A commercial prospect rents space at a warehouse and his current agent tells him that the fire damage legal liability coverage on his CGL policy covers him there. The prospective…
The ISO PAP extends coverage to “temporary substitute” autos One question is what constitutes “temporary”? What if your car is in the shop for six weeks and you have a…
An upscale art and frame shop is insured on a BOP policy. The insured owns no autos, so there is no business auto policy. In addition, there is no hired…
WASHINGTON, D.C., April 15, 2016—Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-New York) delivered a keynote address to the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (IIABA or the Big “I”) membership at its…
A prospect’s lease requires that the tenant (him) be responsible for only the heating and air conditioning system (HVAC) under a provision that the tenant “maintain, repair and replace” the…
Your insured leases (all or a part of) a building and the lease makes him responsible for damage to the HVAC equipment. The lease might also make him responsible for…
Leaked fluids from a wreck of two vehicles were not properly cleaned up by a private firm. As a result, a motorcyclist was seriously injured when he slid through the…
Agent question: “We have not been individually adding Additional Insured endorsements, relying on them being an indemnitee in the ‘insured contract’ wording of the CGL or BOP policies, which gives…
Many, if not most, certificates of insurance identify one or more parties as additional insureds. However, with several hundred non-ISO AI endorsements in the marketplace, many of these forms provide…
Your insured, a manufacturer, sells products that a very large customer buys and uses. The customer wants to be an additional insured on the manufacturer’s policy. The underwriter says that’s…
