Washington–The Supreme Court decision this week to review a sex discrimination case points up the fact that general business insurance doesn't protect companies against such claims, an industry economist said.
Robert P. Hartwig, chief economist at the Insurance Information Institute, said the litigation underscores the point that corporations sometimes mistakenly assume that their commercial general liability policy will provide coverage for discrimination or, more generally, employee practices liability.
But in most cases that is not true, he said. The commercial general liability coverage "is not going to cover you for liability you have for employees," Mr. Hartwig said.
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