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Welcome to
Hondros College of Business
Property & Casualty
Your instructor today is:
@hondros.com
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The purpose of this class is to:
• Help you learn the test material well enough to
pass the exam
• Help you become comfortable with the format of
the test questions
• Build your confidence to master the test material
• Furnish you with the benefit of a “real live
person” to coach you through the experience.
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What this class is not:
• An in-depth examination of the intricacies
of the insurance business.
• A substitute for you:
– Reading the book and learning the material
– Studying outside of class
– Using Comp-u-cram
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Taking the Exam
• Test scheduling procedures are in the candidate
information handbook & textbook
• You do NOT have to wait to complete the class
to schedule your exam. Call or login---TODAY.
• The faster you do it, the better chance you have
of getting the date and time that’s best for you.
• The quicker you test after the class is over, the
more information you retain.
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Exam success stats
• Test taken within 2 weeks of course completion -
--- 72% success rate
• Test taken within 30 days - 65%
• Test taken within 60 days - 53%
• Test taken 60 days or later - 45%
• Once the date is set, you create a structured
time table of study and we are here to help
• The sooner you test, the sooner you pass!!
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Overview of the Exam
Unlimited attempts for 6 months
Test is all multiple choice
A comprehensive exam for Property and
Casualty Insurance consisting of:
General knowledge questions, and,
State specific questions with about
1 minute to answer each question
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Overview of the Exam
155 questions; 5 do not count either way
150 questions are scorable
70% overall score - not per chapter
105 correct answers and you pass
45 wrong answers and you still pass!!
D- just as good as an A
Score does not appear on license
60% knowledge of the material
40% on how to take a test
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How to pass the exam:
Know the laws: Chapter 1 = 22
questions
Learn the terms & concepts: Chapters 2
& 3 = 38 questions
Typical questions: – Positive: Which of the following are covered…
– Negative: All of the following are covered EXCEPT…..
– Situational: Joe is in an auto accident and injuries 3 people, how
will his policy pay out
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General Insurance 14
questions • Insurance = Social device to spread losses
• Insured gives up small certain loss (premium) in
exchange for large uncertain loss (claim)
• Policy = Contract between insurer & insured
• Loss = Reduction in the value of an asset
• Risk = The possibility/uncertainty of loss
– Pure Risk: possibility of loss only - insurable
– Speculative Risk: loss or gain – not insurable
• Exposure = The amount of risk presented
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General Insurance
• Risk Management – Acronym C-A-R-T-S
– Control (reduce)
– Avoid
– Retain
– Transfer
– Share
• Law of Large Numbers
– The larger the group of similar risks; the more
predictable the losses of the group will be
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General Insurance
• Peril – Anything that can cause a loss
• Hazard – Anything that increases the
likelihood or the severity of a loss
– Physical - material or structural part of risk
– Moral – dishonest client/ intentional damage
– Morale – careless client/ no pride of
ownership
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General Insurance
• Insurable Risks
– Large group of Homogeneous Units
– Loss must be ascertainable or measurable
– Loss must be uncertain
– Loss must cause an economic hardship
• Catastrophic Perils
– Can’t calculate loss – not insurable
• Adverse Selection – not insurable
• Indemnity - Make whole again, back in the position prior
to the loss; Not better, Not worse.
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Insurers
Stock – owned by the stockholders
Mutual – owned by the policyholders
Reciprocal – managed by an attorney-in-fact
Surplus Lines – will insure anything for a price – need a special
license
Reinsurance – Insurance for Insurers
Government Insurers – Social insurance: Flood, Medicare,
Crop, Terrorism
Fraternal – belong to the club
Lloyd’s Association - Individuals that assume risks
Risk Retention Groups: Insurance for themselves often called
“Captives”
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General Insurance
• Classification of Insurers
Domestic – located in Ohio
Foreign – located in another state
Alien – located out of the U.S.
Admitted/Authorized – licensed to do
business in the state
Non admitted/Unauthorized – not licensed
to do business in the state (Surplus Lines)
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General Insurance
• Financial Rating Services
Company credit score
AM Best; Moodys; Standard & Poors
• Marketing Systems
Independent agent
Captive Agent
Direct writer
Direct response
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General Insurance
• Agent – Represents the Insurer (principal)
Binder – Temporary insurance contract. Oral or
written. P&C agent has binding authority.
Expressed – authority the agent has that is written in
the contract
Implied – authority the agent believes they have to do
business on behalf of the company
Apparent – authority the public believes the agent
has based on actions and advice.
Fiduciary duty – Acts of the agent are acts of the
principal.
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General Insurance
• Contracts – Insurance is a Contract -- Acronym
C-O-A-L
– Consideration: Something of value in the eyes
of the law
– Offer: Application and premium
– Acceptance: Policy issued
– Legal Purpose – Legal Capacity (18, Sane
and Sober) 16 for car insurance
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General Insurance - Contracts
Adhesion – Insured is “stuck” with it, buy it as its written
Representations – truth to the best of your
knowledge
Utmost Good Faith – Rely on honesty of each other
Waiver and Estoppel
• Giving up a known right voluntarily
• Waived right is “stopped” from ever coming back.
