Charlie, You are right that is a common practice in testing laboratory industry. As a client, that is the risk of the business that may not be under the control.
Regards, Scott On 25/9/13 10:01 PM, "Charlie Blackham" <[email protected]> wrote: > Scott > > I recall a conversation on another email reflector which noted that a ³very > large NRTL² had re-written it¹s client agreement and, in the event of an > error, their liability was limited to the cost of re-testing that particular > clause! > > On a wider note, ³consequential losses² are typically excluded from many > contractual agreements and liability limitations for UK consultants and test > labs seem to be limited to 100% or 125% of order value. > > Regards > Charlie > > > From: Scott Xe [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: 25 September 2013 14:36 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [PSES] Test facility insurance > > It is very interesting subject. From time to time, we appoint 3rd party > laboratories for the testing work. In case there is an error regardless of > interpretation or careless mistake, it may result in rework cost of several > million dollars. I do not believe any 3rd party testing laboratory to cover > this loss. Is there any insurance or infrastructure to cover it. > > Thanks and regards, > > Scott > > On 24/9/13 5:47 AM, "Ken MacGrath" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello Group, > > I'm the owner of an EMC/Product Safety/Reliability/Environmental test facility > in New Hampshire and would greatly appreciate your input on insurance. What > would you suggest for coverage, and should test engineers have professional > liability insurance? > > Thank you! > > Ken MacGrath > Core Compliance Testing Services, LLC > 79 River Road (Route 3A) > Hudson, NH 03051 > 603.889.5545 > > www.corecompliancetesting.com <http://www.corecompliancetesting.com> > > - > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc > discussion list. To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to > <[email protected]> > > All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: > http://www.ieee-pses.org/emc-pstc.html > > Attachments are not permitted but the IEEE PSES Online Communities site at > http://product-compliance.oc.ieee.org/ can be used for graphics (in well-used > formats), large files, etc. > > Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ > Instructions: http://www.ieee-pses.org/list.html (including how to > unsubscribe) <http://www.ieee-pses.org/list.html> > List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html > > For help, send mail to the list administrators: > Scott Douglas <[email protected]> > Mike Cantwell <[email protected]> > > For policy questions, send mail to: > Jim Bacher <[email protected]> > David Heald <[email protected]> > - > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc > discussion list. To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to > <[email protected]> > > All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: > http://www.ieee-pses.org/emc-pstc.html > > Attachments are not permitted but the IEEE PSES Online Communities site at > http://product-compliance.oc.ieee.org/ can be used for graphics (in well-used > formats), large files, etc. > > Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ > Instructions: http://www.ieee-pses.org/list.html (including how to > unsubscribe) <http://www.ieee-pses.org/list.html> > List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html > > For help, send mail to the list administrators: > Scott Douglas <[email protected]> > Mike Cantwell <[email protected]> > > For policy questions, send mail to: > Jim Bacher <[email protected]> > David Heald <[email protected]> > - ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to <[email protected]> All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieee-pses.org/emc-pstc.html Attachments are not permitted but the IEEE PSES Online Communities site at http://product-compliance.oc.ieee.org/ can be used for graphics (in well-used formats), large files, etc. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ Instructions: http://www.ieee-pses.org/list.html (including how to unsubscribe) List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas <[email protected]> Mike Cantwell <[email protected]> For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: <[email protected]> David Heald: <[email protected]>
