Business & Liability Insurance

Business & Liability Insurance

Fire Insurance

Standard Fire policy

Our Standard Fire Policy is a property damage policy. The policy provides cover to Loss or damage to your property caused by Fire, Lightning and Explosion (of gas or boiler used for domestic purposes).

The policy can be extended to cover the following extraneous perils:

Earthquake, Windstorm, Flood, Explosion, Riot, Strike and Civil Commotion, Bursting or overflowing of water tanks pressured equipment or pipes, Malicious Damage. Impact by road vehicles and animals, Aircraft and other aerial devices or articles dropped there from

The policy may be issued to cover: Buildings, Furniture, fixtures and fittings, Plant, Machinery and Equipment, Office Equipment, Stock-in-trade from raw materials to finished products. In addition, the following expenses which may be incurred following the occurrence of an insured peril can also be insured: Cost of Removal of debris, Architects, Surveyors and Consultant Engineers' Fees.

Compulsory Fire Insurance

The Insurance Act, 2021 make it compulsory per section 218/219 for owners and occupiers of Commercial buildings including Office spaces, Shopping Malls, Factories, Hospitals, and any other place that may be specified by Regulations by requirement to insure and maintain Commercial Building insurance of the scope below;

A person who constructs or causes to be constructed a commercial building shall insure and maintain insurance under the qualifying commercial building insurance contract with a licensed insurer. A commercial building refers to a building or space, including a building occupied by the Government or a public institution

  • to which members of the public have ingress and egress; and
  • which is used for
    • business or commerce
    • the provision of services, including educational and medical services
    • government or public administration; or
    • any other purpose specified in the Regulation
Scope of Cover of Commercial Building Insurance Contract

A commercial Building insurance contract shall provide with respect to;

  • a commercial building under construction;
    • an indemnity against liability for loss or damage caused to a person where the claim arises from the negligence of, or a breach of a duty of care by the owner, the building contractor or any employee or agent of, or consultant to, the building contractor in connection with the construction of the building;
    • the legal and other costs connected with defending a claim referred to in subparagraph (i); and
    • the cost of investigating and settling such a claim;
  • any commercial building
    • an insurance cover against the hazards of collapse, fire, earthquake, storm and flood; and
    • an indemnity against the liability of the owner or occupier of the commercial building for loss or damage caused to any person using the premises

Asset All Risk policy

Our Asset All Risk insurance policy can be taken in place of a Fire & Allied Perils policy. The policy is usually designed for corporate clients who want a complete insurance package to cover a wide range of their risk. The policy is on an All Risk basis, except for those that the policy specifically has excluded. It covers unforeseen, unexpected, sudden, accidental physical loss of or damage/destruction to property of our client (the insured).

Consequential Loss or Business Interruption (BI) Insurance

Our business interruption policy provides adequate protection to your business during any interruption of or disruption to your business operations. The policy is designed to cover our client during the period of interruption:

  • Net Profit lost in consequence of the interruption of your business
  • Standing charges (such as rent, taxes and interest on loans) which continue to be payable by your business to the extent they are no longer earned by the residual trading.
  • Wages of employees not gainfully employed but need to be retained during the interruption period.
  • Increase in the cost of working necessarily incurred to overcome or to minimize the effects of damage upon the business such as renting of temporary premises, hiring of machinery or extra labour costs.

The material damage policy covers only the physical loss or damage to the property insured but does not cover loss of profit arising from such physical damage. As a result of the loss or damage to the physical assets, the Insured is unable to carry out its planned level of business, thus leading to a fall in gross profits.

Where your business is dependent partly upon the continued existence of the premises of suppliers, customers or other persons or bodies from whom you receive services or facilities, the policy can be extended to cover loss resulting from damage by insured risk at such other premises.

Therefore, our business interruption policy ensures that the acquisition of your business property intended to generate income is secured. That is, Revenue Loss is adequately and reasonably secured even during interruption caused by destruction or damage to the physical property.

Hoteliers Policy

Our Hoteliers insurance policy is a package policy specifically designed to provide Hotels and Guest House owners all the Insurance Policies they need for their hospitality business. It covers buildings and their contents against the risks of Fire, Lightning, Explosion, Earthquake Riot and Strike, Civil Commotion, Tornado or Windstorm, Flood, Malicious Acts, Bursting or overflowing of water tanks, damages caused by aircraft among others.

The other covers included in the package are Theft, Plate Glass, Business Interruption, Money cover, Public/Product liability, Personal Accident and Employers' Liability.

Money Insurance Policy

Our Money insurance provide protection against accidental Loss, Damage or destruction to money. Money is expressed to include cash, bank and currency notes, cheques, postal and money orders. The cause of damage may include fire and other causes unless specifically excluded whilst;

  • in transit, being carried by the insured or his authorized representative or sent by registered post (referred to as cash-in-transit)
  • on the insured premises during business hours (referred to as hold-up)
  • in a locked safe or strong room (referred to as cash-in-safe)

Goods-In-Transit (GIT) policy

Our Good-In-Transit policy is designed to provide indemnity to our client (the insured) for accidental loss of or damage to the whole or part of the goods owned by our client or for which they are responsible, whilst in transit. The policy will responds to claim resulting from;

  • damage to the goods by Fire
  • damage to the goods by an accident to the carrying vehicle
  • theft of the goods following violence or threat of violence against an employee of our client (the insured) or carrier other than at our clients’ (the insured’s) own premises occurring in the course of transit by the means of the conveyance stated in the policy schedule.

