Tuesday, August 10, 2010

Know About Umbrella Liability Insurance

Umbrella liability Insurance is a type of liability insurance. It is used for protecting against the claims which are covered above or below the amount which has to be covered by the policy. This policy is called as the umbrella because as it covers all liability insurances.

In the cases of risk, this umbrella insurance can be used as the primary policy. Apart from the primary coverage, this insurance will cover broadly, hence this insurance is called as the umbrella insurance. This umbrella insurance will vary from the excess insurance, as the excess insurance will only cover in cases where the policy will totally be over. But, coming to the case of umbrella insurance will drop down for filling the coverage gaps of the policy.

Generally, the umbrella liability has the advantages of covering above and below the coverage and as it is a pure liability coverage. These are sold in increments of one million dollars. Suppose, if we take the case of policy holder who has both the auto insurance and home insurance of $300,000 and $200,000 respectively then with the addition of the umbrella insurance the insured limits will become 1,300,000 and 1,200,000 for both the auto and home insurances. In view of the above example, the umbrella insurance is considered as the broad insurance apart from the general insurances. Some of the claims which are excluded from the primary memory are also covered in the umbrella insurance. Some of the claims are false arrest, slander, libel etc.


Without a large added the personal umbrella liability insurance will get a added liability insurance. In the cases where the legal award exceeds the limits of primary liability insurance then in those cases, this umbrella liability insurance is used for covering more catastrophic situations.

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