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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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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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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This video podcast addresses many of the business income insurance issues presented by the COVID-19 pandemic. The panelists discuss the coverage issues, including pending litigation and government mandates from an insurance agency perspective.
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A NY court has ruled on a policyholder injunction claim regarding whether a business income loss was due to direct physical damage caused by the SARS-2 virus. Also included is a link to related COVID-19 coverage issues.
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COVID-19 Articles by Bill Wilson To summarize in one convenient location, this is what I’ve...
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A primary focus of many COVID-19 business income insurance articles is whether or not there has been any “direct physical damage.” For most policy forms, that may be important when it comes to business income coverage for damage ON the described premises, but it may be far less important when it comes to coverage for business income loss due to orders of civil authority. Here’s why.
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