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July 24, 2008

Sharks Teeth Considered Fine Arts I am handling a burglary claim where our insured is claiming over $300,000 in stolen sharks teeth. He has a Jimmy…

July 24, 2008

Governmental Authority Exclusion—Property Damaged by Police Chasing Fugitive Q The insured is a health clinic covered under the commercial property…

July 24, 2008

Deductible Subrogation Question Q Our insureds sustained a large fire loss to their restaurant approximately six years ago. The insurer paid close…

July 24, 2008

Cross Liability, Additional Insureds,and the Separation of Insureds Q We have a question about cross liability, additional insureds, and the separation…

July 24, 2008

Employee an Insured Under CGL Form? Q Our insured is a high rise residential condominium association and is covered by a commercial general liability…

July 24, 2008

Replacement Coverage for Awnings Q Our question concerns replacement cost coverage for awnings. In the ISO commercial property form CP 00 10 04 02…

July 24, 2008

Sinkhole Collapse under Commercial Property Form Q Our insured's building is covered by the building and personal property form (CP 00 10 04 02),…

July 24, 2008

Insurer Not Required to Replace Damaged Property with Comparable Property Our insured's 1996 Palfinger Crane Model PK10500 was declared a total loss.…

July 24, 2008

Sole Proprietor Is Named Insured under CGL Policy A woman who is the sole proprietor of a cleaning business broke artwork she was cleaning in a client's…

July 24, 2008

Replacement Cost on New Site Q One of our insureds owns a building that was destroyed by fire. Instead of rebuilding it in the exact same location,…