UIBN INTERNATIONAL Liability

With Litigation becoming increasingly widespread throughout business, it is important to know your risks and ensure you safeguard your financial position against potential claims arising from employees, clients and other third parties.

It is essential that these risks be identified and minimised as far as possible. This should be tailored with an appropriate (re)insurance programme designed to defend against such actions and safeguard the Company’s financial position.

The UIBN International Liability team provides depth of knowledge and experience to structure and implement the most appropriate bespoke insurance and facultative reinsurance programmes to its clients.

Why UIBN International Liability

Customer focussed

The International Liability division works closely with our clients to review their business type, define their risk profile and assess their claims history to fully understand their key insurance objectives and requirements and ensure we deliver tailored policy coverages in line with their strategic challenges.

We are committed to meet every aspect of our client’s insurance needs with clarity and transparency throughout all stages, including negotiations, placement, claims, and policy wording.

Long-term relationships

The International Liability team draw upon its technical broking expertise to work closely with brokers and clients and is fully committed to our clients’ success through sustained long-term growth and mutually beneficial relationships.

Independent advice

UIB, as an independent reinsurance broker, is uniquely positioned to provide impartial guidance and to address challenges across a wide range of liability risks. The International Liability team’s sole objective is to devise flexible solutions with adequate levels of cover to minimise the risk of exposure to large losses.

Agile

The International Liability division is nimble, which enable us to offer our clients tailor-made solutions aligned to their needs, structure and strategic objectives. Our clients benefit from an easy access to our highly responsive experts and their wealth of knowledge to quickly answer their most challenging requirements.

Bespoke services

A deep commitment to service and technical advice combined with custom design and placement solutions allows us to ensure our clients’ interests are always met with the utmost priority while benefiting from access to key insurance markets across the world through our network of international offices.

Accurate wording

Unique risks require very precise policy wording. The International Liability team consists of experts in their field with a wealth of experience in dealing with a wide variety of specific risks where various factors need to be carefully considered. Whether the policy is intended to safeguard against loss of income, to protect future income, to indemnify a beneficiary or to achieve financial stability, we will source the most appropriate, reasonable and comprehensive cover.

WHAT WE DO

 

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We are a reputable leading Lloyd’s broker offering a range of specialist products in the International Liability market and our aim is to understand our clients’ business strategies and work with them to support and achieve their goals.
The UIB International Liability team aim to differentiate ourselves through knowledge, market relationships and a strong desire to exceed expectations.
We provide advice on all aspects of non-marine liability business on a worldwide scale and are renowned for our dedication to service with our success based on developing lasting business partner associations.
The team of seasoned professionals brings the right blend of experience to both fully identify the issues facing our clients and we are organised to ensure a maximum focus and level of expertise is available to meet our clients’ requirements.
We can arrange cover for the following classes of business:

  • Public/Products Liability
    This cover protects you if third parties suffer personal injury or property damage due to your business or products.
  • Employers’ Liability
    This legal requirement protects you against the cost of compensation claims arising from employee illness or injury, sustained as a result of their work for you.
  • Pollution Liability
    Contractors’ Pollution Liability (CPL) is obtained on a claims made or occurrence basis that provides third party coverage for bodily injury, property damage, defence and clean up, as a result of pollution conditions arising from contracting operations performed by your business.
  • S&A Environmental Impairment Liability
    This is an insurance cover that protects you against environmental damage or pollution that may occur as an event of the insured’s activities.
  • Professional Indemnity / Errors and Omissions
    This cover protects you for negligence or a fault you may have made within your business activities.
  • Product Recall and Guarantee Insurance
    This can protect your business from the costs incurred when recalling defective products, as well as the costs of replacing, recovering, repairing and altering products that are defective due to faulty design, manufacture or installation.
  • Directors’ and Officers’ Liability
    This covers the cost of compensation claims made against your business’s directors and key managers (officers) for alleged wrongful acts.
  • Cyber Liability
    This cover is designed to protect your business if it experiences a data breach or is the subject of an attack by a malicious hacker that affects its computer systems.
  • Accident and Health
    These are benefits provided to employees for sickness, accidental injury, or accidental death. These include payments of hospital and medical expenses and are applicable to individuals and groups including Ships or Yacht Crew Welfare and Aviation Pilot/ Crew PA/Loss of license.
  • Event Cancellation Insurance
    This will cover any expenses or lost revenue that you might stand to lose if the event you are holding or attending is cancelled, abandoned or postponed for unforeseeable reasons beyond your control.
  • Medical Malpractice Insurance
    This is a cross of public liability insurance and professional indemnity insurance which responds to claims arising from both bodily injury and mental and psychological damage.
Our product and services include
  • Public/Products Liability
  • Employers’ Liability
  • Pollution Liability
  • S&A Environmental Impairment Liability
  • Professional Indemnity / Errors and Omissions
  • Product Recall and Guarantee Insurance
  • Directors’ and Officers’ Liability
  • Cyber Liability
  • Accident and Health
  • Event Cancellation Insurance
  • Medical Malpractice Insurance

WHO WE SERVICE

Our client base reflects the global scale and scope of the liability industry. The International Liability team provides covers in the following areas:

Energy companies from exploration and extraction to the refined product
Major construction projects
Manufacturers of all major products including pharmaceuticals
Municipalities
Petrochemical refining
Utilities (Gas, Electricity and Water providers)
Additional Areas
•    Automotive
•    Chemicals
•    Food and beverage
•    Heavy industry
•    Hotels/leisure
•    Manufacturing
•    Mining
•    Pharmaceutical
•    Power
•    Property owners
•    Retail
•    Telecommunications
•    Trading
•    Transportation
•    Utilities