Personal Injury

In insurance terminology, personal injury refers to non-physical harms including defamation, libel, slander, invasion of privacy, wrongful eviction, wrongful detention, false arrest, and malicious prosecution. This definition differs from the common legal usage where personal injury typically means bodily harm. Coverage for personal injury offenses is found in the commercial general liability policy and can be especially relevant for litigation firms whose adversarial work may give rise to such allegations.