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October 17, 2008

Failure to Comply with Duties under Policy We have run into a situation in which an insured has failed to respond to our attempts at contact in order…

October 17, 2008

Voluntary Payment by Insured Leads to Denial of Coverage We insure a company under a standard Businessowners Liability policy. Our insured was hired…

October 17, 2008

Special Limits and Fine Arts Regarding the HO 3, please confirm there are no Special Limits of Liability under Contents for Fine Arts, artwork, etc…

October 17, 2008

Crossed Wires Caused Artificially Generated Electrical Current Our insured was changing a light bulb in an old fixture and the wires crossed, causing…

October 16, 2008

Understanding the cause of loss and coverage when the insured wasn't present to know what happened.

October 08, 2008

Refrigerator with an Odor We had an insured who had their refrigerator stop running while they were on vacation for a week. When they returned it was…

October 08, 2008

Medications Considered to be Personal Property? Would you consider personal medication part of personal property coverage? West Virginia Subscriber…

October 08, 2008

Homeowners Co-insurance Penalty Under an HO-3 open peril policy, is cleaning of the dwelling after a partial loss subject to the underinsurance penalty…

October 08, 2008

Fungi Endorsement Application I have a mold claim on a form 3 homeowner policy. They have the fungi coverage endorsement. The endorsement states we…

October 08, 2008

Deceased Insured and Coverage for Remaining Property Our named insured passed away in November 2007. The house remains unoccupied. In late December…