VU Resources

We probably get more questions about trailers than any other vehicle. Search the VU for “trailer” and you’ll see what I mean. In this article, VU faculty member Mike Edwards…

In 2013, Marshall & Swift/Boeckh reported that 60 percent of homes were underinsured by an average of 17 percent. In addition to increased construction costs many homes are not built…

You’ve read about the explosion of “disrupters” that are going to revolutionize the insurance industry. Most of them promise quick and easy online or smart phone app access but none…

An insured who is leasing a building or space in a building is being required by the landlord to carry $1M in “fire legal” coverage. The insured’s CGL insurer will…

Your insured’s 21 year old daughter is moving from a dorm to an apartment at college. She has been covered on your family HO and PUP policies but the underwriter…

Let’s face it, even the best and brightest of us sometimes do dumb things and often it’s with good intentions to help a customer. But the cold, hard E&O reality…

We often get questions about in ground pools and whether they’re HO Coverage A or B. HO guru David Thompson explains, with photos, why this isn’t always cut and dried,…

Is too much of your staff’s time being spent responding to telephone requests for auto quotes? One agency getting 80 calls a day seeks a way out and the VU…

A dock is damaged by a covered peril but the carrier denies the claim, citing the “piers, wharves, docks” exclusion. You argue that his language applies to permanent docks, not…

We find that often there is a misconception that listing someone as a driver on an auto policy automatically makes them an insured or that someone is not an insured…