Commercial Lines

Sometimes errors in the mod occur, and these errors can cost the employer money through increased premium costs. Therefore it’s important to go “looking for trouble” to know how to…

Lease agreements can take many forms. One of the increasingly more popular ones is a triple net lease. While it has historically been used more often for the long-term lease…

The Special Causes of Loss form (and most crime forms) excludes losses “where the only evidence of the loss or damage is a shortage disclosed on taking inventory.” In other…

A not-for-profit company leases a building from the state for $10 per year. The state self-insures this 50 year old building. If there is a loss to the building, the…

Sometimes you hear about a claim denial and you just can’t believe it. In this article, we’ll present two recent commercial property claims that were denied. And, no, we didn’t…

Triple net leases make the tenant responsible for insuring the building or parts thereof. In another article, we discussed how dangerous these provisions can be to both the owner and tenant.…

The position of many of the VU faculty on triple net leases is well known…many of us abhor them. However, they are an unfortunate fact of life. If your tenant…

Following a brief history of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act (TRIA), this article provides a complete listing to date of all the ISO terrorism endorsements, along with links to other…

An I&B claim was denied because the owner of the leased area had not made any betterments or improvements at his own expense since the lease began…all of the improvements…

Building coverage includes personal property owned by you that is used to maintain or service the building or structure or premises, including: appliances used for refrigerating, ventilating, cooking, dishwashing or…