Glossary

Contractors all risk insurance is used to cover damage to a project under construction on projects outside the United States. Contractors all risk is a nonstandard coverage that combines coverage for damage to the project and third-party liability arising out of the project into a single policy. Covered parties include the project owner, general contractor, subcontractors, and in some cases suppliers of materials and equipment. In rare instances, the design professional may also be an insured.

Contractors environmental liability insurance fills the coverage gaps created by pollution and related exclusions that are commonly included in the liability insurance policies purchased by contractors.

Contractors professional liability insurance is a specialized policy providing coverage for a contractor's liability for design errors or omissions. Many insurers combine contractors professional liability and contractors pollution liability coverages into a single combined form, although, typically, coverage can be purchased for either coverage with or without the other.

Contractors rework coverage insures the cost of tearing out a contractor's work when defects in the work make its inclusion in the project unsafe, as well as the cost of replacing the defective work.

A contractors limitation endorsement is virtually always attached to umbrella policies issued to contractors and construction-related entities imposing limits or exclusions on the umbrella's coverage with respect to certain exposures arising out of the construction operations.

Contractual liability is liability imposed on an entity by the terms of a contract.

Contractual liability insurance covers liability of the insured assumed in a contract.

A contractual liability insurance policy (CLIP) is an important financial instrument necessary to several industries. CLIPs are most commonly associated with service contracts but can be used in a variety of areas. It is a commercial insurance product that covers the contractual obligations of the insured (always a commercial entity).

Contractual risk transfer is the use of contractual obligations such as indemnity and exculpatory agreements, waivers of recovery rights, and insurance requirements to pass along to others what would otherwise be one's own risks of loss.

A contract attorney is lawyer typically hired by a law firm on a contract basis to handle a specific case or several cases. A contract attorney's work is typically of a temporary nature with no guaranteed employment term.