The risk exposure involved in foreign trade is highly diverse and unpredictable. Businesses engaged in export trade are often at risk of export proceeds not being realized due to commercial or political risk factors. The commonality between foreign and dome...
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Insurance Advisory Newsletter – Group Term Life Insurance Policy : June 2024

Group Term Life Insurance  A group term life insurance plan (“GTL”) refers to a life insurance plan that covers a group of employees annually. GTL is often provided by employers to attract and retain top talent and may be offered as part of a comprehensive benefits package. During the policy te...
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Insurance Advisory Newsletter – Group Insurances Compared : GMC vis-a-vis GPA : May 2024

Group Insurances Compared: GMC vis-a-vis GPA Group insurance pertains to an insurance plan that offers coverage to a group of individuals under the same policy. A standard coverage is provided to all the employees covered within the same policy which is called as the “Master Policy”. The employe...
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Insurance Advisory Newsletter – Navigating General Liability Policy Renewals From The Insured’s Perspective : April 2024

Renewals of general liability insurance policy (“Liability Insurance Policy”) are due on an annual basis. The renewals must be approached with a clear understanding of the “hows” and “whats”, marking an opportunity to reassess the Company’s coverage comprehensively,...
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Insurance Advisory Newsletter – Introduction To Media Liability Insurance Policy : March 2024

INTRODUCTION A Media Liability Insurance Policy (“Policy”) is a niche type of error and omissions (or professional liability) insurance policy. It is generally used by businesses that specialize in providing media content creation or marketing for clients (“Insured”). This Policy typically p...
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