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Business Auto and Claimant’s Lost Wages A claim has been presented against our company and our insured for loss of use and lost wages by the…

Boiler and Machinery Damage by Testing Excluded? The current boiler and machinery policy has an exclusion pertaining to damage to covered equipment…

Garagekeepers Coverage on a Direct Excess Basis Q We have a question dealing with garagekeepers legal liability coverage written on a direct excess…

Period of Indemnity and Period of Restoration Can you explain the difference between the period of indemnity and the period of restoration? California…

Garagekeepers Symbol 30 Requires Employee Payment for Services We have a client that owns a restaurant with valet parking service. He wants to insure…

Performance Bond Guarantees Completion of Work Our client, a municipality, has contracted with a builder to construct a service center. At the time…

Inland Marine Coverage as All Risk Our insured operates a stone quarry and has a stone crusher covered under an inland marine form. The motor that pumps…

Garagekeepers Legal Liability and Direct Coverage We have a tire and auto repair shop insured with a standard garage policy and garagekeepers coverage.…

Garage Coverage and Theft We have several questions pertaining to theft losses that have occurred in our insured's garage business. In the first scenario,…

Theft of Credit Card Numbers from Merchant Restaurant employee or outsider (cleaning crew perhaps)stole the credit card information from patrons of…