Property

While it’s an unpleasant topic to consider, sometimes people pass away in their homes and their bodies are undiscovered for weeks. Decomposition can lead to decay and loss of body…

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 17-store chain of restaurants were shut down recently by Hurricane Charley. Direct property damage was actually minor at all locations; however, an area-wide power outage resulted in several of…

If the volume of “Ask an Expert” questions we get is any indication, the “wear and tear” exclusion in auto and property policies–both personal and commercial lines–is one of the…

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…