Definitions Flashcards
covers insured’s owned or hired business autos for physical damage only
Business auto physical damage
used to insure the private passenger and commercial auto exposures of all businesses other than auto dealers and motor carriers
Business Auto Coverage Form
costs arising out of statutory or regulatory requirements or any order by a government authority demanding that the insured tests for, monitor, clean up, remove, contain, treat, detoxify, or neutralize or respond to or assess the effects of pollutants
Covered pollution cost or expense
actual or perceived loss in resale or market value that results from a direct accidental loss
Diminution of value
solid, liquid, gaseous, or thermal irritant or contaminant including smoke, vapor, soot, fumes, acids, alkalis, chemicals, and waste
Pollutants
The policy agrees to pay all sums an insured legally must pay as damages because of BI or PD to which the insurance applies caused by an accident and resulting from ownership, maintenance, or use of a covered auto
Liability Coverage
- The owner of an auto hired or borrowed from an employee or
family member- Person who is working in an auto-type business
- People besides employees or lessees while moving property to
or from a covered auto
*The owner of a hired or borrowed auto
Individuals not covered for liability coverage
Comprehensive, specified case of loss, collision
3 principles of Physical Damage
covers any loss other than collision or overturn that is not excluded by the policy
Comprehensive
limited form of comprehensive coverage that only covers fire, lightning, explosion, theft, windstorm, hail, earthquake, or flood
Specified cause of loss
covers overturn of covered auto and collision w/ another object
Collision
provides coverage for transportation expenses with a max of $30/day for a max of 30 days
Coverage Extension
rented autos for which the insured is legally responsible under a contract or agreement with a max of $30/day for a max of 30 days
Loss of use
- Sound reproducing and receiving equipment, tapes, and record
- Wear and tear, freezing, mechanical, or electrical breakdown, or
road damage to tires - Arising out of war
- Arising out of nuclear events
- Covered autos while be used for, or while practicing or preparing for, organized or professional racing, demo, or stunting activities
- Due to diminution of value
Exclusions for physical damage
1) Pay for, repair, or replace the damaged or stolen property
2) Return stolen property to the insured at the company’s expense and pay for all damages resulting from the theft
3) Take the damaged or stolen property at an agreed or appraised value
3 ways for settling physical damage claims
Covered Autos, General Liability Coverage, and Acts Errors, or Omissions Liability Coverage
3 Sections of Auto Dealers Coverage
a. Covered auto liability coverage for BI or PD arising out of the ownership, maintenance, or use of an auto
b. Physical damage coverages for owned vehicles, including vehicles for sale
c. Also includes garagekeepers coverage that covers the dealership’s liability for damage of an auto that is in the possession of the dealership
Covered Autos Coverage for Auto Dealers Coverage
a. BI and PD liability
b. Personal and advertising injury liability
c. Locations and operations medical payments
General Liability Coverage for Auto Dealers Coverage
a. Failing to comply w/ laws pertaining to credit and lease agreements
b. Failing to comply w/ laws requiring disclosure of odometer readings
c. Errors and omissions committed in the course of acting as a licensed insurance
producer for coverages sold in the connection with the sale or lease of an auto
d. Title defects for sold or leased autos
Acts, Errors, or Omissions Liability Coverage for Auto Dealers Coverage
Customer’s autos left with the insured for service, repair, storage, or safekeeping (garagekeepers coverage)
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Physical damage coverage only for the dealers’ autos including owned autos, autos for sale, and autos on consignment
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trailers borrowed or leased by the named insured for which liability for loss has been assumed under a written trailer interchange agreement; applies to comprehensive, specified causes of loss collision coverages of trailer interchange coverage only
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Trailers owned or hired by the named insured while the trailers are in someone else’s possession under a written trailer interchange agreement
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Requires trucking companies to certify that they are able to meet financial obligations if they become liable for injury or damage arising from their trucking operations
Motor Carrier Act of 1980
Required endorsement if insurance is being used to prove financial responsibility under the Motor Carrier Act of 1980
MCS-90 Endorsement
coverage for businesses that haul the good of others or who transport property by auto in a commercial enterprise
Motor Carrier Coverage
covers damage to a specific trailer under the policy of the trucker in whose possession the trailer is at the time of loss
Trailer interchange
1) Liability
2) Trailer Interchange
3) Physical Damage
3 Categories of Motor Carrier Coverage
