Amelia Risk vs Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance: How Do They Compare for Product Liability Insurance?

Amelia Risk arranges product liability coverage as a brokerage, placing the policy with an insurer rather than underwriting it itself; no product-liability-specific product page names an issuing insurer. ²Company-reported. General brokerage process from the Specialties page, applied here because product liability has no dedicated product page on the site.

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Amelia Risk lists product liability as a policy to consider for its CPG (food, beverage and cosmetic) and consumer-product clients, describing the product itself as the client's main source of exposure. ^4,5Company-reported. CPG and Consumer Products specialty pages' "policies to consider" lists; a marketed topic for those segments, not a stated underwriting eligibility rule.

BHSI identifies manufacturers and distributors, including discontinued-products/IBNR exposures, as products-liability targets. ¹¹Company-reported. Selected US products/completed-operations risks. Material limitation: A target class is not a guarantee of eligibility; discontinued-product exposure has distinct underwriting.

Amelia Risk describes product liability as protection against claims of bodily injury or property damage caused by the client's covered products. ⁴Company-reported. CPG page's product liability paragraph; a general explanation of the coverage type, not a specimen policy form or specific insurer's wording. Appears only on specialty pages, not a dedicated product-liability page.

Amelia Risk says product liability and product recall are separate policies that can both respond to the same contaminated-product event: product liability covers third-party bodily-injury or property-damage claims, while product recall pays the costs of pulling the product from the market. ⁴Company-reported. CPG page FAQ 2, "Is product recall covered under product liability?" A general distinction between coverage types, not policy-specific wording.

BHSI markets primary products/completed-operations liability as a distinct casualty product. ¹¹Company-reported. BHSI US commercial primary products/completed-operations liability. Material limitation: This does not establish product-recall expense insurance.

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The casualty appetite guide names Products Liability, primary GL and lead umbrella/excess as lines, and states capacity and minimum-premium guidance for selected casualty accounts. ¹⁰Company-reported. Selected US casualty submissions in the guide. Material limitation: The shared guide parameters do not promise product-specific limit availability; contract wording controls.

Amelia Risk says it reads the policies it offers clients and negotiates coverage terms and pricing before a client buys, as part of its general placement process; no product-liability-specific risk-control service was described. ²Company-reported. Specialties page's process description; applies to the firm's placement practice generally, not a product-liability-specific service.

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Amelia Risk's stated process for arranging coverage, including product liability, starts with gathering information about the company, then approaching multiple insurers, reviewing the resulting quotes with the client, and letting the client decide how to proceed. ²Company-reported. Specialties page's four numbered steps; describes the firm's general placement workflow, not a product-liability-specific application form.

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Amelia Risk says it will advocate for a client's needs during claims, as one of the things clients can expect when working with the firm; no product-liability-specific claims process was described on any reviewed page. ²Company-reported. Specialties page's process list, a general claims-advocacy statement covering all lines the firm places.

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