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🛡️ '''Product liability insurance''' provides [[Definition:Coverage | coverage]] to manufacturers, distributors, wholesalers, and retailers against [[Definition:Claims | claims]] alleging that a product they made or sold caused bodily injury or property damage to a third party. While [[Definition:Product liability | product liability]] exposure is often included within a [[Definition:Commercial general liability (CGL) insurance | commercial general liability (CGL)]] policy under its "products-completed operations" section, many businesses with significant manufacturing or distribution exposure purchase standalone product liability policies to secure higher [[Definition:Policy limit | limits]] or broader terms.

🔄 Coverage typically responds when a [[Definition:Claimant | claimant]] alleges that a product was defective in design, manufacture, or labeling and that the defect caused harm after the product left the [[Definition:Insured | insured's]] control. The [[Definition:Insurance carrier | insurer]] usually owes both a [[Definition:Duty to defend | duty to defend]] — covering legal costs — and a [[Definition:Duty to indemnify | duty to indemnify]] up to the policy's [[Definition:Aggregate limit | aggregate limit]]. [[Definition:Underwriting | Underwriters]] evaluate factors such as the insured's industry, product type, quality-control processes, recall history, distribution geography, and prior [[Definition:Loss experience | loss experience]]. Products with long useful lives or those ingested or implanted in the human body attract especially careful scrutiny due to the [[Definition:Long-tail liability | long-tail]] nature of potential claims.

📈 For companies that make or sell physical goods, this coverage is not optional in any practical sense — a single mass-injury event can threaten the survival of even a large enterprise. Insurers, in turn, must price the risk carefully because verdicts and settlements in product liability litigation can be enormous, and [[Definition:Loss development | loss development]] patterns are notoriously difficult to predict. [[Definition:Reinsurance | Reinsurance]] treaties frequently carve out or specifically address product liability aggregation risk. As global supply chains grow more complex and [[Definition:Regulatory environment | regulatory scrutiny]] intensifies, both insureds and their carriers benefit from proactive [[Definition:Risk management | risk management]] — including product testing, traceability systems, and well-documented recall protocols.

'''Related concepts'''
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* [[Definition:Product liability]]
* [[Definition:Commercial general liability (CGL) insurance]]
* [[Definition:Product recall insurance]]
* [[Definition:Long-tail liability]]
* [[Definition:Duty to defend]]
* [[Definition:Products liability insurance]]
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