Commercial Lines

Some businesses may have substantial values in equipment that is used while attached to an auto. Can this be covered under the physical damage section of a Business Auto Policy…

Commercial insurers have increasingly incorporated provisions into their coverage forms and/or endorsements that can create significant coverage gaps when property is insured on a blanket basis. The use of a…

What happens when you combine restaurant operations with an auto exposure beyond the mere delivery or catering operation? Join Mike Edwards as he combines his two favorite subjects – insurance…

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…

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…

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…

In 2013, ISO made some of the most significant revisions to its additional insured (AI) endorsements ever. Several of these revisions have given a number of industry experts pause as…

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…

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…

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…