General liability solutions

General liability

The Hanover’s suite of general liability broadening coverage offerings is designed to help fully protect your commercial package property (CPP) and monoline general liability clients against costly damage, injury and suits brought against them.

Our general liability broadening coverage is issued as a suite of coverages. When you include general liability broadening coverage as a part of your client’s insurance solution, the suite of broadening coverage will always consist of two endorsements:

  • Base broadening endorsement – Includes 13 coverages and enhancements common across all industries, such as knowledge of occurrence, liberalization clause and unintentional failure to notify.
  • Enhancement endorsement – Industry-specific or general enhancement endorsement that further enhances the base broadening endorsement to meet challenging exposures.

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Suite of general liability broadening coverages

1. General enhancement endorsement - Further enhances base coverages to meet challenging exposures

OR

2. Industry-specific endorsement - enhances base coverages to meet common industry coverage concerns

3. Base commercial general liability broadening endorsement - includes 13 coverages common across industries

ISO 2012 commercial general liability coverage forms

Explore our general liability broadening endorsement, as well as our general and industry-specific enhancement options, to select the level of coverage that aligns with your client’s business needs.

Commercial general liability broadening endorsement

CGL broadening endorsement

421-2915

Coverage

Limits

Additional insured by contract, agreement or permitIncluded
Additional insured — primary and non-contributoryIncluded
Blanket waiver of subrogationIncluded
Bodily injury redefinedIncluded
Broad form property damage — borrowed equipment, customers goods and use of elevatorsIncluded
Knowledge of occurrenceIncluded
Liberalization clauseIncluded
Medical payments — increased reporting periodIncluded
Newly acquired or formed organizations — covered until end of policy periodIncluded
Non-owned watercraft51 feet
Supplementary payments increased limits
– Bail bonds
– Loss of earnings per day
$2,500
$1,000
Unintentional failure to disclose hazardsIncluded
Unintentional failure to notifyIncluded

Our general or industry specific enhancements can be added to the based broadening option to enhance coverage, including:

Commercial general liability enhancement endorsement

CGL enhancement endorsement

421-2916

Coverage

Limits

Additional insured — broad form vendorsIncluded
Aggregate limit per locationIncluded
Alienated premisesIncluded
Broad form named insuredIncluded
Extended property damageIncluded
Incidental malpractice (employed nurses, EMTs and paramedics)Included
Mobile equipment redefinedIncluded
Personal injury — broad formIncluded
Product recall expense
– Occurrence
– Aggregate
– Deductible

$25,000
$50,000
$500
Property damage legal liability
– Broad form
– Fire, lightning, explosion, smoke and leakage from fire protection systems damage limit
$1,000,000
Amateur sports general liability broadening endorsement

CGL enhancement endorsement –
amateur sports

421-2917

Coverage

Limits

Additional insured — sponsorsIncluded
Additional insured — subcontractor — aerobic instructors, massage therapists, and personal trainersIncluded
Aggregate limit per locationIncluded
Alienated premisesIncluded
Broad form named insuredIncluded
Incidental malpractice (employed nurses, EMTs and paramedics)Included
Personal injury — broad formIncluded
Property damage legal liability
– Broad form
– Fire, lightning, explosion, smoke and leakage from fire protection systems damage limit
$1,000,000
Contractors general liability broadening endorsement

CGL enhancement endorsement – contractors

421-2918

Coverage

Limits

Aggregate limit per projectIncluded
Alienated premisesIncluded
Broad form named insuredIncluded
Contractual liability — railroadsIncluded
Extended property damageIncluded
Incidental malpractice (employed nurses, EMTs and paramedics)Included
Mobile equipment redefinedIncluded
Personal injury — broad formIncluded
Property damage legal liability
– Broad form
– Fire, lightning, explosion, smoke and leakage from fire protection systems damage limit
$1,000,000
Educational institutions commercial general liability broadening endorsement

