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How do policy exclusions create risk for me?

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Exclusions are the clauses that define what a policy deliberately does not cover, and they are where many apparently comprehensive programmes turn out to be narrower than assumed.

Insurers price cover by carving out specified perils, sectors, conduct and circumstances, and the cumulative effect of these carve-outs can leave significant exposures unfunded.

The risk to a board is rarely the existence of exclusions, which are normal, but the failure to understand which ones bite, how broadly they are drafted, and whether they overlap with the organisation's most serious threats.

This report examines how exclusions operate and are interpreted in your chosen jurisdiction and industry, and the contra proferentem and good-faith principles that govern their construction.

It covers the indicators that an exclusion may swallow a core risk, the impact when one is invoked, and when to seek broker advice or coverage counsel to renegotiate, buy back, or properly understand a problematic exclusion before a loss exposes it.

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