Care, Custody & Control

To The Editor:

Thanks to Bruce Hillman for his June 30 “FC&S Answer” column (see “To Care And Control–Or Not,” page 21). Someone finally got it right! I have argued the care-and-control coverage issue literally hundreds of times over the past 15 years on the over-2000 carpet cleaners and janitors that we insure. I have heard every lame argument in the book from insurers who simply don’t want to pay care, custody and control claims regardless of what the policy says. The long and short of it is (with respect to the 2001 and later forms):

Employees are not insureds with respect to personal property damage in the care, custody or control of the named insured, employees, partners or members. Therefore, if the employee is liable for damage, then the company doesn’t have to pay to indemnify the employee.

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