Liability Services

Bureau Veritas can assist with loss exposures associated with liability.

Liability Services At-A-Glance

• Risk transfer
• Products liability
• Employment-related liability
• Premises liability exposure
• Personal and advertising injury exposure

Risk transfer

• Evaluate liability exposure potential including lease agreements, contracts, waivers of liability, hold harmless agreements, vendors' endorsements and protection afforded by suppliers of products or component parts and materials
• Review existing program for managing certificates of insurance and risk transfer
• Provide assistance with contractual language revisions in conjunction with legal experts
• Products liability
• Consult on field performance/product reliability measurement, particularly as it impacts liability loss exposure, product safety and quality management
• Evaluate product labels, warnings, literature and customer training
• Assist in establishing recordkeeping and product recall procedures

Products liability

• Consult on field performance/product reliability measurement, particularly as it impacts liability loss exposure, product safety and quality management
• Evaluate product labels, warnings, literature and customer training
• Assist in establishing recordkeeping and product recall procedures

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Employment-related liability

Consultation regarding proper controls and the ways in which a commercial general liability policy may have to respond to, or litigation may arise out of, the following situations:

• Loading dock exposures
• Temporary workers
• Contractors
• Other third parties on premises

Premise liability

• Conduct hazard surveys, concentrating on slip and fall prevention
• Assess exposure to negligent security claims, client training on security liability, with focus on state specific legal and claim issues
• Develop audit guides or worksheets to help you document the controls instituted regarding premises liability

Personal and advertising liability exposure

• Assistance with patent and copyright infringement (intellectual property) exposures and advertising injury exposures
• Provides the consulting and training to assist with managing these liability exposures in a fluctuating legal environment

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