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These two coverages get bundled together so often that it's easy to assume they overlap. They don't — here's exactly where the line sits.
Same-day coverage is typically available, and your certificate of insurance is issued instantly after you bind.
General liability and liquor liability get bundled together so often that it's easy to assume they're really one coverage with two names. They're not. What triggers a GL claim and what triggers a liquor liability claim are fundamentally different events, and a mobile bar carrying only one is exposed on the other side.
GL covers ordinary third-party bodily injury and property damage connected to your operation — a guest trips over a cord running to your bar cart, a rented tent stake damages a venue's irrigation line, your setup knocks over and breaks a piece of venue property. None of this has anything to do with alcohol specifically; it's the same kind of liability any event vendor carries.
Liquor liability is specifically about alcohol service — most commonly, a claim arising because someone you served alcohol to was later involved in an incident, like a DUI accident after leaving the event. See our liquor liability page for the full picture. This is exactly the category of claim standard GL policies typically exclude outright, which is why the two coverages need to be considered together rather than assuming one absorbs the other.
Get both built into one policy: request your quote and we'll structure GL and liquor liability together from the start.
Mobile Bar Insurance connects you with licensed agents who structure GL and liquor liability together, with no gap between them.
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