CGL enhancement endorsement –
educational institutions

421-2925

Coverage

Limits

Additional insured — broad form vendorsIncluded
Additional insured — board members, trustees, student teachers, safety patrol and approved groupsIncluded
Aggregate limit per locationIncluded
Aircraft, auto or watercraft amendmentsIncluded
Broad form named insuredIncluded
Broadcasting and publication — personal and advertising injuryIncluded
Clinic or hospital exclusionIncluded
Medical payments for students exclusionIncluded
Mobile equipment redefinedIncluded
Personal injury — broad formIncluded
Personal injury — televised or videotaped publicationIncluded
Property damage legal liability
– Broad form
– Fire, lightning, explosion, smoke and leakage from fire protective systems damage limit
$1,000,000
Who is an insured extension —
co-employees and volunteer workers
Included
Financial institutions general liability broadening endorsement

CGL enhancement endorsement –
financial institutions

421-5007

Coverage

Limits

Additional insured — controlling interestIncluded
Additional insured — employee and volunteer worker broadened bodily injury coverageIncluded
Aggregate limit per locationIncluded
Aircraft – non-owned, hired, chartered or loaned with paid crewIncluded
Alienated premisesIncluded
Broad form named insuredIncluded
Extended property damageIncluded
Incidental malpractice (employed nurses, EMT’s and paramedics)Included
Liability for conduct of unnamed joint ventures, partnerships or limited liability companiesIncluded
Mobile equipment redefinedIncluded
Personal injury — broad formIncluded
Property damage legal liability
– Broad form
– Fire, lightning, explosion, smoke and leakage from fire protective systems damage limit
$1,000,000
 Repossessed watercraftIncluded
Supplementary payments — additional limits$1,000
Supplementary payments increased limits — bail bonds$5,000
Health and fitness general liability broadening endorsement

CGL enhancement endorsement –
health and fitness

421-2920

Coverage

Limits

Additional insured — club or facility membersIncluded
Additional insured — subcontractor —aerobic instructors, massage therapists, and personal trainersIncluded
Aggregate limit per locationIncluded
Alienated premisesIncluded
Broad form named insuredIncluded
Incidental malpractice (employed nurses, EMTs and paramedics)Included
Personal injury — broad formIncluded
Property damage legal liability
– Broad form
– Fire, lightning, explosion, smoke and leakage from fire protection systems damage Limit
$1,000,000
Healthcare general liability broadening endorsement

CGL enhancement endorsement –
healthcare

421-2919

Coverage

Limits

Additional insured — broad form vendorsIncluded
Extended property damageIncluded
Innocent party defense coverage for employees$25,000
Medical director as insuredIncluded
Mobile equipment redefinedIncluded
Personal injury — abuse of processIncluded
Property damage legal liability
– Broad form
– Fire, lightning, explosion, smoke and leakage from fire protection systems damage limit
$1,000,000
Extended property damage for home health care
– Home health care property damage aggregate limit
– Home health care property damage each occurrence limit
– Home health care property damage deductible

$50,000

$25,000

$500
Public relations expenses coverage
– Public relations expenses each incident limit
– Public relations expenses aggregate limit
$10,000

$10,000
Theft of clients' property
– Clients' property aggregate limit
– Clients' property each occurrence limit
$50,000
$25,000
Human services general liability broadening endorsement

CGL enhancement endorsement –
human services

421-2921

Coverage

Limits

Additional insured — broad form vendorsIncluded
Aggregate limit per locationIncluded
Broad form named insuredIncluded
Extended property damageIncluded
Innocent party defense coverage for employees$25,000
Mobile equipment redefinedIncluded
Personal injury — broad formIncluded
Product recall expense
– Occurrence
– Aggregate
– Deductible
$25,000
$50,000
$500
Property damage legal liability
– Broad form
– Fire, lightning, explosion, smoke and leakage from fire protection systems damage limit
– Damage caused by “Your client” limit
$1,000,000


$30,000
Life sciences general liability enhancement endorsement

Commercial general liability enhancement endorsement – Life sciences 421-3587*

Coverage

Limits of insurance

Additional insured — broad form vendorsIncluded
Additional insured — employee and volunteer worker broadened bodily injury coverageIncluded
Aggregate limit per locationIncluded
Aircraft — nonowned hired, chartered or loaned with paid crewIncluded
Alienated premisesIncluded
Broad form named insuredIncluded
Clinical trial participants — bodily injury to employees or volunteer workersIncluded
Damage to your product$50,000
Employees —  representations, warnings or instructions with respect to products or workIncluded
Employees — supervisory positionsIncluded
Extended property damageIncluded
"Health care professional services" definitionn/a
Lessors of leased equipment — blanket additional insuredIncluded
Liability for conduct of unnamed partnerships or joint venturesIncluded
Mobile equipment redefinedIncluded
Owners, managers or lessors of premises — blanket additional insuredIncluded
Personal injury — broad formIncluded
Product advisors and contract or clinical research organizations — blanket additional insuredIncluded

Property damage legal liability — broad form

- Fire, lightning, explosion, smoke and leakage from fire protective systems damage limit

$1,000,000
Unintentional failure to disclose hazardsIncluded
Unnamed subsidiariesIncluded

* Not available in all states.  

