An insured had a foreign object go through his combine when harvesting. He called and reported the damage to the agent but didn’t know whether the damage would be over his $5,000 deductible. The agency submitted the claim around 50 days after the original date of loss. The company says they are only paying $2,500…
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 windstorm.
Providing timely, accurate certificates of insurance is essential to keep clients’ projects and contracts moving. Yet, for many agencies, handling these requests has become a significant bottleneck.
If a certificate of insurance (COI) holder is shown as an automatic additional insured when required by contract through a blanket additional insured endorsement and the coverage is cancelled, does the agent need to notify the certificate holder of the cancellation?
An agency insures several contractors that do work for unit owners within a homeowners association (HOA). The HOA asked to be an additional insured on these contractors’ policies. Without incurring a large expense by scheduling the HOA as each job arises, what is the best way to endorse the contractors’ policies to include the HOA…
The insured died a week and a half before the renewal date but had already paid the renewal premium. The experts disagree on whether the policy was cancelled.
A general contractor filed a claim after tools were stolen from an employee at an active construction project location. The carrier denied coverage, saying that the tools were not located at the insured’s premises.
A commercial lines prospect has a limit on business income and business personal property (BPP), but not on the building.
A commercial insured’s showroom was flooded after a demolition contractor broke a water line while demolishing an adjacent building.
A Missouri-based commercial lines client uses virtual assistants in the Philippines. Does the virtual assistants’ wages need to be added to the company’s workers compensation policy?
