Many insurance policies cover a lot of loss exposures, but none cover EVERY loss exposure. Sometimes this is hard for a consumer or business owner to understand. Why did someone pay a lot of money for insurance that doesn’t cover what happened? This article is about a recent email I received from a consumer and how I explained the lack of coverage.
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You attach a “broadening” endorsement to a policy, thinking that it provides a needed coverage, then a claim occurs and you find that the “broadening” endorsement doesn’t broaden as much as you thought. Here’s an example of that….
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A hardware store negligently performed an oil change on a lawn tractor. When the mower was used by the customer, the oil leaked out, damaging the engine. The store’s CGL insurer has denied the claim, citing a “classification” endorsement that applied to “hardware stores.” Is this a justifiable denial?
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For a number of years, issues involving certificates of insurance seemed to have calmed down. But that may be changing as a new generation of COI requestors begin to make outrageous and onerous requests of agents. But in most states, agents have a way out if they know where to look.
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For years I have recommended not adding extraneous information on certificates of insurance requested by additional insureds, but rather sending them the actual policy language. In this article, I explain why.
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In a recent COVID-19 business income lawsuit, the court opined that direct physical “loss of” property could include “loss of use of” that property. This is an erroneous reading of the policy form and certainly not the intent of the insurance contract. This article explains why that is and links to a more detailed discussion that refutes this interpretation.
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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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Should certificate holders be notified when a policy is cancelled? If not, why? Also, what coverage information should be added to a certificate, such as additional insured and contractual obligations?
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