Personal Umbrella Policy:
 
WHAT IS IT?: 
Umbrella is a generic term used to refer to a broad liability policy intended to provide high limits of coverage in excess of basic policies.  In other words it provides you with higher limits of liability coverage than those limits included in your standard home, auto, marine, recreational, vehicle, etcetera policies.

WHY DO I NEED AN UMBRELLA?:
Today, lawsuits and court awards are consistently on the rise.  In many cases they have reached excessive proportions.  There was a time when liability limits of $1,000,000. or $2,000,000. were considered adequate.  NOT ANY MORE!

For example this year alone hundreds of people across Ontario find themselves being sued as a result of an auto accident.  In many of these cases the amounts being sued for are in the 2 to 5 million dollar range.  Although they may have carried 2 million dollars of liability protection on their automobile policy, they unfortunately still face the very real possibility of losing every asset they have acquired to this point in their lives because they simply did not have enough liability insurance.

Also, a PERSONAL UMBRELLA Policy provides additional "first dollar liability protection" for certain coverage's not normally included in your standard policies.

Some examples are: Personal injury (libel, slander) false arrest, wrongful eviction, defamation of character.

Excess automobile coverage is provided outside Canada and the United States in excess of $250,000 retained limit.

Extension of coverage to officers or members of non-profit organizations

HOW DO I OBTAIN A QUOTE ON AN UMBRELLA POLICY?:

This is the easy part.  If you are an Ontario resident simply pick up the phone and call us toll free at 1-800-590-3269.  Tell our telephone receptionist that you want information on a PERSONAL UMBRELLA Policy and a friendly Insurance Broker will be  pleased to provide you with a quote and answer any questions you might have.

We feel very strongly about this valuable coverage especially in this day of sky-rocketing liability lawsuits.

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