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Business interruption payroll coverage
Under the Business Income Coverage form, how do we help a client decide between insuring ordinary payroll vs. just that of key employees?...
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Business interruption—’leader’ location
Have you ever heard of a coverage called “leader”? An adjuster suggested that our insured should have this....
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Floor plan coverage
What can you tell me about “floor plan” insurance?...
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Completed operations
If a general contractor’s contract with a subcontractor contains a hold-harmless agreement that includes “any and all claims”......
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Bankrupt client
We’d like to know what the insured’s obligation is to the insurance company for premiums if the insured goes through Chapter 11......
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Power-surge exclusion
A gas station with a package policy sustained a loss when a power surge shorted their computer equipment. It turned out that a tree limb on the......
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First-named insured pays
Suppose that more than one company under common ownership was insured under a commercial package policy and the company that was listed as the......
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Umbrella drop-down provisions
We have an insured with an umbrella policy for $4 million in coverage, over a $1 million primary policy. If the carrier providing the underlying......
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Deleting an additional insured
What would be the guidelines for deleting an additional insured from the policy?...
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Completed operations liability
Could you please clarify the relationship between contractual liability and the additional insured endorsement with regard to completed operations......
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Business interruption from power outage
Because of the storm, my client is without power and will be unable to operate his business until it is restored. Will the Business Income......