Personal Liability Coverage: Slander, Libel, Defamation of Character, & More

Most people know they have personal liability insurance coverage on their home / condo / mobile home / renters insurance to protect them and their family from lawsuits if someone gets injured on their home property.

This liability coverage extends to the non-business activities for you and your resident family members, too. For example, your son accidentally injures a playmate while playing a pick-up game of baseball.

But what coverage do you have if someone sues you for libel for something your teenager said about them on the Internet? The basic homeowners, renters, condo, or mobile home insurance policy does not cover you in this situation.

Did you know, for a few dollars more a year, you can protect you and your family from lawsuits arising from false arrest, false imprisonment, wrongful eviction, wrongful detention, malicious prosecution, libel, slander, defamation of character or invasion of rights of privacy? Continue reading