At the heart of general liability insurance is coverage for a policyholder's liability for bodily injury and property damage caused by an "occurrence." Since 1986, an "occurrence" has been defined in standard-form language as an "accident, including continuous or repeated exposure to substantially the same general harmful conditions."

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