After a brief absence while finishing my new book, I’m back with two new blog posts, one about vermin exclusions and the other about certificates of insurance. In addition, I post some information about ordering my new book “Why Insurance Doesn’t Cover the COVID-19 Pandemic” at a discounted price.
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An insured enters into a contract that requires a $2M umbrella. The insured has a $5M umbrella, but only wants to show $2M on the certificate of insurance. What should you do?
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Mice, roaches, snakes, turtles, bats, pigeons, raccoons, skunks, carpet beetles, squirrels. What do these critters have in common? They have all been cited as “vermin” in claim denials. In this article, we’ll look at these varmints, examining a number of court cases, in an effort to determine what’s a “vermin.”
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THE Definitive and Conclusive Analysis of Why Insurance Doesn’t Cover Pandemics. is now available on presale at Amazon.com This book by one of the industry’s foremost P&C insurance coverage experts, author of “When Words Collide: Resolving Insurance Coverage and Claims Disputes,” explains why potentially trillions of dollars of COVID-19 business interruption losses should not, can not, and are not covered by insurance.
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While I’m working on my new book “20/20 Vision: Why Insurance Doesn’t Cover the COVID-19 Pandemic,” I thought I’d take a quick break and make a blog post. Recent news accounts reminded me of a couple of articles I’ve posted and in this post, I link to two of them. One is about this week’s anniversary of 9/11 and the other is about a coverage gap you may not have considered that has arisen following recent riot damage.
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“When Words Collide” The Webinar A very special webcast presented LIVE on September 22 and 24,...
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Alexandre Dumas once said, “All generalizations are dangerous, even this one.” He likely didn’t realize the scope of his observation, but that’s especially true when it comes to generalizing about insurance coverage, as this real-life claim demonstrates.
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Property policies written on a replacement cost (RC) basis, both personal and commercial lines, usually have a provision that the insured can collect on an ACV basis, then advise within 180 days that they intend to exercise their right to a RC recovery. But what happens when the insured doesn’t discover damage (e.g., from hail) until 180 days after the loss or damage (e.g., the hail storm)?
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