Manufactured housing general liability broadening endorsement

CGL enhancement endorsement –
manufactured housing

421-2922

Coverage

Limits

Aggregate limit per locationIncluded
Alienated premisesIncluded
Broad form named insuredIncluded
Extended property damageIncluded
Incidental malpractice (employed nurses, EMTs, paramedics)Included
Personal injury — broad formIncluded
Property damage legal liability
– Broad form
– Fire, lightning, explosion, smoke and leakage from fire protection systems damage limit
$1,000,000
Real estate general liability broadening endorsement

CGL enhancement endorsement –
real estate

421-2924

Coverage

Limits

Additional insured — broad form vendorsIncluded
Aggregate limit per locationIncluded
Alienated premisesIncluded
Broad form named insuredIncluded
Extended property damageIncluded
Incidental malpractice (employed nurses, EMTs and paramedics)Included
Mobile equipment redefinedIncluded
Personal injury — broad formIncluded
Property damage legal liability
– Broad form
– Fire, lightning, explosion, smoke and leakage from fire protection systems damage limit
$1,000,000
Tenants-in-common as named insuredIncluded
Religious institutions general liability broadening endorsement

CGL enhancement endorsement –
religious institutions

421-2923

Coverage

Limits

Accidental death benefit$5,000
Additional insured — broad form vendorsIncluded
Aggregate limit per locationIncluded
Amendment to who is an insured — trustees, clergy and members of the board of governorsIncluded
Broad form named insuredIncluded
Extended property damageIncluded
Innocent party defense coverage for employees$25,000
Mobile equipment redefinedIncluded
Personal injury — broad formIncluded
Product recall expense
– Occurrence
– Aggregate
– Deductible
$25,000
$50,000
$500
Property damage legal liability
– Broad form
– Fire, lightning, explosion, smoke and leakage from fire protection systems damage limit
$1,000,000
Wage loss$5,000
Technology general liability broadening endorsement

CGL Enhancement Endorsement –
Technology

421-2926

Coverage

Limits

Additional insured — broad form vendorsIncluded
Additional insured — employee and volunteer worker broadened bodily injury coverageIncluded
Aggregate limit per locationIncluded
Aircraft — non-owned hired, chartered or loaned with paid crewIncluded
Alienated premisesIncluded
Broad form named insuredIncluded
Damage to your product$50,000
Extended property damageIncluded
Incidental malpractice (employed nurses, EMTs and paramedics)Included
Mobile equipment redefinedIncluded
Personal injury — broad formIncluded
Product recall expense
– Occurrence
– Aggregate
– Deductible
$25,000
$50,000
$500
Property damage legal liability
– Broad form
– Fire, lightning, explosion, smoke and leakage from fire protection systems damage limit
$1,000,000

 

Please note: The Hanover’s general liability coverage does not automatically include a professional services exclusion.

 

Coverage description

Our general liability broadening coverage is issued as a suite of coverages. When you include general liability broadening coverage as a part of your client’s insurance solution, the suite of broadening coverage will always consist of two endorsements:

  • Base broadening endorsement – Includes 13 coverages and enhancements common across all industries, such as knowledge of occurrence, liberalization clause and unintentional failure to notify.
  • Enhancement endorsement – Industry-specific or general enhancement endorsement that further enhances the base broadening endorsement to meet challenging exposures.

Here's how this works:

suite of general liability broadening coverages
Image transcript

Suite of general liability broadening coverages

1. General enhancement endorsement - Further enhances base coverages to meet challenging exposures

OR

2. Industry-specific endorsement - enhances base coverages to meet common industry coverage concerns

3. Base commercial general liability broadening endorsement - includes 13 coverages common across industries

ISO 2012 commercial general liability coverage forms