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33 sections with “insurance coverage”

  • FAR 28.306 Insurance under fixed-price contracts.
    (a) General. Although the Government is not ordinarily concerned with the contractor's insurance coverage if the contract is a fixed-price contract, in special circumstances agencies may specify insurance requirements under fixed-price cont…
  • FAR 28.308 Self-insurance.
    (a) When it is anticipated that 50 percent or more of the self-insurance costs to be incurred at a segment of a contractor's business will be allocable to negotiated Government contracts, and the self-insurance costs at the segment for the …
  • FAR 31.205-19 Insurance and indemnification.
    (a) Insurance by purchase or by self-insuring includes— (1) Coverage the contractor is required to carry or to have approved, under the terms of the contract; and (2) Any other coverage the contractor maintains in connection with the gene…
  • FAR 47.102 Transportation insurance.
    … its property that is not the legal liability of commercial carriers and (2) does not buy insurance coverage for its property in the possession of commercial carriers (40 U.S.C. 17307). (See part 28, Bonds and Insurance.) (b) Under special…
  • FAR 52.228-4 Workers' Compensation and War-Hazard Insurance Overseas.
    …escribed in 28.309(b), insert the following clause: Workers' Compensation and War-Hazard Insurance Overseas (APR 1984) (a) This paragraph applies if the Contractor employs any person who, but for a waiver granted by the Secretary of Labor…
  • DFARS 252.228-7006 Compliance with Spanish Laws and Insurance.
    As prescribed at 228.371(e), use the following clause: Compliance with Spanish Laws and Insurance (DEC 1998) (a) The requirements of this clause apply only if the Contractor is not a Spanish concern. (b) The Contractor shall, without add…
  • FAR 52.228-7 Insurance—Liability to Third Persons.
    As prescribed in 28.311-1, insert the following clause: Insurance—Liability to Third Persons (MAR 1996) (a)(1) Except as provided in subparagraph (a)(2) of this clause, the Contractor shall provide and maintain workers' compensation, empl…
  • FAR 52.237-7 Indemnification and Medical Liability Insurance.
    …prescribed in 37.403, insert the following clause: Indemnification and Medical Liability Insurance (JAN 1997) (a) It is expressly agreed and understood that this is a nonpersonal services contract, as defined in Federal Acquisition Regula…
  • DFARS 252.217-7012 Liability and insurance.
    As prescribed in 217.7104(a), use the following clause: Liability and Insurance (AUG 2003) (a) The Contractor shall exercise its best efforts to prevent accidents, injury, or damage to all employees, persons, and property, in and about th…
  • FAR 28.301 Policy.
    Contractors shall carry insurance under the following circumstances: (a)(1) The Government requires any contractor subject to Cost Accounting Standard (CAS) 416 (48 CFR 9004.416) to obtain insurance, by purchase or self-coverage, for the p…
  • FAR 28.307-2 Liability.
    …under those statutes, they shall be covered under the employer's liability section of the insurance policy, except when contract operations are so commingled with a contractor's commercial operations that it would not be practical to requir…
  • FAR 47.303-14 C.i.f. destination.
    (a) Explanation of delivery term. C.i.f. (Cost, insurance, freight) destination means free of expense to the Government delivered on board the ocean vessel to the specified point of destination, with the cost of transportation and marine in…
  • FAR 50.104-3 Special procedures for unusually hazardous or nuclear risks.
    … A statement, executed by a corporate official with binding contractual authority, of all insurance coverage applicable to the risks to be defined in the contract as unusually hazardous or nuclear, including— (A) Names of insurance compani…
  • FAR 52.250-1 Indemnification Under Public Law 85-804.
    …ined in this contract as unusually hazardous or nuclear and (2) is not compensated for by insurance or otherwise. Any such claim, loss, or damage, to the extent that it is within the deductible amounts of the Contractor's insurance, is not …
  • DFARS 252.235-7000 Indemnification Under 10 U.S.C. 3861—Fixed Price.
    … Must arise from the direct performance of this contract; (2) Must not be compensated by insurance or other means, or be within deductible amounts of the Contractor's insurance; (3) Must result from an unusually hazardous risk as specific…
  • FAR 28.305 Overseas workers' compensation and war-hazard insurance.
    …inst the risk of war hazards (injury, death, capture, or detention). When, by means of an insurance policy or a self-insurance program, the contractor provides the workers' compensation coverage required by the Defense Base Act, the contrac…
  • DFARS 252.235-7001 Indemnification Under 10 U.S.C. 3861—Cost Reimbursement.