Misrepresentations - untruths
• Concealment – deliberate omission of material fact
• Fraud – deliberate attempt to deceive to get value
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General Insurance - Contracts
Unilateral – “One Sided”: Insurer only one held
legally to honor promise
Conditional – Based on rules both parties must
follow
Aleatory – Unequal consideration: based on chance
of loss
Personal – Policy does not pass to new owner
Warranty – 100% absolute truth – Breach of
Warranty voids the contract
Reasonable Expectations – Certain things should
be covered
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P&C Basics – 24 questions
• Insurable Interest – financial stake in
preservation of property; must be present at the
time of loss
• Underwriting – Compare risk and exposure with
premium
– Loss Ratio – Premiums compared to claims
– Credit Scoring – basis for rate determination;
can’t be accept or reject; subject to Fair Credit
Reporting Act
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P&C Basics
• Rates
– Loss Costs; developed by ISO based on
expected losses
– Levels take into account: claims, expenses,
less interest earned on premiums
– Can’t be too high; too low; or unfairly
discriminatory
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P&C Basics
• Liability
– Legal obligation to pay due to Negligence
– Bodily injury: bodily harm, sickness or
disease, death that results
– Property Damage: physical destruction of or
loss of use of tangible property
– Personal injury: Liable, slander, defamation
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P&C BASICS
• Negligence Elements – Failure to do what a
reasonable person would have done under
normal circumstances
Duty - Standard of Care
Breach of Duty – Failure to do something
Proximate Cause – Unbroken chain of
events
Damages – Economic and non economic loss
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P&C Basics
• Negligence Defenses
Intervening Cause – break in the chain of events
Assumption of Risk – If you assume risk, you can’t
blame others
Contributory Negligence – If you contribute, you get
NOTHING
Comparative Negligence – Partly at fault, damages
are reduced
Statute of Limitations – Time limit to file claim; 2
years in Ohio
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P&C BASICS
• Damages – Compensatory
Special – Actual monetary economic loss
General – Pain & suffering; disfigurement;
loss of services i.e. non economic losses
Punitive- Punishment
• Awarded over and above the special and general
to punish the wrong doer and make an example
• Not covered by insurance in Ohio
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P&C BASICS
• Absolute Liability – Inherently
dangerous
• Strict Liability – Product liability
• Vicarious Liability – Others
• Liability Limits – Pay per event – Occurrence: over a period of time
– Accident: sudden and unforeseen
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P&C Basics
• Cost of Defense – In addition to the policy
limit; whatever the amount
– Attorney fees, court costs, investigative
expenses
– Insurer bears this cost regardless of
outcome
– Insurer settles the suit in its best interest
– Insured’s consent – not required
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P&C Basics
• Liability Limits – Single Limit: One amount for both BI & PD – restored
for each event
– Split Limit: BI-PD listed separately, per person,per
occurrence – restored for each event
– Aggregate: Maximum payout for all claims per policy
period, each claim reduces what is left for future
losses for the rest of the policy period.
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P&C BASICS
• Cause of Loss Form – Perils
Named: Perils on the list are named and
covered
Open – All Risk: Everything covered unless
excluded
Accident - Sudden and unforeseen event
Occurrence – Repeated and continuous
exposure to the same event.
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P&C Basics
• Direct Loss: Caused directly by a peril - fire,
lightning etc.
• Indirect Loss: Expense incurred because of
loss of use of the damaged property.
• Blanket vs. Specific:
– Many locations – Many Types
– One Location – One Type
• Types of Construction:
– Frame, Brick, Non Combustible, Fire Resistive
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P&C BASICS
• Loss Valuation
Actual Cash Value
Replacement cost minus depreciation
Replacement Cost
New for Old: No depreciation
Market Value
What someone is willing to pay or sell
something for
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P&C Basics
• Loss Valuation
Functional Replacement Cost
Not look the same or be the same, but will
function
Agreed or Stated Amount
Appraisal, Bill of Sale, Photos. Insured for
specific amount
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P&C BASICS
• Policy Structure – Acronym D-I-C-E
– Declarations / Definitions
– Insuring Agreement
– Conditions
– Exclusions / Endorsements
• Additional/Supplementary Coverage
– Debris removal – Emergency repairs
– Cost of bail bonds – Loss of earnings
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P&C BASICS
• Common Policy Provisions
– Insureds: Named, First Named, Additional
– Policy period: Start date and end date
– Policy Territory: US, Territories, Puerto Rico, Canada
– Cancellation: Ends mid term and a refund may be due
company cancels refund is pro rata; return unearned
insured cancels refund is short rate; keep portion of unearned
– Non Renewal: Finishes the term – no refund of premium
– Deductibles: Per occurrence, risk retention
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P&C BASICS
• Other Insurance
– Two or more policies covering same property
– Concurrent or Non Concurrent (not the same
perils covered)
– Each policy pays pro rata; claim % equals
amount of coverage %
– Sometimes referred to as the Pro Rata
Liability clause
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P&C Basics
• Primary and Excess
– Primary pays first till limits are exhausted
– Excess pays after
• Contribution by equal shares
– Each policy shares the claim equally until it’s limit is
exhausted then the remaining policies share balance
• Partial Loss: Damages do NOT exceed policy limit or
value of the car
• Total Loss: Damages exceed the policy limit or value of
the car
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P&C BASICS
• Co-insurance: Insure property correctly
– Minimum of 80% of cost to replace or rebuild
– Penalty if not insured correctly and a partial
loss occurs.
– DID (amount insured for) divided by
– SHOULD (amount required) times
– LOSS (amount of damage) equals payment
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P&C BASICS
• Vacancy or Unoccupancy
– Vacancy – No people; No Stuff; No coverage
after 60 consecutive days
– Unoccupancy – No People; No problem
• Named Insured Provisions Duties after a loss
• Report losses immediately
• Allow insurer to examine damaged property
• Protect property from further damage
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P&C Basics
• Named Insured Provisions
– Assignment
• Transfer rights or coverage to someone
else; only if the company agrees
– Abandonment
• Must co-operate with insurer
• Can not abandon property and demand
payment
– Proof of Loss
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P&C BASICS
• Insurer Policy Provisions
– Liberalization
• Change policy wording without notifying insured
• Must benefit insured and no extra premium charge
– Subrogation – means “to substitute”
• Insurer takes the place of insured
• Insured gives up right of recovery for amount paid
by insurer
• Insurer goes after the negligent party
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P&C Basics
• Insurer Policy Provisions
– Salvage
• Damaged property now belongs to insurer
• Recovered property belongs to both insurer and
insured:
– Insured makes the initial decision
– If insured demands property back – must return
the claim money
– If insurer refuses property – insured keeps both
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P&C BASICS
• Appraisal
– Dispute on a property claim
– Each party gets an appraisal and pays for it
– Appraisers don’t agree- hire 3rd party umpire
and the cost is shared equally
– Decision of the umpire is final
• Arbitration
– Same situation for Liability claim dispute
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P&C BASICS
• Third Party Provisions
– Mortgagee Clause/ Loss Payable Clause
• Bank is mortgagee; Insured is mortgagor
• Bank in an auto loan or personal property loan
• Has right to make premium payment & file claims
• Must be notified by insurer if policy is going to end
• Insured can’t jeopardize the bank/lender’s rights
– No Benefit to the Bailee – holding property of others
• No claim payment to Bailee; payment made to
insured
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Test Taking Tip
• Edition dates mean NOTHING !!!
