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Staten Island New York Contractors
Excess Liability Insurance

Solutions to Protect Against a Catastrophic Claim There are a number of ways to protect against a catastrophic liability claim as a New York contractor. The most common ways are generally what are referred as Umbrella Policies or Excess Liability policies. Both of these policies are generally purchased in increments of $1M. An Umbrella policy is a separate policy that goes above and beyond your underlying policies. Your Staten Island NY Commercial General Liability Insurance policy (which as we have shown is the backbone of your contractor liability insurance portfolio) as well as the other policies in your commercial portfolio. An Excess liability policy is simply that - one policy that is in excess of one but not all of your policies. Typically, Umbrella policies provide at least similar coverage to your underlying contractor insurance policies and, in many cases, broaden coverage. Another benefit to Umbrella or Excess Liability policies is that, simply based on the dollars involved for the insurance company, they will assign their best or most senior claims adjusters to your claim. It makes complete sense. For an Umbrella claim adjuster to be called in, the claim is being reserved or in the insurance company's estimation the claim could be in excess of $1 million. Umbrella adjusters do not get called in for small claims. The very nature of their job is that for their phone to ring - there are big dollars at risk. What Your Staten Island NY Agent Should Be Able To Explain To You You are entrusting insuring your contracting business to an agent or different agents and possibly a combination of insurance companies. As I have said, Excess or Umbrella policies are an excellent way to protect your Staten Island New York contracting business. For many contractors they will be put in the position of securing higher limits of general liability as you will be required to do so either by a general contractor or as insurance requirements in a contract you want to execute. Chances are great that this either has or will happen to you. Your agent should be able to tell you if the coverage is excess or Umbrella. Is the policy a follow form? Does the coverage drop down? A vital aspect is making sure that the agent understands why it is absolutely essential that there be concurrency to avoid any problem with impaired limits. A Staten Island contractor liability insurance specialist will be able to seamlessly integrate these facets together. A generalist may not be aware of these intricacies and, in total candor, a mistake at this level by its very definition is disastrous. Call us at (888) 553-0021 or contact us for answers to your Staten Island Excess Risk Insurance questions.