Commercial General Liability and Business Liability
CGL and business liability items test premises and operations, products and completed operations, occurrence vs claims-made, limits, insured status, and BOP liability.
How to study Property & Casualty
Treat every P&C item as an exposure map: identify the property or liability risk, policy form, covered cause, provision, and state-law rule.
Core concepts
Concept 1
CGL Coverage A addresses bodily injury and property damage liability, subject to triggers and exclusions.
Exam cue: Determine Coverage A, B, or C before selecting the answer.
Concept 2
Coverage B addresses personal and advertising injury, while Coverage C handles medical payments without regard to fault within limits.
Exam cue: For claims-made, check claim date and retroactive date.
Concept 3
Claims-made coverage, occurrence coverage, retroactive dates, aggregates, and who-is-an-insured facts are recurring traps.
Exam cue: Use aggregate and per-occurrence limits carefully.
Risk pitfalls and guardrails
Treating medical payments as proof of legal liability.
Guardrail: Avoid answers that ignore exclusions, claim duties, valuation method, insured status, or state-specific cancellation and claim rules.
Ignoring completed operations exposure.
Guardrail: Avoid answers that ignore exclusions, claim duties, valuation method, insured status, or state-specific cancellation and claim rules.
Applying occurrence logic to claims-made facts.
Guardrail: Avoid answers that ignore exclusions, claim duties, valuation method, insured status, or state-specific cancellation and claim rules.
Memory anchors
CGL
Commercial general liability covers certain business liability exposures subject to exclusions.
Premises and Operations
Premises and operations liability arises from ownership or operation of premises and activities.
Products Completed Operations
Products completed operations covers certain injury or damage after products or work are completed.
Coverage A
CGL Coverage A addresses bodily injury and property damage liability.
Coverage B
CGL Coverage B addresses personal and advertising injury.
Coverage C
CGL Coverage C provides medical payments under policy terms.
Occurrence Form
Occurrence coverage is triggered by injury or damage occurring during the policy period.
Claims-Made Form
Claims-made coverage depends on when the claim is made and reported under policy rules.
Aggregate Limit
An aggregate limit caps total payment for a coverage period.
BOP
A business owners policy packages property and liability coverage for eligible businesses.
Checkpoint rule
Do the check-up only after you can summarize each concept in one sentence and identify one dangerous pitfall from memory.
Knowledge Check (after reading)
Short check-up to confirm understanding of this module.
Check-up Questions
A customer slips in a grocery aisle and alleges that the store failed to remove a spill. Which policy is designed to address the store's ordinary third-party liability exposure?
A plumber drops a tool while working at a customer's building and injures a visitor. Which CGL exposure is most directly involved?
Answer all questions to submit.
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