– ISO assigns edition dates to each policy
version
– Typical question:
• In the Homeowner 3 (‘11) which of the following
are covered?
• The (‘11) refers to the homeowner policy issued by
ISO in 2011. It means nothing, don’t let it fool you
• Edition dates could appear in parenthesis for each
policy form question on the exam
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Dwelling Policy - 9 questions
• Who is eligible
– Owners (landlords); Owner/occupant; tenants
• Eligible dwellings
– 1,2,3 or 4 family structure
– Up to 4 families & 5 roomers/boarders per family
• Purchasing a Dwelling Policy
– Ala carte property policy; NO theft or liability
– Direct loss to buildings (real property)
– Direct loss to contents (personal property)
– Indirect loss – Rental value; Additional living expense
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Dwelling Policy
• Dwelling Forms
– DP-1 Basic
• Named perils on building and contents
– DP-2 Broad
• Named perils on building and contents
• All the DP-1 perils plus several more
– DP-3 Special
• All risk on buildings
• Broad named perils on contents
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Dwelling Policy
• Coverage A – Dwelling
– Structure and anything permanently attached
– Materials used to service, repair or construct
• Coverage B – Other Structures – Separated from the dwelling by a clear space
– Private garage, no commercial or business use
– 10% of dwelling amount can be extended
• DP-1 > reduces dwelling limit
• DP-2 & 3 > additional coverage over dwelling limit
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Dwelling Policy
• Coverage C – Contents/Personal Property
– Only covered if on dec and premium paid
– 10% of coverage “C” amount off the premises
• Exclusions
– Animals, birds and fish
– Cars, planes, boats (except rowboats/canoes)
– MONEY
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Dwelling Policy
• Indirect loss coverage
– Coverage D – Fair Rental Value
– Coverage E – Additional Living Expenses
– 20% of dwelling amount can be extended
• DP-1> reduces dwelling limit
• DP 2 & 3 > additional coverage over
dwelling limit
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Dwelling Policy
• Standard Policy Exclusions
– Ordinance & law: bringing building up to code
– Earthquake
– Water damage: Flood, tidal waves, backup of
sewers; seepage through basement walls
– Off premises power failure
– Neglect, War, Nuclear, Intentional losses
• Deductible – $500 per occurrence
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Dwelling Policy
• DP-1 Basic Form: Building and Contents – Riot/Civil Commotion
– Explosion
– Vehicles (not yours)Volcano; Vandalism* *(extra $$)
– Fire
– Lightning
– Smoke
– Hail
– Aircraft
– Wind
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Dwelling Policy
DP-2 Broad Form
• Riot/Civil Commotion
• Explosion
• Vehicles,Volcano,Vandals
• Fire
• Lightning
• Smoke
• Hail
• Aircraft
• Wind
Building and Contents
• The REV joins the WWF
• Weight of Ice & Snow
• Water accidental
discharge from plumbing
• Falling objects and
freezing of pipes
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Dwelling Policy
• DP-3 Special Form: Building and Contents
– All Risk on buildings
– Everything is covered unless its excluded:
• Wear & Tear Deterioration & mold
• Rust, Dry Rot Industrial smoke & pollution
• Mechanical Breakdown, Settling, Shrinking,
Expansion of drives,patios,walkways,porches
• Vermin, rodents, insects and domestic animals
– Broad named perils: REV FL SHAW WWF on
contents
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Dwelling Policy
• Loss Settlement Provisions
DP-1 ACV on building and contents
DP-2 Replacement Cost on buildings
----if co-insured correctly (80%)
ACV on Contents
DP-3 Replacement Cost on buildings
----if co-insured correctly (80%)
ACV on contents
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Dwelling Policy
• Additional Coverage Automatic
– Debris removal – up to policy limit
– Fire department service charge - $500
– Reasonable Repairs- to protect property from
further damage after a loss
– Removal to protect – All risk coverage
anywhere
• 5 days on DP-1; 30 days on DP-2 & DP-3
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Dwelling Policy
• Extra additional coverage for DP-2 & DP-3 – Collapse of building & glass breakage
– Ordinance & law – 10% of dwelling limit
– Trees, Shrubs & Plants
• Fire, explosion, riot, aircraft, vandalism, vehicles
• NO WIND, WEIGHT OF ICE, DISEASE, THEFT
• 5% of dwelling limit – max payout for all damage
per occurrence
• $500 max payout per tree, shrub or plant
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Dwelling Policy
• Endorsements
– Inflation guard – keep coverage adequate
– Broad Theft – contents on and off premises
• Limited Theft – contents on premises only
– Dwelling Under Construction
– Personal Liability – on and off premises
• Premises Liability – coverage on premises only
– Replacement cost on contents
• No depreciation
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Homeowners Policy
21 questions • Package Policy --- THEFT included!!
