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• Liability insurance crisis — The liability insurance crisis in the United States of America refers to a volatile economic period during the mid 1980s. During these years, until about 1990, rising insurance premiums and an unavailability of coverage for several types of… …   Wikipedia

• liability insurance — insurance covering the insured against losses arising from injury or damage to another person or property. * * * Insurance against claims of loss or damage for which a policyholder might have to compensate another party. The policy covers losses… …   Universalium

• Liability Insurance — Any type of insurance policy that protects an individual or business from the risk that they may be sued and held legally liable for something such as malpractice, injury or negligence. Liability insurance policies cover both legal costs and any… …   Investment dictionary

• Professional Liability Insurance — Insurance that protects professionals such as accountants, lawyers and physicians against negligence and other claims initiated by their clients. It is required by professionals who have expertise in a specific area because general liability… …   Investment dictionary

• Professional liability insurance — (PLI), also called professional indemnity insurance (PII) but more commonly known as errors omissions (E O) in the US, is a form of liability insurance that helps protect professional advice and service providing individuals and companies from… …   Wikipedia

• physician's liability insurance — A form of liability insurance, now in common use, which insures a physician against liability from acts or omissions while practicing his profession. Insurance against malpractice, error, or mistake. 29A Am J Rev ed Ins § 1358 …   Ballentine's law dictionary

• druggists' liability insurance — A policy protecting a druggist against liability for injury or sickness resulting from malpractice, error, or mistake. 29A Am J Rev ed Ins § 1358 …   Ballentine's law dictionary

• malpractice insurance — Liability *insurance taken by external auditors to cover potential legal action by *auditees (and others) dissatisfied with the auditor’s work. From the 1980s the suing of external auditors has become increasingly common, and in addition to… …   Auditor's dictionary

• insurance — /in shoor euhns, sherr /, n. 1. the act, system, or business of insuring property, life, one s person, etc., against loss or harm arising in specified contingencies, as fire, accident, death, disablement, or the like, in consideration of a… …   Universalium

• Insurance — This article is about risk management. For Insurance (blackjack), see Blackjack. For Insurance run (baseball), see Insurance run. In law and economics, insurance is a form of risk management primarily used to hedge against the risk of a… …   Wikipedia

• insurance — A contract whereby, for a stipulated consideration, one party undertakes to compensate the other for loss on a specified subject by specified perils. The party agreeing to make the compensation is usually called the insurer or underwriter; the… …   Black's law dictionary