Group Personal Accident (GPA) policy

Our GPA insurance policy is designed to provide cover to the insured against injury (permanent or temporary) or death resulting from an accident. The policy operates on a 24 hours’ basis. The policy covers employers’ liabilities to their employees through injury or death on the following;

  • Death - 100% of Sum insured
  • Permanent Disability - 100% of Sum insured
  • Temporary Disability - 1/52 Annual salary per week for 52 weeks
  • Medical Expense - 5% of Sum insured or any reasonable amount (based on medical bills as a result of accident)

Burglary policy

Our Burglary insurance policy is designed to provide indemnity to our client (the insured) against loss or destruction or damage to property insured as a result of theft or attempted theft involving forcible and violent entry to or exit from our clients (the insured) premises.

Fidelity Guarantee policy

Our Fidelity insurance policy is designed to provide indemnity to our client (the insured) against the infidelity of the insured persons resulting to loss of property or money as a fraudulent act by the employee(s) insured.

Workmen’s Compensation (WC) policy

Our Workmen’s compensation insurance policy provide cover for liability at law of our client (an Employer) towards his Employees for death and/or bodily injury sustained or illness contracted arising out of and in the course of the employee’s employment under the contract of service or apprenticeship with the employer.

WC insurance / Employers Liability

The Workmen's Compensation Act 1987 (Ghana) makes it compulsory for any Employer of labour to set aside funds to compensate any worker who may sustain injury at the work place. An employer may choose to insure his liability under the Act and in addition can extend his liability to cover claims under Common Law.

Compensations awarded are tied to the Higher Executive Officers Salary in the Civil Service, and the attending doctor’s percentage degree of incapacitation awarded. The policy can be extended to cover Common Law liability in view of the limitation (Higher Executive Officers Salary) in a situation where an employee feels dissatisfied by the compensation awarded and proceeds to court.

The WC Act 1987 requires an employer of labour to pay compensation to any employee who may be injured, killed or incapacitated by accident arising in the course of employment on the following scale:

  • Death - monthly salary by 60 months
  • Permanent/temporary total incapacity - monthly salary by percentage of incapacity by 96 months
  • Medical expenses (reasonable) - based on medical bills as a result of accident necessarily incurred in the course of the employee’s duty.

Public Liability policy

Our Public liability insurance policy covers our clients’ (the insured) legal liability to pay compensation for death or injury to third party and damage to property of third party caused by or through negligence of our client (the insured) or your employees or by defects in your premises. The cover includes legal costs incurred by the insured with the prior consent of the insurer.

Compulsory PL insurance

The Insurance Act, 2021 make it compulsory per section 214/215 for owners and occupiers of Commercial buildings including Office spaces, Banks, Shopping Malls, Factories, Hospitals, and any other place that may be specified by Regulations by requirement to insure and maintain public liability of the scope below;

A public liability insurance contract shall provide indemnity for the insured person against

  • the liability of the person to another person for bodily injury or property damage that occurs during the policy terms that arises out of or in connection with the business, activity or operations of the insured; and
  • the legal and other costs connected with investigating, defending and settling a claim in relation to a liability specified in paragraph

Professional Indemnity policy

Our professional indemnity insurance policy indemnifies our client (the insured) against any claim for damage for breach of professional duty which may be made against our client (the insured) during the period of insurance due to any negligent act, error or omission whenever or wherever the same was or was alleged to have been committed by our client (the insured) or their predecessors in business in the conduct of the business.

Compulsory PL insurance

The Insurance Act, 2021 make it compulsory per section 216/217 for an employer of a professional person shall insure and maintain an insurance under any qualifying professional indemnity insurance cover with a licensed insurer for the professional person of the scope below;

A professional indemnity insurance contract shall, indemnify the insured professional against

  • the liability of the professional person for loss or damage caused to another person where the claim arises from;
    • a negligent act, error or omission, a negligent misstatement or misrepresentation or a breach of a duty of care in connection with the carrying on by the person of the business;
    • the dishonesty of the employees of the insured professional or persons engaged under a contract for services and, in the case of a body corporate, the directors of the body corporate; or
    • the loss and theft of documents and data, including the cost of replacement, the reinstatement of data and increased cost of working;
  • the legal and other costs connected with defending a claim referred to in paragraph (a); and
  • the cost of investigating and settling such a claim

Directors and officer’s liability Insurance (often called &D&O)

Our D&O policy is a liability insurance payable to the directors and officers of a company, or to the organization itself, as indemnification/reimbursement for losses or advancement of defense costs in the event an insured suffers such a loss as a result of a legal action brought for alleged wrongful acts in their capacity as directors and officers.

The policy can be extended to cover defense costs arising out of criminal and regulatory investigations/trials as well; in fact, often civil and criminal actions are brought against directors/officers simultaneously. Intentional illegal acts, however, are typically not covered under D&O policies.

Bankers Indemnity Policy (BIP) policy

The policy indemnifies banks for accidental losses or damage sustained within stated limits under the various insuring clauses of the policy, which includes: -

  • Infidelity of Employees
  • Premises Risk
  • Transit Risk
  • Forged Cheques
  • Forged Securities
  • Counterfeit Currencies
  • Damage to Offices and Contents
  • Professional Negligence
  • Loss of documents