– Section I Property - Deductible $500 per occurrence
• Coverage A Dwelling
• Coverage B Other Structures
• Coverage C Contents
• Coverage D Loss of Use
– Section II Liability - No Deductible
• Coverage E Personal Liability
• Coverage F Medical Payments to Others
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Homeowners
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Homeowners
• HO-1 – Basic (not used anymore)
• HO-2 – Broad (similar to DP-2)
• HO-3 – Special (similar to DP-3)
• HO-4 – Tenant (renter’s insurance)
• HO-5 – Comprehensive (Ho-3 on steroids)
• HO-6 – Condo (owns the residence unit)
• HO-8 – Modified (older homes)
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Homeowners
• Eligibility – Structure used exclusively as a residence
• Incidental business occupancy ok: private office, studio etc
– Owner occupied 1 to 4 family dwellings
– Tenants in a building used as a residence
– Condominium Unit owners
– Dwellings under construction, land contract or life
estate
– Seasonal dwellings if insuring the primary residence
– Mobile homes with the proper endorsement attached
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Homeowners
• Definitions
– Insured
• Named Insured, Spouse, Resident Relatives
• Non relative under 21 in the care of the insured
• Child away at school full time and under age 24
– Residence Premises
• 1,2,3 or 4 family structure and other structures at
the address listed on the declarations page
• Up to 4 families and 2 roomers/boarders per family
• A new residence acquired within the policy period
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Homeowners
• Definitions
– Insured Location
• Residence listed on the declarations page
• Any place an insured is temporarily residing
• Vacant Land (other than farmland)
• Cemetery Plots
– Business
• Full or part time activity grossing $2,000 or more
• Activities of minors or volunteers are not business
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Homeowners
• Section I - Property Coverage
– Insured chooses Dwelling limit – Coverage A
• Based on the cost to replace or rebuild
• Co-insurance rule applies – minimum 80%
• Premium is based on dwelling amount chosen
– Other coverages “stack” on top of Coverage A
– Coverage B additional 10%
– Coverage C additional 50%
– Coverage D additional 30%
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Homeowners
• Section I - Property Coverage
– Limits are per occurrence
– No aggregate limit per policy period
– Deductible is per occurrence not
separate
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Homeowners
• Coverage A – Dwelling
– Structure and anything permanently attached
– Materials used to service, repair or construct
• Coverage B – Other Structures – Separated from the dwelling by a clear space
– Private garage, no commercial or business use
unless used to store non combustible business stuff
– 10% of dwelling amount additional coverage for all
other structures. More coverage can be purchased
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Homeowners
• Coverage C – Contents/Personal Property
– 50% of dwelling amount – additional coverage
– Owned or used by an insured anywhere in the
world
– Property of guests or resident employees at
insured’s request
– 10% of coverage “C” amount or $1,000 for
contents off the premises:
• If regularly at another residence or in storage unit
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Homeowners
• Special limits on certain types of Contents
– $200 money, securities, gold, silver, coins
– $2500 for business property on the premises
– $1500 for business property off the premises
– $1500 for watercraft and trailers
– $1500 for portable electronics in a car
– $1500 for THEFT of jewelry, watches, furs
– $2500 for THEFT of guns and related items
– $2500 for THEFT of silver, gold, pewter ware
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Homeowners
• Exclusions on Contents
– Animals, birds and fish
– Motor vehicles unless servicing premises
– Planes unless hobby aircraft
– Property of roomers or boarders
– Articles described or insured elsewhere
– Property in a rental unit on or off premises
– Business “data” & Credit, Debit or ATM Cards
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Homeowners
• Coverage D – Loss of Use
– 30% of dwelling or contents amount for tenant
policy – additional coverage
– Additional living expenses
• Pays increase in living expenses due to loss
• Does NOT pay regular monthly bills
• Shortest time to repair dwelling or relocate
– Loss of rents
• Actual loss of rents until dwelling repaired
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Section I – Perils Insured
PERILS including THEFT HO-2 HO-3 HO-4 HO-5 HO-6 HO-8
BLDGS CNTNS BLDGS CNTNS
Riot X Open X X Open Open X X
Explosion X X X X X
Vandalism/Vehicles/Volcano X X X X X
Fire X X X X X
Lightning X X X X X
Smoke X X X X X
Hail X X X X X
Aircraft X X X X X
Wind X X X X X
Weight of Ice & Snow X X X X
Water (accidental discharge) X X X X
Falling Objects X X X X
Freezing of Plumbing X X X X
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Homeowners
• Standard Policy Exclusions
– Ordinance & law: bringing building up to code
– Earthquake
– Water damage: Flood, tidal waves, backup of
sewers; seepage through basement walls
– Off premises power failure
– Neglect,
– War, Nuclear, Intentional losses
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Homeowners
• All Risk Exclusions • Wear & Tear
• Deterioration, Dry or Wet Rot, Mold
• Industrial smoke
• Pollution
• Mechanical Breakdown,
• Settling, Shrinking, Expansion of driveways, patios,
walkways, porches
• Vermin, rodents, insects and domestic animals
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Homeowners
• Additional coverage - Automatic
– Debris removal – up to policy limit
• Extra 5% of dwelling if policy limit is maxed out
• $500 per tree, $1,000 maximum for felled trees
– damages a covered structure or blocks a drive
– Reasonable Repairs
– Trees, Shrubs, Plants
• 5% of dwelling maximum; $500 max per tree
• Limited perils: NO wind, weight of ice, disease
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Homeowners
• Additional Coverage - Automatic
– Fire Department Service Charge - $500
– Collapse – weight of people, rain, animals or
hidden and undetected insects
– Glass Breakage – NOT if vacant over 60 days
– Landlord’s furnishings - $2,500
– Ordinance & Law – 10% of dwelling limit
– Grave Markers - $5,000
