A law put into force by a Congressional Act passed in 1945. Under this law, insurance is not subject to anti-trust laws on the federal level as long as it is properly regulated at the state level.

The Insurance Policy shall cover applies to Industrial and storage risks such as Depots, Warehouses, Godowns, Tank farms etc with aggregate limits of Indemnity any one year/during the policy period within the geographical limits of India. Policies shall cover all sums which the Insured becomes legally liable to pay as damages to third party in respect of accidental death/bodily injury/disease and loss of or damage to property arising out of claims first made in writing against the Insured during the Policy period, including legal costs and expenses incurred with prior consent of Insurers, subject always to the limits of indemnity and other terms, conditions and exceptions of the policy. It shall not be permissible to issue a Public Liability Policy with unlimited liability. The maximum ratio of limit of indemnity any one accident to any one year shall not exceed 1:4. Policy can be extended to cover Pollution Risks, Transportation risks outside Insured’s Premises, Cover for multiple units, Act of God perils, Technical Collaborators Liability For the purpose of rating industries are classified under four groups. The Company will indemnify the insured against their legal liability(other than liability under the Public Liability Insurance Act, 1991 or any other Statute that may come into force after the issue of this policy) to pay compensation including Claimant’s costs, fees and expenses anywhere in India in accordance with Indian Law. INDEMNITY LIMITS: Company’s total liability to pay compensation, Claimant’s costs, fees and expenses and defence costs shall not exceed the Any One Indemnity limit stated in the Schedule. Indemnity Limit applies to any one claim or series of claims arising from one originating cause. Any One Year Indemnity Limit shall represent the total amount of Company’s Liability during the Policy period.

The Policy provides an indemnity in respect of legal liability for accidental death or bodily injury or accidental damage to property of the parties, arising out of the negligence of the insured or his employees or through defects in the insured’s premises or other property owned by him. Legal costs are also payable under the Policy.
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Any liability coverage for claims brought against the insured by a third party or member of the public.

Insurance that covers the insured in the case of legal action brought by members of the public. This insurance covers liability due to bodily injury or property damage.

The Company will indemnify the insured against their legal liability to pay compensation including Claimant’s costs, fees and expenses anywhere in India in accordance with Indian Law. The Policy applies to non-industrial risks such as Hotels, Motels, Club Houses, Restaurant, Boarding and Lodging Houses, Flight Kitchens, Cinema Halls, Auditoriums, Theatres, Public Halls, Pandals, Open Air Theatres, Residential Premises, Offices/Administrative Premises, Medical Establishments, Institutions, Airport Premises (other than aviation liabilities), Schools/Educational Institutions, Libraries, Exhibitions, Fairs, and Fetes, Stadiums and Pandals, Permanent Amusement Parks, Film Studios – Indoor & Outdoor, Zoos, Depots, Warehouses, Godowns, Shops, Tank Farms and similar other non-industrial risks with aggregate limits of indemnity any one year/during the policy period. Policies shall cover all sums which the Insured becomes legally liable to pay as damages to third party in respect of accidental death/bodily injury/disease and loss of or damage to property arising out of claims first made in writing against the Insured during the Policy period, including legal costs and expenses incurred with prior consent of Insurers, subject always to the limits of indemnity and other terms, conditions and exceptions of the policy. It shall not be permissible to issue a Public Liability Policy with unlimited liability. The maximum ratio of limit of indemnity any one accident to any one year shall not exceed 1:4. Policy can be extended to cover Pollution Risks, Cover for multiple units, Act of God perils.

As per Sec. 268 of the Indian Penal Code a person is guilty of a public nuisance who does any act or is guilty of an illegal omission, which causes any common injury, danger or annoyance to the public or to the people in general who dwell or occupy property in the vicinity, or which must necessarily cause injury, obstruction, danger or annoyance to persons who may have occasion to use any public right. A common is not excused on the ground that it causes some convenience or advantage.

A surety bond under which the company (surety) guarantees that the principal (public official) will faithfully perform his official duties and will account for all funds entrusted to his care.
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A performance bond for holders of public office.

A type of surety bond wherein the surety, in this case, the company, guarantees that a public official, which is the principal for the bond’s purposes, will do their job and properly manage all funds.

Public place means a road, street, way or other place whether thoroughfare or not, to which the public have a right of access, and includes any place or stand at which passengers are picked up or set down by a stage carriage.