    … Must arise from the direct performance of this contract; (2) Must not be compensated by insurance or other means, or be within deductible amounts of the Contractor's insurance; (3) Must result from an unusually hazardous risk as specific…
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    …and intermediate assemblies) to determine whether they conform to contract requirements. Insurance means a contract that provides that for a stipulated consideration, one party undertakes to indemnify another against loss, damage, or liabi…
  • FAR 31.205-6 Compensation for personal services.
    … assignments are unallowable. (However, payments for increased employee income or Federal Insurance Contributions Act taxes incident to allowable reimbursed relocation costs are allowable under 31.205-35(a)(10).) (f) Bonuses and incentive …
  • FAR 35.013 Insurance.
    …ational, or State institutions performing cost-reimbursement contracts often do not carry insurance. They may claim immunity from liability for torts, or, as State institutions, they may be prohibited by State law from expending funds for i…
  • FAR 52.247-42 C.i.f. Destination.
    … vessel to the specified point of destination, with the cost of transportation and marine insurance paid by the Contractor. (b) The Contractor shall— (1)(i) Pack and mark the shipment to comply with contract specifications; or (ii) In th…
  • DFARS 228.370-2 General.
    … to the DD Form 1423, Contract Data Requirements List, to ensure the offeror's commercial insurance provides the appropriate coverage required by the clause at 252.228-7001. (c) Foreign military sales. The exception for foreign military sa…
  • FAR 28.302 Notice of cancellation or change.
    When the Government requires the contractor to provide insurance coverage, the policies shall contain an endorsement that any cancellation or material change in the coverage adversely affecting the Government's interest shall not be effecti…
  • FAR 47.305-6 Shipments to ports and air terminals.
    …d (specify type and size) for the commodity. (4) When the delivery term is c.i.f. (cost, insurance, freight) destination, the required data shall include— (i) The same as specified in 47.305-6(a)(3); and (ii) The amount and type of marin…
  • FAR 52.250-3 SAFETY Act Block Designation/Certification.
    …ased principally in the United States on which United States income tax is paid and whose insurance coverage is subject to regulation in the United States), in or outside the United States. (3) Uses or attempts to use instrumentalities, we…
  • FAR 52.250-4 SAFETY Act Pre-qualification Designation Notice.
    …ased principally in the United States on which United States income tax is paid and whose insurance coverage is subject to regulation in the United States), in or outside the United States. (3) Uses or attempts to use instrumentalities, we…
  • FAR 52.250-5 SAFETY Act—Equitable Adjustment.
    …ased principally in the United States on which United States income tax is paid and whose insurance coverage is subject to regulation in the United States), in or outside the United States. (3) Uses or attempts to use instrumentalities, we…
  • FAR 28.204-3 Irrevocable letter of credit.
    …ing the ILC, the contracting officer shall verify the following information: (i) Federal insurance: Each financial institution is federally insured. Verification of federal insurance is available through the Federal Deposit Insurance Corpo…
  • FAR 50.201 Definitions.
    …ased principally in the United States on which United States income tax is paid and whose insurance coverage is subject to regulation in the United States), in or outside the United States. (3) Uses or attempts to use instrumentalities, we…
  • FAR 31.205-46 Travel costs.
    …s the cost of lease, charter, operation (including personnel), maintenance, depreciation, insurance, and other related costs. (2) The costs of travel by contractor-owned, -leased, or -chartered aircraft are limited to the allowable airfare…
  • FAR 37.401 Policy.
    … during contract performance; (d) Require that the contractor maintain medical liability insurance, in a coverage amount acceptable to the contracting officer, which is not less than the amount normally prevailing within the local communit…
  • FAR 37.402 Contracting officer responsibilities.
    Contracting officers shall obtain evidence of insurability concerning medical liability insurance from the apparent successful offeror prior to contract award and shall obtain evidence of insurance demonstrating the required coverage prior …
  • DFARS 228.304 Risk-pooling arrangements.
    …established the National Defense Projects Rating Plan, also known as the Special Casualty Insurance Rating Plan, as a risk-pooling arrangement to minimize the cost to the Government of purchasing the liability insurance listed in FAR 28.307…

FAR (chapter 1)

DFARS (chapter 2, Defense)

Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Rule changes in progress: FAR, DFARS. Terms: glossary.