– Credit, Debit, ATM Cards - $500
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Homeowners
• Conditions – Section I
• Vacancy – 60 consecutive days
– Lose coverage for Vandalism, Glass Breakage
• Volcanic Eruption – 72 hours, same event
• Pair & Set Clause
– Repair or replace the damaged part of the set
– Pay the difference between the value BEFORE the
loss and what’s left over AFTER the loss
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Homeowners
• Section II – Liability Coverage
• Coverage E – Personal Liability
– Bodily Injury & Property Damage to others not insured
– On and Off Premises coverage due to Negligence
– $100,000 per occurrence; No deductible or aggregate
– Duty to Defend -- Defense Costs
• Additional coverage, not out of the policy limit
• UNLIMITED, No matter the outcome of the suit
• Duty to defend ends when policy limit is paid out
• Bankruptcy of the insured not an issue
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Homeowners
• Section II – Liability Coverage
• Coverage F – Medical Payments to Others
– Immediate medical bills and funeral costs
– $1,000 per person, per occurrence
– Goodwill gesture, no liability required to be proven
– Claim must be made 3 years from date of injury
– OTHERS, not an insured or any regular resident
• Domestic employee while working if no work comp
– On the premises with permission or due to activities
of an insured off the premises
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Homeowners
• Section II – Liability EXCLUSIONS – Intentional Acts – self defense OK
– Business Pursuits incl: off premises rental property
– Professional Services
– Motor Vehicles – unless:
• Used to service premises or assist handicapped
• Unlicensed recreational vehicle on YOUR
premises
• Golf cart on the golf course or gated community
• Trailer not attached to a car
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Homeowners
– Watercraft – owned or non owned – unless:
• Inboard motor up to 50 horsepower
• Outboard motor up to 25 horsepower
• Sailboat (no motor) under 26 feet in length
– Aircraft, War, Sale of Controlled Substance, Mold
– Transmission of Communicable Disease by insured
– Sexual Molestation, Corporal Punishment, Physical or
Mental Abuse
– Damage to Insured’s Property or Property of Others in
Insured’s care, custody and control
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Homeowners
• Section II – Additional Coverages – Accrued Interest on judgments
– Claim expenses incl: $250 per day for lost earnings
– First aid expenses incurred for others
– Property of Others in your care -- $1,000 – unless:
• Intentional by insured 13 years of age or older
• Property of roomer or boarder
– Loss Assessments -- $1,000
• Home or condo association levies against insured
• Insured acting as director or officer without pay
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Homeowners
• Bankruptcy - Insurer must still defend
• Endorsements
– Limited fungi – mold
• $5,000 for property damage; $50,000 for liability
– Inflation guard – automatic increase-buildings
– Permitted Incidental Occupancies
• Liability coverage for in home office, studio
• High risk not eligible
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Homeowners
– Scheduled Personal Property
• Endorsement to home or separate policy – PAF
• Jewelry, Fine Arts, Coins, Cameras, Collectibles,
• All Risk; Worldwide; No deductible; coverage floats
• Appraisals, Receipts, Photographs establish stated
or agreed value. Each item listed and described
• Newly acquired items automatic coverage 30 days
– If similar category already scheduled
– 25% of existing category limit or $10,000
whichever is less
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Homeowners
– Personal Injury
• Libel, slander, defamation including defense costs
– Home Day Care – premises coverage only
• Premium based on number of children cared for
– Watercraft -over $1500 in value & larger motors
– Liability to Other Premises
– Earthquake
• Deductible is a percentage of policy limit
– Replacement Cost on Contents
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Homeowners
• Homeowner Forms -- Similarities
– Package Policy – property and liability
• $500 Deductible on property; $0 on liability
– Property coverage stack
– Theft peril included
– Contents are settled ACV
– Special Limits on certain types of Contents
– $100,000 liability and $1,000 Med pay
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Homeowners
• HO-2– Broad**
– Broad Perils on buildings and contents
• HO-3– Special**
– All-Risk on buildings; Broad perils on contents
• HO-4– Tenant
– Broad perils on Contents; Loss of use 30% of
contents
• HO-5 – Comprehensive**
– All risk on building AND contents
**Building losses: R/C if insured correctly
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Homeowners
• HO-6 – Condo
– Broad perils; Loss of Use 50% of contents
• HO-8 – Modified (older)
– Rebuild is much greater then market value
– Basic peril coverage; no glass or collapse
– Coverage A written at market value
– No Co-insurance rules or penalties
– Loss settled at ACV with functional materials
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Auto Insurance
21 questions • Financial Responsibility Laws
– To operate and/or plate a motor vehicle
– Surety Bond, Certificate of Deposit, Insurance
• Split Limit Liability – 25/50/25
– 25,000 per person per accident
– 50,000 all injuries per accident
– 25,000 property damage per accident
• Single Limit Liability – 75,000
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Auto Liability Example Using
25/50/25 Policy Limits
Individual Claim Amt Paid Not Paid
Injury to Party A $50000 $25000 $25000
Injury to Party B $25000 $25000 $ -0-
Injury to Party C $20000 -0- $20000
Prop. Damage $29000 $25000 $ 4000
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Auto Insurance
Structure of the Personal Auto Policy
Part A – Liability: Bodily Injury and Property Damage
Part B – Medical Payments
Part C – Uninsured/Underinsured Motorist
Part D – Damage to your Auto
Collision -- Other Than Collision
Part E – Duties after a loss
Part F – General Provisions
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Auto Insurance
• Types of Auto Policies
– Personal Auto Policy (PAP)
– Commercial Auto Insurance
• Business Auto Policy (BAP)
• Garage Policy
• Motor Carrier (Truckers) Policy
• Premium Factors
– Base Rates: age, gender, marital status, territory
