Amazon have written to businesses letting them know of updates to the Amazon Services EU Business Solutions Agreement and programme policies, the most useful of which is liability insurance, where from the 1st of January it’s no longer a requirement to have Amazon as additional insureds.
We’ll remove the requirement that insurance policies name Amazon and its assignees as additional insureds. We’ll also update the Commercial Liability Insurance Programme Policy to remove this requirement, and to clarify that the obligation to notify us if your commercial liability insurance is cancelled, modified or not renewed rests with the selling partner (not the insurance provider).
– Amazon
The previous stipulation that you add Amazon as additional insured and that your insurer notify Amazon if your insurance lapses made finding a suitable provider a bit of a nightmare. Amazon helpfully identified a choice of one insurance broker called Simply Business who would can help you secure liability insurance but that doesn’t help most businesses – especially those who’s Amazon business is part of a larger retail operation.
The other changes announced are that Amazon will clarify that they’ll continue to issue invoices to you electronically in a format and delivery method that they determine, for example, in PDF, and that Amazon Advertising customers agree to accept invoices electronically in a format and delivery method, again that they determine, for example in PDF, if such format is permitted under applicable law.
