Glossary

Workplace harassment refers to harassment "of a nonsexual nature."

Workplace tort refers to a civil wrong committed within the workplace that can give rise to an employee's cause of action against an employer.

Workplace violence insurance is coverage for the expenses that a company incurs resulting from workplace violence incidents.

Work hardening is an interdisciplinary program utilized to return an injured individual to work.

The work you performed exclusion is contained within the auto dealers coverage form and precludes coverage for damage to the insured's work resulting from any part of the work itself or from the parts, materials, or equipment used in connection with the work.

A worldwide insurance program is an international insurance program of a multinational company with a policy territory encompassing the entire world except for the country in which the insured is domiciled.

A wrap-around policy is one that provides only punitive damages insurance for employment practices liability (EPL) claims.

A wrap-around risk financing program has two or more different risk financing approaches that are combined into one overall program.

A wrap-up exclusion endorsement is used to remove coverage from a contractor's insurance policies to the extent they overlap with the coverages provided for the contractor under a wrap-up insurance program.

A writ is a formal legal document issued by a higher court that requests a lower court or a government entity to take action. For example, a writ of certiorari orders a lower court to deliver its record in a case so that the higher court may review it.