– Underwriting: driving, claims & credit reports; usage
– Coverage: Limits, Physical damage, Endorsements
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Auto Insurance
• Declarations Page
–Named Insured
–Covered Autos
–Policy Limits
–Policy Period
–Premium
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Auto Insurance
• PAP – Definitions
– Eligible Vehicle
• 4 wheels,
• private passenger types, pickups,
vans, SUV’s
• Weighing under 10,000 pounds GVW
• Not used for business – farming &
ranching are ok
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Auto Insurance
Covered Vehicle
• Owned autos listed on the declarations page
• Newly Acquired auto – additional or replacement
– Broadest policy coverage for 14 days
– If no physical damage on policy: 4 days of
physical damage-$500 deductible
• Trailer (liability automatic when attached)
• Non-owned vehicle…if:
– Used as a temporary substitute and
– Covered vehicle not drivable due to servicing,
repair, breakdown or destruction
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Auto Insurance
• PAP - Definitions
–Insured • Part A Liability
• Named insured & spouse if they live together
• Family Members – Anyone related by blood
marriage or adoption and residing in the household
• Ownership, Maintenance or Use of ANY auto
• Anyone using a covered auto
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Auto Insurance
• Part A – Liability
– Owner policy primary/ Driver policy excess
– Coverage Limits per accident – no aggregate
– Defense Costs – Unlimited
• Duty to defend ends when policy limit is paid
• Supplementary Payments
– Accrued Interest on judgment until paid
– Bail Bonds - $250; Appeal bonds
– Loss of Earnings - $200 per day
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Auto Insurance
• Liability Exclusions no coverage = no defense
– Intentional Acts
– Damage to your property or property of others
in your care, custody and control
– Injury to employees
– Taxi or livery service
– Used in an auto related business
– Non-owned vehicle used regularly
– Racing or stealing a car
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Auto Insurance
• Policy Territory
– United States
– Territories
– Puerto Rico
– Canada
• Out of State coverage
– Liability coverage expands to meet minimum
limits of state temporarily driving in
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Medical Payments 3 year time limit to make claim
Insured and Passengers
No Fault Coverage
Per Person Limit; per Accident
Coverage while in an auto or as a pedestrian but not “under”
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Uninsured Motorists (UM)
1) No Liability policy in force
2) Ins, but less then the legal minimum
3) Hit-Skip Accident---Police report
4) Insured, but company denies claim
or is bankrupt
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Underinsured Motorist
(UIM) • Automatic with UM
in Ohio
• Coverage available
from state
minimums up to
amount of bodily
injury coverage
Covers injuries
caused by driver
with insurance BUT
not enough
Your UIM coverage
must be greater
then at fault driver
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Uninsured Motorists Property Damage
1) Optional – fixes the car
2) ACV coverage up to $7,500
3) NO Hit-Skips
4) Minimum $250 deductible
5) Maybe offered with Collision
coverage
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Part D- Physical Damage
• Based on value of the car
– Deductible on each coverage – customer choice
• Collision
– Collide with another object: moving or still
– Upset or overturn of the auto
• Other than Collision- Comp
– Missiles, falling objects, fire, theft, vandalism, hail,
water, flood, earthquake, glass breakage, wind, riot,
explosion, contact with an animal
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Auto Insurance - Collision
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Auto Insurance - Comp
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Auto Insurance
• Part D – Additional Coverage
– Transportation Expenses
• IF Collision and Comprehensive on vehicle
• $20 per day; $600 Maximum
• 24 hours after covered loss disables the vehicle
• 48 hours after total THEFT of the vehicle
• No deductible
• Paid directly to insured
• Not Rental Reimbursement
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• Loss Settlement
– Repair, Replace with like kind & quality
– Actual Cash Value
• Exclusions
– Predictable
• Wear & Tear
• Mechanical or electrical breakdown
– Preventable
• Freezing, Neglect, Intentional, Racing
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Auto Insurance
• PAP – Endorsements
– Miscellaneous Type Vehicle
• Motorcycles, Motor homes, Trailers, Dune Buggy
– Towing & Labor
• Car out of harm’s way; labor performed at scene
– Extended Non-Owned
• Regular use of a non-owned auto
– Substitute Transportation (Rental Reimbursement)
– Joint Ownership – 2 owners
• Related-unmarried or unrelated-living together
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Commercial Auto
• Business Auto Policy (BAP)
– Eligible Auto
• Any vehicle designed for the public roads and/or
requiring motor vehicle registration
– Covered Auto
• Defined by numerical symbol for each coverage
• Larger the symbol, more restrictive the definition
• #1 any auto; #7 specific listed autos; #8 hired
autos; #9 non-owned vehicles
• Symbols can be mixed to tailor coverage
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Commercial Auto
Structure of the Business Auto Policy
Part A – Liability: #1
including pollution cleanup after an accident
Part B – Medical Payments #7
Part C – Uninsured/Underinsured Motorist #7,8,9
Part D – Damage to your Auto #7
Part E – Duties after a loss
Part F – General Provisions
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Commercial Auto
• Business Auto Policy
– Insured
• Owner, Employees, Anyone using a covered auto
with the permission of the Named Insured
– Physical Damage
• Collision – collide with an object or upset
• Comprehensive– everything except a collision
• Specified Perils- alternative to comprehensive
• Transportation Expenses- $20 per day; $600 max
– 48 hours after THEFT of private passenger auto only
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Commercial Auto
• Exclusions– Physical Damage – Same as PAP
• Supplementary Payments – Accrued Interest, $2,000 bail bond, Appeal bonds
– $250 per day loss of earnings
• Loss Settlement – Repair or Replace with like kind & quality
– ACV
