General Liability Assessment
Program Costs
UCLA maintains a self insurance program to cover the costs of its General Liability Program.
Charges are made as a percentage of each $100 of salary costs, and assessed to all extramural
funding sources with the exception of support from the federal government, federal flow-through
funds and contracts and grants from state or local governments. Awards from non-profit and forprofit sponsors are being assessed for these general liability program costs.
Estimated rates have been developed for use in proposal budgets. The rates shown below were
provided by the campus Office of Insurance and Risk Management for use in all proposals
submitted to non-profit and for-profit sponsors. Budgets for the FY 2012-13 through 2015-16
should incorporate costs for the General Liability program assessments, using the estimated
rates indicated in the table below.
FY 2012-2013
FY 2013-2014
FY 2014-2015
FY 2015-2016
$0.69/ $100 salary
$0.72/ $100 salary
$0.69/ $100 salary
$0.81/$100 salary
Budgets being developed for Fiscal years beyond 2015-2016 should use the rate of $0.81/$100
salary.
Budgets should be developed by multiplying the appropriate rate by the budgeted subtotal for
salary costs. The resulting figure should be shown in the "Other Direct Costs" (sub 3) category.
The budget justification should identify these costs General Liability Assessment Program costs.
If further explanation is required, the budget justification should indicate that “these charges
represent a share of the cost of claims paid by the University under its General Liability selfinsurance program”.
Additional information and guidance may be obtained from the UCLA Office of Insurance and
Risk Management (IRM) at extension 4-6948.
Updated: May 2016