Glossary

Liability insurance is a form of insurance that applies to the obligation of the insured to pay damages arising out of legal liability to others.

A liberalization clause is a provision that extends to persons already insured under a particular policy the broadened coverage features that may be introduced in subsequent editions of that policy form. In umbrella liability insurance, a clause specifying that coverage will be as broad as that provided by the primary liability policies.

The term lead umbrella refers to the first umbrella policy in a multilayer excess program that sits directly over the primary policies. Typically, higher-level excess policies sitting above the lead umbrella in this type of placement contain follow-form provisions making them follow the "lead" of the terms and conditions of the first underlying umbrella.