Approved March 11, effective July 1. The Hanover's California small-commercial GL book — 6,828 policyholders, $10.4M premium — takes a 28.4% average, but the class-level numbers bite far harder: sports and fitness +56.2%, medical facilities +51.1%, condominiums +46.9%, cultural institutions +43.3%. On top of the rate, a stack of new mandatory exclusions attaches: opioids, human trafficking, punitive damages, new residential multi-unit construction, and cyber-war on the cyber portion. Life-sciences products/completed-operations is narrowed for clinical trials.
Who feels it: gyms, studios, medical offices, condo associations and life-sciences firms. Move now: the exclusions are the real story — a gym or clinic may keep coverage but lose the protection it actually needs. Read the new endorsement list to every affected client before renewal.