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Auto Insurance Suspensions Revisited

Contractors may have autos like dump trucks and semi-tractors that they want to “lay up” while the vehicles are not needed during a construction slow-down. One contractor was told he…

engineer working on building site

Garagekeepers Gap…Contractual Liability

In the liability coverage of the garage policy (similar to that in the CGL), there is a contractual liability exclusion. However, the exclusion doesn’t apply to “liability for damages…[t]hat the…

Does 2 + 8 + 9 = 1?

For whatever reason(s), some carriers are more willing to write business auto liability coverage under Symbols 2, 8, and 9, rather than Symbol 1. Recently, we received an “Ask an…

Valuation

Improperly valuing an agency for sale or purchase can cost hundreds of thousands of dollars. Relying on commission multiples as a valuation tool is a complete waste of time. This…

Intro to Agency Purchases & Mergers

The differences between “purchases” and “mergers” is so great that one is forced to wonder how they became so closely related in agency management literature. The two activities are fundamentally…

Different business groups become one team. Concept of bringing people together, merging teams, partnerships, acquisitions, joint ventures, collectibles

The BAP and Additional Insureds

From our “Ask an Expert” file: On a Business Auto Policy (BAP) can you add the owner of the premises you are doing a job for as an additional insured?…

Care, Custody & Control in the BAP

The issue of “care, custody and control” in insurance policy exclusions will probably be debated until the end of time. In this article, we’ll explore the issue of “CCC” with…

car after an accident, after a pedestrian hit

What’s My Agency Worth?

A water bottler prices each bottle at $1. But what if the water is transported to the middle of a desert in which there is NO other source of water…is…

Small Figures with arrow and dollar signs. Customer Acquisition Cost or monetization concept.

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