Lockton vs Newfront Product Liability Insurance

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. ⁴Company-reported. General & Product Liability page as read 2026-09-23.

Newfront names product liability as one of the coverages its Casualty practice places, opening the practice page by saying it helps clients with "mitigating product liability and improving customer safety." Newfront brokers this coverage; it does not underwrite it. ¹⁰Company-reported. Casualty page opening description and Key Coverages list.

Neither page names the insurers Lockton places product liability coverage with. ^4,5Not publicly disclosed. General & Product Liability and Casualty pages checked 2026-09-23.

The reviewed page does not name an insurer for product-liability placements; Newfront describes "strong carrier relationships" generally rather than a specific product-liability panel. ¹⁰Not found in reviewed sources. Checked the Casualty page for a named product-liability carrier; none was found.

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. ⁴Company-reported. General & Product Liability page as read 2026-09-23. Example industries, not a complete eligibility matrix.

Newfront says its Casualty practice, led by Frannie Epps, serves companies "of all sizes, ranging from start-ups to Fortune 10" across a broad span of industries, without a product-liability-specific size or revenue threshold. ¹⁰Company-reported. Casualty page leadership bio; a practice-wide eligibility statement, not product-liability-only.

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. ⁴Company-reported. General & Product Liability page as read 2026-09-23. A capability list, not a specimen policy.

The reviewed page lists product liability as a named coverage within casualty placement but does not describe the specific insuring agreement, occurrence versus claims-made trigger, or exclusions for that line; those terms come from the placed policy. ¹⁰Not found in reviewed sources. Casualty page as read on 2026-09-23; only a coverage-name listing was found for product liability specifically.

Not described in the reviewed sources.

Published limits or retentions for product-liability coverage were not found on the reviewed page. ¹⁰Not publicly disclosed. Casualty page as read on 2026-09-23; limits are quote-specific for broker placements.

Not described in the reviewed sources.

Newfront says its Casualty team offers claims advocacy and integrated risk-control resources to help clients mitigate exposures and reduce claim frequency and cost, plus data-backed benchmarking, applied across the casualty lines it places, including product liability. ¹⁰Company-reported. Casualty page's Our Approach and Newfront Difference sections; not product-liability-exclusive service detail.

Not described in the reviewed sources.

You engage Newfront for product-liability placement by requesting a consultation, which asks for your industry, company details and the service you need rather than issuing an instant quote. ¹¹Company-reported. General consultation intake, not a product-liability-specific application path.