Over at the Risk Management magazine website, Joshua Gold of Anderson, Kill & Olick discusses what policyholders need to know about product recall insurance in a special, online-only column.

In the context of product recall insurance coverage, some insurance companies may attempt to avoid coverage for a product recall losses by arguing that there is no evidence that the product in question did or would cause bodily injuries or damage. Specifically, the insurance company may argue that to trigger coverage, the use or consumption of the product must have resulted or would result in identifiable bodily injury, sickness, disease or death. Such insurance company arguments place the policyholder in an awkward position: namely, in an effort to establish coverage, the policyholder is being urged by the insurance company to evidence just how toxic its product was or could potentially be.

For important advice that will help you get your business back to normal in the event of a costly product recall, click here to read the full article exclusively on RMMagazine.com.