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Property Manager as Additional Insured July 21, 2015 We insure an apartment complex under a CGL form. The complex has a property manager who is listed…

July 21, 2015

Car accident on vacant land; cgl or auto?

July 21, 2015

Discusses damage done during gutter replacement on a commercial building and the damage to property exclusions.

  Meaning of "Entrusted" in Contractors Equipment Coverage July 20, 2015 Our insured has a company that leases and rents contractors equipment.…

Vehicle Falls off Lift   July 13, 2015 We insure Maryland homeowners under the AAIS HO003 09 08 edition. The claimant wanted to give her car to…

Faulty Work and Digester Cover June 29, 2015 A local sewer authority that we insure experienced a large loss when the steel anchors for the cover of…

"Foundations" as Property Not Covered   Under "property not covered," the commercial property policy (CP 00 10 04 02) reads, "foundations of buildings,…

Water Tower as Covered Property under Commercial Property Form   Our insured had an extensive fire at his hotel. On top of the hotel was a non-functional…

Mechanical Breakdown and Wear and Tear Exclusion—Not Applicable We insure a commercial building and its business personal property on the commercial…

Pollutant Clean Up—Coverage for Testing and Removing Mysterious Barrels of Waste Our question concerns coverage under form CP 00 10 04 02, which…