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November 13, 2009

Earth Movement Caused by Tree Roots Our insured's detached garage has been damaged by a neighbor's tree roots. As you can imagine, this has been going…

November 13, 2009

Homeowners Exclusion for Loss Caused by Civil Authority We have an insured with an AAIS homeowners form 3. Recently, the police fired tear gas into…

November 13, 2009

Hot Tub as a Swimming Pool? Our HO 00 03 04 91 insured has a hot tub on his deck that is kept full of water year round. This past winter was mild, but…

November 13, 2009

Luggage Lost or Stolen? This issue comes up a lot and there is always a difference of opinions. Our Insured flew on a commercial flight and although…

November 13, 2009

Engagement Ring—Who Should Insure? We would like your opinion concerning who has an insurable interest in an engagement ring. It has always been…

November 13, 2009

Liability Coverage for a Timeshare under a Homeowners Policy I have a question regarding time share property. As I understand it, you purchase a block…

November 13, 2009

Hunt Club Land and Business Pursuits Five of my clients covered by homeowners policies have formed a hunt club. They have purchased land in the name…

November 13, 2009

Falling Object Damaged by a Vehicle One of our homeowners clients is insured on AAIS form ML-3. He was transporting his lawn tractor on a trailer being…

November 13, 2009

Latent Defect Exclusion The roof of our insured's mobile home recently collapsed during a heavy rainstorm when rain collected on the roof. The adjuster…

November 13, 2009

Injury on Boat Dock—Homeowners or Boatowners? We insure a boatowner and another insurer writes the homeowners coverage. To protect his boat from…