Beazley vs Lockton Product Liability Insurance

Beazley includes products/completed operations coverage as one of the core coverages in its Life Sciences package, bundled in a single policy form (BioSecure) alongside errors and omissions, healthcare professional liability and general liability rather than sold as a standalone product-liability policy. ^5,6Company-reported. Life Sciences and BioSecure product pages; the bundled structure applies to this life-sciences segment, not a general commercial product-liability offering.

Lockton lists product liability on its General & Product Liability page and brokers it rather than underwriting it, designing custom structures with insurers across the global market. ¹⁰Company-reported. General & Product Liability page as read 2026-09-23.

The reviewed Life Sciences and BioSecure pages do not name the insurer that issues products/completed operations coverage for a given account; the issuing entity is not established by these product pages. ^5,6Not found in reviewed sources. Both pages as read on 2026-09-23; no policy form, declarations or entity-specific disclosure for this line was reviewed.

Neither page names the insurers Lockton places product liability coverage with. ^10,11Not publicly disclosed. General & Product Liability and Casualty pages checked 2026-09-23.

Beazley targets middle-to-large life-sciences organizations for this coverage, including medical device companies, pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical manufacturers, blood and tissue banks, biotechnology firms, contract research and contract manufacturing organizations, and academic research institutions. ^5,6Company-reported. "Who we can help" sections of the Life Sciences and BioSecure pages; smaller life-sciences companies or other segments are not addressed by these pages.

Lockton says it serves global manufacturers, business-to-business service providers and consumer products companies among others on this page — the segments most exposed to product liability risk — alongside REITs, contractors and healthcare companies. ¹⁰Company-reported. General & Product Liability page as read 2026-09-23. Example industries, not a complete eligibility matrix.

Beazley describes products/completed operations coverage as responding to bodily-injury and property-damage claims arising from a life-sciences organization's sold products, illustrated with scenarios such as a heating pad allegedly causing burns and a device allegedly causing skin burns during a procedure. ⁶Company-reported. Illustrative example scenarios on the BioSecure page; scenarios show the type of claim the coverage is meant to address, not a guarantee that a particular claim is covered.

Product-liability coverage for life sciences is written on one of three product forms: BioSecure for clinical-trial and sold-product organizations, NutraGuard for nutraceutical, personal-care and cosmetics companies, and WellTech for technology-focused life-sciences organizations; general liability within the package can be written on a claims-made or occurrence basis. ⁵Company-reported. Life Sciences page "Our Coverages" and general-liability line item; the reviewed pages describe BioSecure in the most detail and do not itemize which coverages NutraGuard and WellTech each include.

Lockton lists product recall coverage alongside product liability on the same page, meaning a manufacturer client can have Lockton place both the liability program and a related recall-expense program. ¹⁰Company-reported. General & Product Liability page as read 2026-09-23. A capability list, not a specimen policy.

The reviewed Life Sciences and BioSecure pages do not publish limit, retention or deductible amounts for products/completed operations coverage; those figures are not shown until an application and quote. ^5,6Not publicly disclosed. Both pages as read on 2026-09-23.

Not described in the reviewed sources.

Beazley says it has dedicated wordings professionals who craft policies for the life-sciences sector and a named healthcare claims team, including a Claims Team Leader and Claims Product Specialist for healthcare, that handles claims on this coverage. ^5,6Company-reported. "The Beazley Difference" bullets and team listings on the Life Sciences and BioSecure pages; claims-handling quality and turnaround are not independently verified.

Not described in the reviewed sources.

Beazley posts a Life Sciences application form and a separate BioSecure application under each page's Tools & Resources, pointing to a broker-submitted underwriting process rather than a direct online quote for this coverage. ^5,6Company-reported. Tools & Resources links on both pages; the application forms themselves were not opened.

Not described in the reviewed sources.