An oft missed but important issue for manufacturers using 3rd party safety test labs is the indemnity liability clause in the agreement. Manufacturers need to be careful that indemnity is sufficient in the event of a "faulty" test issue that results in a recall or incident.
Cost and competence are not the sole considerations. John From: Charlie Blackham [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 25 September 2013 15:02 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [PSES] Test facility insurance Scott I recall a conversation on another email reflector which noted that a "very large NRTL" had re-written it's 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, "consequential losses" 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]<mailto:[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. 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