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June 24, 2008

  Hotel Fire Damage and “Property in Your Control” Exclusion We have a claim where an employee of our insured started a fire in a hotel…

June 24, 2008

Farm Personal Property Defined We write a lot of farm business. Our insured had a farm policy that provided coverage for farm personal property. They…

June 24, 2008

Is Hurricane Katrina damage covered?   This week's question is one that has not yet been asked in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, but, rather, one…

June 24, 2008

Professional Liability—Fraudulent Acts— Actual versus Constructive Fraud—Archived Article Q One of the exclusions under the lawyers…

A tenant with a BOP is unable to inhabit the premises because a hurricane took off the roof. Additionally, there was an off-premises power outage. The adjuster denies business income coverage.

June 24, 2008

Our insured carries employee dishonesty coverage under forms CR 00 01 and CR 10 00, both 10/90 editions. The insured owns and places video game machines…

June 24, 2008

Discusses who has care of a tenant's property in storage when it is mistakenly discarded by the insured.

June 24, 2008

Coverage Territory under a BOP Our insured has a businessowners policy (BOP) under which he insures his office. He often shares other office locations…

June 24, 2008

Discusses if a monetary deductible applies to business income coverage.

June 24, 2008

Does an overflowing washing machine constitute a flood?