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What is Product Liability Insurance?

Product Liability insurance protects your businesses against claims by third parties relating to property damage or personal injury caused by your products. Product Liability insurance usually forms part of a Public Liability policy and the word ‘product’ will be a defined term in the policy wording. 

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What does Product Liability insurance cover?

What is covered

Faults in the manufacturing or production of a product 

What is covered

Defective warnings, instructions or labelling of the product

What is covered

Defects in the design of the product

  • Claims of injury to you or your employees 
  • Damage made by you or your employees to your business 
  • Professional services or advice  

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3 industries who purchase Product Liability most:

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Manufacturers

  • Cabinet Makers
  • Electronic Goods
  • Clothing Manufacturing
  • Fabricated Metal Products
  • Welding Services
  • Processed Food 
  • Candle Manufacturing
  • Jewellery Manufacturing
Retailers

Retailers

Hospitality

Hospitality

Product Liability is suited to a wide range of industries and occupations in addition to the ones listed above.

How much does Product Liability insurance cost? 

Get cover that works with the risks of your business

You can select from different levels of cover. 

This is the most you will be paid out if you need to make a claim. Choosing different cover levels may impact the cost of your policy. 

Cover levels to choose from

  • $5M
  • $20M

Unsure how much to choose? Think about:

Type of product manufactured or sold 

Volume of product 

Business size 

Safety testing and quality control 

Worst case scenario claim size 

Underinsurance

We know it’s tempting to select a lower level of cover to reduce premiums, but this can leave businesses shocked and insufficiently covered when making a claim.

Ways underinsurance catches business owners out:

Inflation

With inflation, the cost of living and doing business increases. Remember to cover you, your tools and assets for the rising costs of replacing or covering them, not what you paid for them – you may be surprised at the difference.

Not covering the full cost of your risks

If you select cover levels for less than the value you may be found liable – left out of pocket when it comes to claims time. It’s important to review your risks and determine how much you will need to cover any claim that may come your way.

Get cover that works with the risks of your business

You can select from different levels of cover.

This is the most you will be paid out if you need to make a claim. Choosing different cover levels may impact the cost of your policy.

Cover levels to choose from

  • $5M
  • $20M

Unsure how much to choose? Think about:

Type of product manufactured or sold

Volume of product

Business size

Safety testing and quality control

Worst case scenario claim size

Underinsurance

We know it’s tempting to select a lower level of cover to reduce premiums, but this can leave businesses shocked and insufficiently covered when making a claim.

Ways underinsurance catches business owners out:

Inflation

With inflation, the cost of living and doing business increases. Remember to cover you, your tools and assets for the rising costs of replacing or covering them, not what you paid for them – you may be surprised at the difference.

Not covering the full cost of your risks

If you select cover levels for less than the value you may be found liable – left out of pocket when it comes to claims time. It’s important to review your risks and determine how much you will need to cover any claim that may come your way.

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Frequently asked questions

Product Liability insurance is designed to cover any compensation payable to a third party, and your defence costs (these are the reasonable costs incurred while investigating and defending a covered claim including legal fees, experts fees and court costs).  

In Australia, if you sell, give away, or import products, you’re responsible for ensuring they’re safe and meet requirements by the Australian Consumer Law. If a product causes injury, illness, death, or property damage, your business could be held liable—even if you didn’t make it. This includes cases where you import, assemble, rebrand, or present yourself as the manufacturer.

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