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Installation Floater—Damage Coverage? Q Our client, a heating and air conditioning contractor, keeps heating units in his shop that he takes…

Overhead Transmission Lines Definition Q Our insured has purchased coverage for off-premises power failure, which includes coverage for losses caused…

July 24, 2008

Discusses commercial policy and whether a septic tank can be considered a sewer.

Learned Intermediary Doctrine and the CGL Form Q We are preparing a risk management program for a potential client, a manufacturer of medical devices.…

Wind Loss and Golf Course Restoration Q Recently a heavy wind came through a local golf course and took down a 150 year old, seventy-five foot tree.…

Pollutant Damage Caused by Specific Perils Not Excluded Our insured sustained a loss due to a puff back from their gas-fired furnace. The carrier denied…

Advertising and Auto Exposure for Insured Our insured has paid to have his business name painted as advertising on a stock car used at the local race…

Is Aircraft Exclusion Applied to Model Airplane Under the current version of the CGL form, would an insured have coverage for bodily injury caused by…

Athletic Participants Exclusion and General Liability Coverage Our insured owns a hotel and wants to rent out the ballroom for a boxing match. I asked…

July 23, 2008

Should additional living expenses on a homeowners policy be paid when floor sinks and residents are ordered to vacate until it is repaired?