Commercial Property Policy Flashcards
Five rights and duties of the first NI
- Authorized to cancel
- Receive notice of cancellation
- Make changes with insurer consent
- Responsible for payment of premiums
- Payee for return premiums
Coinsurance Formula
Did/Should x Loss = Recovery
Recovery - DED = Settlement
Transfer of Rights Of Recovery Against Others to Us
NI may waive their rights of recovery in writing against anyone prior to a loss.
NI may waive their rights of recovery after a loss in writing but only to:
* Another insured
*A business owned and controlled by the NI or a business that owns or controls the NI
* A tenant of the NI
What are the conditions that must be met in order for the policy to pay
- Must be direct physical loss or damage.
- Loss or damage must be to covered property
- Covered property must be at the premises in the Dec
- Loss or damage must be caused by a result from a covered cause of loss
What are the 3 categories of covered property
- Building
- Your Business Personal Property
- Personal Property of Others
What is included in Building
- Buildings and structures; completed additions
- Fixtures including outdoor fixtures.
- Permanently installed machinery and equipment (ie. generator)
- Personal property used to service the building or structure or its premises (fire extinguishing equipment, outdoor furniture, floor coverings, cooking appliances, refrigerators etc.
- Additions under construction including alterations and repairs to the building or structure - if not covered by other insurance
- Building materials, supplies and temporary structures (as long as they are on or within 100 feet of the described premises or used to complete an addition alteration or repair to the building or structure - if not covered by other insurance
What are the types of Your Business Personal Property
- Furniture and fixtures
- Machinery and equipment
- Stock
- All other personal property owned by you and used in your business
- Labor, materials or services furnished or arranged by you on personal property of others
- Use value to a tenant of improvements and betterments
*Leased Property that you have a contractual obligation to insure
Additional Building Coverage CP 14 15
Used to clarify that certain items which might be in a gray area are covered under Building ie. machinery and equipment bolted to the floor that might be BPP will now be Building
Additional Property Not Covered CP 14 20
Used to add specific types of property to the list of “Property Not Covered” if the NI or insurer does not want or need to cover such property ie. TIB.
Leased Property CP 14 60
Used to insure business personal property leased to the NI as BPP instead of categorizing it as PPO when there is no contractual obligation to insure them.
Can be written with AV, most leases require
Your Business Personal Property – Separation of Coverage BP 19 10
This endorsement can separate out and specify a Limit of Insurance for any of the seven categories of BPP.
Personal Property of Others
Applies to property that has been entrusted to the NI
* To work on
* On consignment
* Has been sold but not delivered
* Has been leased to the NI
Only covers the personal property of others for direct damage, not for loss of use.
Property Not Covered
- It is customarily insured under more specialized policies
- It is relatively unsusceptible to loss
- It is more susceptible to loss
*Certain types of property held for sale by the NI that were not intended to be covered by the Building and Personal Property Coverage form
Specific property not covered examples
*Accounts, bills, currency, food stamps or other evidence of debt, money, notes of securities, lottery tickets held for sale
*Cost of excavations, grading, backfilling or filling
*Foundations of buildings, structures, machinery or boilers if their foundations are below the lowest basement floor or the surface of the ground if there is no basement
*Retaining walls that are not part of a building
*Underground pipes, flues or drains
*Bridges, roadways, walks, patios or other paved surfaces
*Certain outdoor property
What is certain outdoor property not covered
- Fences
- Trees - Outdoor trees, shrubs and plants
- Antennas - radio or television antennas
What are the 3 methods of writing Commercial Property Insurance
- Specific
- Scheduled
- Blanket
Specific Coverage
Applies a specific limit to a building or personal property at a single location.
Single location
Scheduled Coverage
When a policy shows separate limits of insurance applied to two or more individually listed properties. There is still a specific amount of insurance that applies to each type of property at each separate location
Multiple locations
Blanket Coverage
Includes the value of all reported properties. This total limit is available to pay losses regardless of which property or location has suffered the loss.
Two types:
* One limit that applies to more than one type of property (coverage) ie. Building plus BPP
* One limit that applies to one or more types of property (locations) ie. 2 locations, Building plus BPP
* Typically requires 90% or 100% coinsurance
* Must file SOV every year
* Rate re-calculated every year
* Can be written for specific categories only if desired
What are advantages of Blanket coverage
- Can apply insurance where needed
- Handles fluctuating values between locations
- Reporting forms may be easier to handle
- Insured may have 100% insurance to value for each location but only required to carry 90% insurance to value for all locations combined
Disadvantages of Blanket Coverage
- 90% or 100% coinsurance is required
- May not be possible due to UW restrictions
- SOV is required listing each item and the amount of coverage - must be redone each year
- Rates are for one year only
- Must have the same causes of loss for all covered property
- When there are multiple locations all ownership interests must be listed
Coinsurance requirement for Blanket Coverage
90% or 100%
Limitation On Loss Settlement – Blanket Insurance CP 12 32 (Margin Clause)
Limits the maximum amount payable for any item to the percentage shown in the Schedule multiplied by the value reported on the last SOV, applying to Building and BPP only, percentages are 105%, 110%, 120%, 130%
*Blanket killer
Peak Season CP 12 30
Allows the NI to increase coverage for a specified number of days to reflect predictable (planned or expected), season increases in BPP. May be written for any number of periods within the policy term but cannot extend beyond the policy term. AP is pro-rated for selected periods.
Value Reporting Form CP 13 10
Designed for NI’s with fluctuating BPP values or changing locations. Provides a means to accurately measure changing values of BPP in order to provide adequate coverage and charge appropriate premium
Value Reporting Form – Premiums
Premium paid at inception is advance premium (deposit premium). Final premium determined at the end of the policy period, based on average reports of value submitted by the NI. At the end of the policy term the difference between the advance premium and the final premium is calculated and either there is AP or RP.
Reporting Provisions – New Policy
On a new policy, the first report is due 60 days after the end of the “reporting period,” and the second is due concurrent with the first with daily, weekly or monthly reporting forms
Reporting Provisions – Renewal Policy
The first report is due 30 days after the end of the first reporting period
Reporting Provisions – Subsequent Reports
All subsequent reports must be filed within 30 days of the end of each reporting period.
Additional Reporting Provisions
Daily, weekly and monthly values must be reported within 30 days of each month in which they fall.
Quarterly reports must be reported within 30 days of the last day of the quarter, based on the inception date.
Policy year reports are due within 30 days at the end of the policy anniversary date.
Correct Reporting
Even if the loss amount exceeds the reported amount, the entire policy limit is available when the loss follows an accurate report.
Full reporting
Reports must be accurate, if they are inaccurate, the coinsurance penalty will apply.
Reports in Excess of the Limit of Insurance
Reports in excess of the limit of insurance will be used to determine the final premium but the policy will not pay more than the limit of insurance.
Failure to submit reports
Reports must be on time. If the first report is not filed, the policy will not pay more than 75% of what it would otherwise would have paid.
Subsequent Reports Late
If the NI begins reporting but fails to file subsequent report, the policy will pay no more than the values shown on the most recent report for that location.
Additional Coverages
- Debris Removal
- Preservation of Property
- Fire Department Service Charge
- Pollutant Clean-Up and Removal
- Increased Cost of Construction
- Electronic Date