Commercial Lines

When agents have coverage questions, they sometimes ask the underwriter for a coverage interpretation. Interested and concerned members of the VU faculty want to know why in the world you…

Contractual risk transfer is often confused with insurance coverage; and certificates of insurance are ALWAYS confused for a document with any real meaning or power. This article focuses on one…

Before reviewing the exclusions, exceptions, and exceptions to exceptions, you must confirm the loss even qualifies for coverage based upon the grant of coverage found in the insuring agreement.

Most general liability coverage cases, that address whether “property damage” has taken place, focus on the “physical injury to tangible property” aspect of the definition. You can see that a…

“An” insured does not equal “the” insured in any policy; however, carriers like to broaden the meaning of “an” insured in the BAP care, custody or control exclusion to make…

Although it seems reasonable that the carrier’s duty to defend ends when no insurable allegations remain in the suit – this is not necessarily always true. Some courts have a…

Attorney Randy Maniloff introduces us to the difference between “the” insured and “an” or “any” insured in the insurance policy. Many ignore these little words (“the,” “an” or “any”) in…

Valued policy laws require the insurance carrier to pay the face amount of the policy if the structure is a “total loss.” In these situations, it does not matter if…

Record flu seasons often garner heavy media attention. When any strain of the flu is in the news, whether it be Swine flu, Bird flu or 2018’s H3N2 strain the…