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Litigation Graphics & Trial Exhibit Firms
Last updated August 2026 · Maintained and reviewed by the Advocate Insurance Consultants coverage research team.
Overview
What an adequately protected Litigation Graphics & Trial Exhibit Firms program looks like
Demonstrative evidence firms produce charts, graphs, drawings, computer animation, and three dimensional exhibits used to illustrate legal cases. They frequently hold client materials and finished exhibits in their care while preparing them for trial. Responsibility for property in their custody makes inland marine a leading exposure. For litigation graphics & trial exhibit firms, this Advocate Standard profile pinpoints the coverages that matter most, including Auto Liability, General Liability, Professional Liability, Worker's Compensation, Fidelity Bond, and sets limit, deductible, and carrier-quality standards to protect the balance sheet.
Key takeaways
- Spans 144 published requirements across 42 coverage type-peril pairs.
- Applies to 2 asset types: Commercial Office Building, Professional Services Firm.
- Covers 15 coverage types and 15 distinct perils.
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Completion score
10 of 42 WIM pairs required
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Requirements
Full requirement set for Litigation Graphics & Trial Exhibit Firms
Every requirement in the Advocate standard, 144 rows across limits, deductibles, carrier rating, and presence checks. Search and filter to drill in.
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Compliance
Who requires Litigation Graphics & Trial Exhibit Firms
- Litigation graphics and trial exhibit firm insurance is required by the law firms and corporate legal departments that hand over case materials and evidence, embedding professional liability, general liability, and care-custody-and-control minimums in engagement agreements.
- Legal-department risk managers verify coverage before releasing sensitive exhibits and privileged materials.
- Where firms hold original evidence, chain-of-custody obligations flow through the client contract.
- Facility landlords and lenders require property coverage for studios and equipment.
- Brokers placing programs for litigation-support vendors confirm inland marine limits for property in the firm's custody, making litigation graphics and trial exhibit insurance a condition of taking on high-stakes case work.
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Exclusions
What Litigation Graphics & Trial Exhibit Firms does not cover
- The present program for demonstrative evidence firms carries Auto Liability, General Liability, Professional Liability, Inland Marine, Worker's Compensation, and a Fidelity Bond.
- It omits standalone Cyber Liability, leaving breaches of confidential case data and privileged materials unfunded, and it excludes Directors and Officers and Employment Practices Liability.
- The Professional Liability form is claims-made, so it carves out services rendered prior to the retroactive date, claims first reported after expiration when no tail is purchased, and previously known matters.
- Loss of irreplaceable original evidence may exceed inland marine sublimits, and intellectual property or defamation exposures arising from exhibit content, plus contractual liability assumed beyond the firm's own negligence, generally fall outside coverage.
Risk advisory
Typical coverage gaps in Professional & Business Services
Demonstrative evidence firms carry inland marine as a leading exposure because they hold client materials and finished exhibits in their care while preparing them for trial.
- Confirm inland marine and bailee limits reflect the value of items in custody, including irreplaceable original evidence, and check sublimits and valuation terms.
- Because firms hold confidential and privileged case data, a dedicated Cyber Liability policy closes the breach and ransomware gap the present program leaves open.
- Align the professional liability retroactive date with the firm's history and buy tail coverage before switching carriers, since a disputed exhibit can generate a claim after a case closes.
- Verify property and equipment coverage for studios and production gear, confirm care-custody-and-control terms match client contracts, and evaluate Employment Practices and Directors and Officers Liability as the firm grows.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
What insurance do litigation graphics firms need?
Litigation graphics and trial exhibit firms need inland marine, professional liability, general liability, and cyber liability, plus workers' compensation. Inland marine and bailee coverage protect client materials and exhibits in the firm's custody, professional liability funds disputes over the work, and cyber protects confidential case data and privileged materials.
Why do trial exhibit firms need inland marine coverage?
Trial exhibit firms need inland marine coverage because they frequently hold client materials, evidence, and finished exhibits in their care while preparing them for trial. Property in the firm's custody is a bailee exposure that standard property policies limit, so inland marine funds loss or damage to items that may be valuable or irreplaceable.
Do litigation graphics firms need cyber insurance?
Yes. Litigation graphics firms hold confidential case data, privileged documents, and sensitive client materials that make them targets for breaches. Professional and general liability policies exclude most cyber losses, so a dedicated cyber liability policy is needed to fund breach response, notification, and extortion costs after an incident.
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