Provides additional insured coverage for automobile liability. It also includes primary and noncontributory status.
What Does This Coverage Include?
Modifies the Business Auto/Commercial Auto policy to address contract-driven risk transfer requirements—particularly Additional Insured status, primary and noncontributory wording, and waiver of subrogation.
Adds **Additional Insured** coverage so a client, project owner, or other required party can be protected for covered auto liability arising from your use of insured vehicles in connection with the agreement.
Helps extend defense and indemnity to the Additional Insured for allegations of vicarious liability tied to your drivers, your operations, or your covered autos—subject to the policy terms and exclusions.
Includes **Primary and Noncontributory** status, supporting contracts that require your auto policy to respond first without contribution from the Additional Insured’s auto coverage.
Commonly requested when a contract requires evidence that automobile liability coverage supports the risk transfer provisions in the agreement, especially where vehicles are used on or around a project site.
What Is NOT Covered?
The following coverages can be included if endorsed elsewhere
Waiver of subrogation: This endorsement does not waive the insurer’s rights of recovery against required parties following a covered auto loss.
Why Is This Endorsement Important?
Helps satisfy auto-related contract requirements so required parties can be treated as **Additional Insureds** for covered auto liability tied to your use of vehicles.
Strengthens risk transfer when an accident triggers allegations against multiple parties—for example, when a site owner is named due to operations involving your vehicle.
Supports contract language requiring your auto policy to be **primary and noncontributory**, reducing contribution demands on the other party’s auto insurance.
Clarifies how liability is intended to be shared (or not shared) between parties, which can reduce disputes at claim time.
How Do You Review This Coverage?
Ensure that policy number - when printed - matches the COI
Ensure that expiration date - when printed - is not yet expired
Ensure that no invalidating watermarks (e.g. Sample) are included
Ensure the boxes contain full blanket language or the additional insured entities and locations that match your contract.
Review any specific limitations or restrictive language.
What Other Endorsements Work With This?
Code
What It Does
When to use it
CA 04 43
Adds waiver of subrogation in favor of the additional insureds.
Required if the contract demands that the carrier’s rights of recovery do not apply to the additional insureds.