Markets/Coverages: Berkley, Talage Partner for Workplace Violence Coverage

Berkley Program Specialists said it has partnered with Talage to offer a new product line for workplace violence coverage.

This new coverage and service offering was introduced Feb. 8 in select states with additional states to follow.

Insurtech Talage built Wheelhouse, a first-of-its-kind submission management platform that facilitates digital distribution, operational efficiency, growth, and digital transformation by streamlining and simplifying the submission process. Additionally, Dais, another tech solution innovator, built the API-enabled technology that will allow agents to easily offer and bind this coverage for their commercial clients.

Greg Douglas, president of Berkley Program Specialists, said: “Our industry finds innovative solutions to deliver coverages and services based on what is happening in the world. Sadly, workplace violence is the latest example. Workplace violence events can be traumatic and life-changing events for business owners, employees, and guests.”

This new coverage uniquely helps businesses adjust to the aftermath of workplace violence and navigate through the uncertainty that follows. Coverage includes:

• Business Income
• Crisis Management Services
• Public Relations Consultant
• Mental Health Counselling
• Site Security Services
• Bio-Hazard Clean-up Expenses
• Burial Expenses
• Reward Expenses
• Temporary Location Expenses
• Temporary Employee Expenses
• Travel Expenses

“Key to this offering are the services included with the coverage, such as Crisis Management experts who can provide businesses with immediate triage and guide them through the days, weeks, and months ahead as they recover from a workplace violence event and resume their business operations,” Douglas added. “Nothing can undo the terrible circumstances of a workplace violence event, but what we can do is provide coverages and services that will help our policyholders, their employees and guests adjust and, hopefully, move forward through these trying times.”

Topics Commercial Lines Business Insurance