January 21, 2021
While it’s a good idea to read your insurance policy, hardly anybody does. The important thing is to understand what’s in it. Here are a couple of concepts to know about how your insurance works. What is subrogation and how does it apply to insurance? Subrogation in the context of insurance is the right of […]
December 9, 2020
You have business liability insurance, but it may not provide coverage if you are considered “vicariously liable.” Do you work with outside contractors or partner with other businesses on ventures? What if they cause injury or property damage to others while doing work for you or representing your interests? Additional insured coverage can protect your […]
November 21, 2020
Doctors, lawyers and accountants aren’t the only people who need professional liability insurance. All kinds of people need professional liability coverage, including financial analysts, corporate trainers, numerous types of consultants and law enforcement professionals. Even FBI agents. According an article in Law Enforcement Today, “FBI agents tasked by fired former Director James Comey to take […]
November 12, 2020
While estimates vary, the insurance industry is currently expected to pay as much as $110 billion in claims related to the pandemic in 2020, according to Lloyd’s. “The coronavirus outbreak has reduced risk in some areas while, at the same time, changing and heightening it in others,” according to Chief Claims Officer Thomas Sepp of […]
October 15, 2020
If your business is the typical small or mid-sized business, you probably have somewhere between $500,000 and $2 million in liability coverage under your business owner policy (BOP) or commercial general liability policy. How does umbrella coverage work with these policies to provide extra liability protection? In addition to your BOP, you might also have […]
September 23, 2020
Parametric insurance is a type of insurance that does not indemnify the actual loss, but pays when something related has occurred with sufficient intensity to justify payment of a loss. Imagine an insurance policy that pays policyholders not because of damage to their property but due to wind velocities reaching a certain level or an […]
August 20, 2020
Entity Coverage/Allocation Provisions Claims can get complicated when the corporate entity is named as a defendant along with directors and officers. If the D&O policy does not include entity coverage, the insurer must allocate defense and settlement costs among the (covered) directors and officers and the (uncovered) entity to determine how much of these costs […]
August 6, 2020
Even before COVID-19, insurance for directors and officers (D&O) was experiencing a hard market. Premiums had increased 44 percent in the first quarter of 2020. Over the past few years there has been a steady increase in the number of lawsuits and the size of jury awards in cases involving D&O. And now with the […]
July 21, 2020
Driver mistakes play a role in virtually all crashes. That’s why automation has been held up as a potential game changer for safety. But autonomous vehicles might prevent only around a third of all crashes if automated systems drive too much like people, according to a new study from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. […]
July 7, 2020
Different policies cover different kinds of damage to property. When protestors gathered on the streets of our cities to speak out against the brutal killing of George Floyd, in many instances peaceful demonstrations turned into scenes of violence, vandalism and looting. The damage done to businesses is estimated at $25 million nationwide at this point. […]