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Commercial Auto
• Garage Policy– Combination of:
– Business Auto Policy
• Customers test driving dealer cars
• Insured driving customers’ cars
– Commercial General Liability Policy
• Premises liability – customer slips & falls
• Operations liability – customer hurt while work is
performed
• Product liability – parts are faulty
• Completed operations liability – workmanship is
faulty
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Commercial Auto
• Eligibility – New and Used Auto dealers
– Auto Repair facilities
– Parking Lots, Car Washes, Valet Services
• Policy Structure – Garage – Liability
• Autos on the road; Premises/Operations; Products/Comp Op
– Med Pay; UM/UIM (optional)
– Physical Damage – Owned cars and/or lot cars
• EXCLUDED: Damage to Property in Care, Custody & Control
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Commercial Auto
• Garage Keepers Legal Liability
• Direct Primary - No fault required
• Legal Liability – Negligence of insured required
• Damage to customers’ vehicles
• Bailee type coverage – Autos left in insured’s care
• Collision and Comprehensive Coverage
• Premium based on exposure
– How many autos in possession at one time
– Average value of autos
• Deductible applies per auto; aggregate per loss
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Commercial Auto
• Motor Carrier (Trucker’s) Form – Hauling goods or passengers for a fee
– Usually across state lines- Interstate Trucking
• Motor Carrier Act of 1980
– Federal Law requiring minimum liability limits
• General Goods & Cargo - $750,000
• Oil and Passengers - $1,000,000
• Hazardous substances - $5,000,000
– MCS-90 form filed with highway commission
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Commercial Auto
• Trailer Interchange – Non owned trailer – Liability automatic if attached to truck
– Physical damage to non owned trailer
– No coverage for contents IN the trailer
• Commercial Auto Endorsements – Drive other Car
• Named persons driving other cars for personal use
– Additional Insured: Lessor, Employees, Individuals
• Specific people or entities with insurable interest
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Commercial Auto
• Commercial Auto Endorsements
– Mobile Equipment
• Not designed or licensed for public road use
• Tractors, Farm equipment, Cranes, Cherry Pickers
– Broad Form Products
• Will replace faulty product when installed properly
by garage
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Commercial Package Policy
18 questions
CPP
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7 Coverage Parts
• Commercial Property
• General Liability
• Commercial Auto
• Crime
• Inland Marine
• Equipment Breakdown
• Farm
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Components of the CPP
• Common Declarations page
• Common Conditions-Premium
Audit
• Two or more coverage parts-
must have property and liability
• Interline Endorsements
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COMMERCIAL GENERAL
LIABILITY
CGL
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OCCURRENCE FORM
• A: 1-1-11 to 1-1-12
• B: 1-1-12 to 1-1-13
• C: 1-1-13 to 1-1-14
• Claim happens on April-10-2012 and is reported to the carrier on July-6-2013.
• TRIGGER: Did the “event” happen during the policy period? What company is on the hook?
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COMPANY “B”
• Policy period was 1-1-12 to 1-1-13
• Claim happened during this time
• Date it was reported is NOT relevant
• In essence Company “B” is responsible for ANY claims that may OCCUR during its policy period. It doesn’t matter when they are reported.
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CLAIMS MADE FORM
• TRIGGER: Was the event reported
during the policy period.
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CLAIMS MADE FORM
• A: 1-1-11 to 1-1-12
• B: 1-1-12 to 1-1-13
• C: 1-1-13 to 1-1-14
• Claim happens on April-10-2012 and is reported to the carrier on July-6-2013.
• TRIGGER: When was the “event” reported? What company is on the hook?
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COMPANY “C”
• Policy period was 1-1-13 to 1-1-14
• Claim was reported during this policy
period
• In essence if no claims are reported during
the policy period, the company is off the
hook!
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The RETRO Date
• The RETRO DATE goes back to a point in time and sets the 2nd “trigger” for the claims made form.
• This RETRO DATE is negotiated at each renewal. The farther back you want coverage to go, the more the premium will be.
• Customer wants any event reported to the insurer to be covered no matter when it happened.
• Company very concerned about events that happened in the past being reported to them.
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CLAIMS MADE FORM
• TRIGGER 1: Did the “event” HAPPEN
after the RETRO DATE
• TRIGGER 2: Was the “event”
REPORTED during the policy period
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EXTENDED REPORTING
PERIOD
“Put a Tail on it”
• 60 days ERP automatic
on the policy giving you
an additional 60 days
from the end of the policy
to report claims
• Doesn’t extend coverage,
just the time to report the
claim.
• Known as the MINI TAIL
• $SUPPLEMENTAL TAIL
• MIDI TAIL extends reporting period 1 to 5 years.
• MAXI TAIL extends reporting period forever.
• Insd has 60 days from the end of the policy to purchase.
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General Liability “Hazards”
• Premises / Operations
• Products /Completed Operations
• Personal / Advertising Injury
• Contractual
• Fire Legal Liability
• Medical Payments to Others
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“Insured” Contracts
• Lease
• Easement
• Agreement to Indemnify
• Sidetrack
• Elevator/Escalator
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Limits of Liability
• Occurrence
• Most paid out for
any one “event”
• All claim amounts
must be eligible
here first.
• Aggregate
• Most paid out for
all claims during
the policy period.
• Products/ComOps
has separate
aggregate limit
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Commercial
Property
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Property Coverage
• BUILDING: Structure and any permanently attached equipment; any property used to service the premises
• CONTENTS: Stock, equipment, materials furniture & fixtures in the building or within 100 feet of the premises.
