Broken Wine Bottle

March 6, 2017

Questions regarding coverage for a wine collection under the ho-3 and ho-5 forms.
• What coverage would apply on the unendorsed home policy if I dropped my $10K bottle of wine on the floor and it smashed into a thousand pieces?
• Would the answer differ if HO-15 – Special Personal Property Coverage endorsement was on the policy? (I.e. same as the HO-5 policy)?


Kentucky Subscriber

Under the HO 00 03 personal property is named perils, and there is no named peril for clumsiness or dropping objects. Under the HO 00 05, coverage is open perils except that under coverage C breakage of eyeglasses, glassware, statuary, porcelains and similar fragile articles are not covered except for certain named perils. Glassware is defined by Merriam Webster as articles made out of glass, so the bottle of wine would fall into this category. Again, clumsiness or just dropping of a bottle of wine is not a named peril. If the insured wants his wine collection insured, best to talk to underwriting and see if they'll allow it to be scheduled.

 

 

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