Commercial Lines

2013 ISO Commercial General Liability Changes

ISO revised various General Liability coverage forms and endorsements effective April 2013 to reflect the changing needs of insureds and insurers. As with all program changes, the revisions include broadening…

How Much Insurance Do I Need on My Building?

An insured buys gets a steal on a new building, paying $2.5M for a building with a replacement cost of $12M. The insured is concerned with protecting his investment rather…

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2012 ISO Commercial Property Changes

The 2012 ISO Commercial Property filing changes both policy forms and endorsements. The forms have an edition date of October 2012. Since the changes include both broadening and reduction of…

Workers Compensation and Illegal Immigrants

One of the few email discussion lists I participate in is a Yahoo! Groups list called “RiskList.” Recently, the topic of discussion was illegal aliens and workers compensation. Some of…

Monitoring the Mod

In your agency, I bet it is common practice to review renewals 6-8 months in advance, right? Right! (he says sarcastically)  Well, if the workers compensation is experience rated, there…

More NCCI Experience Mod Q&A

Our “Ask an Expert” service got this question recently: “I have a customer that has not had a workers comp loss in over 8 years. How do you explain that…

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NCCI Experience Mod Q&A

​​​Numerous questions arrive at the VU about workers compensation modifications. Be sure to use the VU search function to find several articles on this subject, including calculations and correcting errors.…

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Three Quick Analyses of an NCCI Mod Worksheet

If you are meeting with a prospective client, ask for a copy of his most recent experience rating worksheet. Performing the following quick analyses can give you good insight into…

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