Commercial Lines

Wife Sues Husband’s Employer Because He Brings Home COVID

In a first of its kind case, a wife sues her husband’s employer alleging she contracted COVID from her husband as a result of the employer’s negligence leading to her…

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Insurance Implications of Required Vaccines

With the availability of the COVID vaccine, many discussions revolve around the legality of an employer requiring a vaccine. If the employer is allowed to require the vaccine, what are…

Occupational Illness and Compensability

Workers’ compensation coverage responds only to an injury or illness defined as occupational. To be occupational and compensable requires certain tests be satisfied. Three key tests must be satisfied before…

Understanding the Basics of Property Protection in COPE Underwriting

Property underwriters analyze essentially the same information today as was reviewed 400 years ago. Although technology has changed, the basics of property underwriting has not changed. The four primary factors…

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Changes to ISO’s Auto Dealer Coverage Form

Insurance Services Office (ISO) recently introduced several changes to its Auto Dealer Coverage Form (CA 00 25) with a November 2020 edition date and a proposed effective date of December…

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Changes to ISO’s Business Auto Coverage Form

Insurance Services Office (ISO) recently introduced several changes to the Business Auto Coverage Form (CA 00 01) with a November 2020 edition date and a proposed effective date of December…

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One (or Two) Key Property Loss Provision(s) Attorneys Keep Forgetting

Plaintiff’s attorneys are looking for any and every means possible to trigger business income coverage from COVID-related shutdowns. One method is asserting that the presence of a virus on surfaces…

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