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Insurance

Sep. 26, 2017

Questions of satisfying ‘self-insured retention’ keep coming up

Many liability policies require the satisfaction of a designated dollar amount, usually described as a “self-insured retention,” or SIR, before the insurer’s duties under its policy are triggered.

Dominic Nesbitt

Partner
Osborne & Nesbitt LLP

Email: dnesbitt@onlawllp.com

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INSURANCE INSIGHTS

Many liability policies require the satisfaction of a designated dollar amount, usually described as a “self-insured retention,” or SIR, before the insurer’s duties under its policy are triggered. Some SIRs apply to both the insurer’s duty to defend and its duty to indemnify. However, other SIRs apply only to the duty to indemnify, and in no way limit or delay an insurer’s i...

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