Cannabis, Hemp & CBD Manufacturing Insurance

Equipment used in cannabis manufacturing is becoming more and more complex. As new technologies arise, the way in which cannabis flower is altered and turned into different cannabis products rely on more expensive equipment. As a manufacturer, you understand the importance of ensuring you are covered in the event something goes wrong in the manufacturing process. Whether it is equipment that breaks down, or incidents that can ruin the cannabis flower itself. It is important for you to learn the different ways in which you can protect yourself.

Product liability Insurance provides coverage in the event you are found liable due to a defective product, whether you manufacture or just sell the product to a consumer. For businesses in the cannabis industry, this is an evolving issue. Product Liability will ensure that you are covered in the event consumption or use of your product causes illness or side effects. Additionally, it can provide protection if a third party claims an accident happened while consuming/using your products or there is a product recall. Protect your business, brand, and investors with comprehensive products liability insurance.

We recognize that Product Liability insurance in the cannabis industry is new and evolving. However, there has been an increase in the number of cases brought up that deal with accusations of defective cannabis product, as well as new guidelines and regulations that have caused product recalls. Product liability Insurance provides coverage in the event you are found liable due to a defective product, whether you manufacture or just sell the product to a consumer.

Bodily Injury

Even when the best practices are maintained, accidents and injuries can still happen. CannaCorps provides access to general liability insurance that can cover claims by third parties for bodily injuries. If you work in an office, store or even at a customer’s location, general liability coverage can protect you from lawsuits and claims.

Medical Expenses

If an accident happens and someone other than you or an employee is injured, your general liability policy can cover the associated medical expenses for each injured person. Protect yourself and your cannabis business with a general liability insurance policy.

Property Damage

Damage to someone else’s property, whether caused by you or one of your employees, can potentially create huge expenses that you as a business owner would be responsible for. Therefore it is wise to protect yourself and your business with a general liability insurance policy.

Legal Fees

Legal fees are expensive if you do not have a plan in place for your defense. Your general liability insurance policy can cover legal costs on your behalf reducing your limit of liability.

These are some of the risks that are specific to the cannabis industry, such as:

• Heat-stress injuries from working outside of a greenhouse
• Cuts and lacerations when plants are harvested
• Exposure to toxins from fertilizers and pesticides
• Improper ventilation that can lead to toxic mold exposure
• Excessive UV exposure from indoor growing lamps
• Carbon dioxide inhalation
• Possible burns and electrical shocks from malfunctioning or improperly wired equipment

Whether you are a cannabis dispensary, cultivator or a laboratory, property insurance is critical to protect your buildings and assets. We can provide access to property policies designed to insure structures such as buildings and greenhouses, as well as other properties owned by cannabis business operations.

Property insurance can also provide coverage for:

• Business personal property
• Building
• Tenants betterments and improvements
• Money and securities
• Outdoor property (fencing, signs)
• Personal effects of others
• Employee dishonesty

This is a partial list and can be customized to suit your dispensary’s needs.

Additional coverages may include:

Motor Truck cargo

An inland marine form covering loss of property in the course of transit, either by common carrier or on the insured's own vehicles, depending on the form used.

Management Liability

Covers exposures faced by directors, officers, managers, and business entities that arise from governance, finance, benefits, and management activities (also called "executive liability insurance"). This includes

1. directors and officers (D&O) liability insurance
2. employment practices liability (EPL) insurance
3. fiduciary liability insurance, and
4. "special crime" insurance (covering kidnap, ransom, and extortion exposures).

These coverages may be written as stand-alone insurance policies or combined into a single, "package" policy.

Commercial Auto

Auto — as the term is currently defined in Insurance Services Office, Inc. (ISO), commercial auto and commercial general liability (CGL) insurance policies, any land motor vehicle, trailer, or semi trailer designed for travel on public roads; or any other land vehicle that is subject to a compulsory or financial responsibility law or other motor vehicle insurance law where it is licensed or principally garaged.

Excess Liability

a policy issued to provide limits in excess of an underlying liability policy. The underlying liability policy can be, and often is, an umbrella liability policy. An excess liability policy is no broader than the underlying liability policy; its sole purpose is to provide additional limits of insurance.

Cyber and Privacy Insurance

A type of insurance designed to cover consumers of technology services or products. More specifically, the policies are intended to cover a variety of both liability and property losses that may result when a business engages in various electronic activities, such as selling on the Internet or collecting data within its internal electronic network.

Errors and Omissions (E&O) Insurance

An insurance form that protects the insured against liability for committing an error or omission in performance of professional duties. Generally, such policies are designed to cover financial losses rather than liability for bodily injury (BI) and property damage (PD).

Directors and Officers (D&O) Liability Insurance

A type of liability insurance covering directors and officers for claims made against them while serving on a board of directors and/or as an officer. D∓O liability insurance can be written to cover the directors and officers of for-profit businesses, privately held firms, not-for-profit organizations, and educational institutions. In effect, the policies function as "management errors and omissions liability insurance," covering claims resulting from managerial decisions that have adverse financial consequences.

Employment Practices Liability Insurance (EPLI)

A type of liability insurance covering wrongful acts arising from the employment process. The most frequent types of claims covered under such policies include: wrongful termination, discrimination, sexual harassment, and retaliation. In addition, the policies cover claims from a variety of other types of inappropriate workplace conduct, including (but not limited to) employment-related: defamation, invasion of privacy, failure to promote, deprivation of a career opportunity, and negligent evaluation.