Rhode Island General Laws 5-5.1-22. Insurance requirements
A licensee of a private security guard business shall file with the attorney general a certificate of insurance evidencing comprehensive general liability coverage for bodily injury, personal injury, and property damage with endorsements for assault and battery and personal injury, including false arrest, libel, slander, and invasion of privacy, in the minimum amount of three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000) for bodily or personal injury and one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) for property damage. A licensee shall also file endorsements for damage to property in their care, custody, and control and for errors and omissions. The certificate shall provide that the insurance shall not be modified or cancelled unless thirty (30) days’ prior notice is given to the attorney general. A licensee must be insured by a carrier licensed in this state.
History of Section.
P.L. 1987, ch. 112, § 1.
Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 5-5.1-22
- Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
- Attorney General: means the attorney general of the state of Rhode Island. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-5.1-2
- Licensee: means any person to whom a license is granted in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-5.1-2
- Private security guard business: includes :
(i) A business that furnishes for hire or reward watchmen, guards, bodyguards, private patrolmen, or other persons, to protect persons or real and personal property;
(ii) A business that furnishes for hire or reward any trained dog or other animal with or without an accompanying handler for the purpose of providing security. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-5.1-2