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. […]
June 3, 2020
Has your business been declared an essential service during the pandemic? If so, you are probably making home deliveries either for the first time or to a greater extent than before. Almost every state requires commercial auto insurance for businesses with vehicles titled to the company driven by employees. But what if employees use their […]
May 12, 2020
During a recent Coronavirus update meeting, President Donald Trump said that he thinks that many insurance companies should be paying business income losses due to the coronavirus pandemic. He acknowledged that many policies exclude events such as epidemics, but “in a lot of cases, I don’t see it. I would like to see the insurance […]
April 20, 2020
Underwriters use a variety of metrics to determine what to charge for EPLI and the scope of coverage to offer. The number of people you employ. Whether you’ve had prior suits lodged against your company. The percentage of employee turnover. Whether you have established rules and practices in place, such as an employee handbook that […]
