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Comprehensive vs. Collision: Shopping Cart Blown by Wind into Car

After a shopping cart was blown 30 yards across a parking lot into a client’s car, the agent believes the windstorm damage is a comprehensive loss. The adjustor says the object is a collision loss because the object must be falling to be caused by a winds

E&O, Territory Limitations and Stolen Truck Cargo

A U.S.-based trucking client’s truck and cargo were stolen in Canada, but the carrier denied the claim due to a territorial exclusion. The loss happened “before the insured had a chance to read the policy.”