• PROPERTY OF OTHERS: Stuff in the care custody and control of the insured within 100 feet of the premises
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Property Coverage
• Deductible - $500 standard
• Loss Settlement – ACV;Co-insurance 80%
• Theft of Jewelry & Furs limited to $2500
• Standard Exclusions
– Money & Securities, Autos, Boats, Airplanes
– Land and anything growing out of it
• Except for vegetative roofs – part of the building
– Animals, Birds,& Fish unless stock for sale
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Optional coverage
Offered for a price • Inflation Guard
• Builders Risk
• Business Interruption (indirect loss) Business Income sold to those who will shut down Extra Expense sold to those who must continue
• Glass Form
• Earthquake – 168 hours = same event
• Peak Season/ Value reporting form
• Ordinance & Law & Spoilage
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Other Coverage Forms
• Condominium Association
– Owners of the Condo building
• Condominium Unit Owner
– Commercial customers that own the unit
they occupy
• Legal Liability
– Warehouses, storage facilities
– Coverage based on Contractual obligation
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Property Coverage Basic – Covers Eleven Perils Economy model
Broad – Covers Fourteen Perils Mid size model
Special- Covers all perils not excluded Luxury model
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Commercial Crime
• BURGLARY: taking of property by visible signs of a forced entry or exit
• ROBBERY: Taking of property by threat of bodily harm
• EXTORTION: Holding hostage = Kidnapping
• MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE: Losing something
• THEFT any act of stealing
• FORGERY & ALTERATION: Falsifying outgoing checks
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People & Places
• Custodian: Named insured, Partners, Employees with custody of insured property ON the premises
• Messenger: Named insured, Partners, Employees with custody of insured property OFF the premises
• Premises: DUH!
• Watchperson: Custody of property ON the premises and no other duties
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Types of Property
• Money: Currency, coins, travelers checks, registered checks and money orders
• Securities: Negotiable & non-negotiable instruments or contracts representing money: tickets, stamps, evidence of debt, credit & debit charge slips
• Property other than Money & Securities: DUH!
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Crime Forms
• Employee Theft
• Forgery & Alteration
• Inside the premises, theft of money &
securities
• Inside the premises, Robbery and Safe
Burglary
• Computer, Funds Transfer Fraud
• Outside the Premises
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Crime Forms
• Extortion- Commercial Entities
• Lessees of Safe Deposit Boxes
• Securities Deposited with Others
• Guests Property
• Safe Depository
• Outside the Premises
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Inland Marine
Imports
Exports
Domestic Shipments
Instrumentalities of transportation or
communication
Personal Property Floaters
Commercial Property Floaters
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Marine Forms
• Accounts Receivable
• Equipment Dealer Floater
• Jewelers Block
• Installation Floater
• Signs
• Valuable Papers and Records
• Bailee’s Customer Goods
• Contractors Equipment Floater
• Electronic Data Processing
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Transportation Coverages
• Motor Truck Cargo carrier responsible for
customers goods in shipment
• Owner’s/Shipper’s Form: For customer who
ships his stuff in his trucks or for the customer
who has a trucking company haul her goods
• Annual Transit for trips done during the year
• Trip Transit for a single shipment
• Free on Board (FOB): Shippers responsibility
for damaged goods ends when delivered
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Equipment Breakdown
Coverage • Boilers
• Pumps
• Motors
• Refrigeration
• Air Conditioning
• PROTECT & PREVENT
• Objects scheduled
• Peril of Mechanical Breakdown
• Replacement cost settlement
• 25,000 extra expense coverage to expedite the repair or replacement
• Business Interruption (optional)
• RED TAGGED
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FARM
• Homeowners
• Commercial Property
• Commercial Liability
• Building
• Other Structures
• Contents
• Loss of Use
• Scheduled Farm Prop
• Unscheduled Farm
Property
• Other Farm Buildings
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Farm owners Coverages
• Basic Broad and Special for Property
• Broad & Special Forms Cover Animals – Electrocution, drowning, suffocation, attacks
– Loading and unloading
• Mobile Agricultural Machinery
– Covered on Farm Property but can be stand alone
– $50,000 extension for newly acquired machinery for 30 days
• Livestock
– Newly acquired animals covered for 30 days
– No Freezing or Poultry
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Businessowners Policy
13 questions • Package Policy
– Property and Liability
– Small to medium size businesses
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Businessowners Policy
• Eligible Risks – Acronym O-F C-A-R-S – Office buildings
• 100,000 square feet
– Fast food & casual dining restaurants
• Limited cooking, seating up to 150, alcohol less then 50% of
receipts
– Convenience Stores
• With or Without gas pumps
– Apartment Buildings
• 6 Stories or 60 Units
– Retail & Service
• Up to 35,000 square feet and $6 million in sales
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Businessowners Policy
• Ineligible Risks – Taverns
– Auto Dealers
– Repair Shops
– Banks
– Contractors
– Manufacturing
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Businessowners Policy
• Common policy conditions – Inflation Guard: 8% on building and 25% on contents for peak
season
– Claims Settlement: Replacement Cost
– Deductible: $500 standard
– Vacancy: 60 days
• Tenant = Not enough property to conduct normal business
operations
• Owner/Landlord = 69% or more of total square footage is not
being utilized
• Lose: Theft, Vandalism, Glass breakage, Sprinkler leakage,
and Water damage
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BOP
• Standard – Basic coverage: building & contents
• Special - All Risk coverage: building and
contents
– Jewelry, Watches, Furs $2500 for THEFT
• Exclusions
– Normal peril exclusions on Basic and All Risk
– Money, Autos, Boats, Airplanes
– Animals, Birds and Fish (unless they are
stock)
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Additional Coverage – Debris Removal: 25% of loss up to $25,000
– Pollution Cleanup: $10,000
– Ordinance and Law: $10,000
– Fire Department Service Charge: $2,500
– Removal to Protect: 30 days--All Risk
– Mold damage: $15,000
– Electronic Data: $10,000
– Counterfeit Money: $1,000; Forgery: $2,500
– Business Income and Extra Expense
• Actual loss sustained up to 12 consecutive months
• 72 hour waiting period
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BOP
• Extensions of Coverage – Coinsurance 80%
– Newly Acquired Property: $250,000 on
buildings/$100,000 contents
– Property off premises & in storage units: $10,000
– Outdoor Property: $2,500 w/$1000 max per tree,
shrub or plant
– Valuable Papers and Records: $10,000
– Accounts Receivable: $10,000
– Signs attached: $1,000
– Non-owned trailers $5,000
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BOP
• Liability
– Bodily Injury, Property Damage,
Personal & Advertising, Premises
Rented to You
– Same exposures as CGL
– $300,000 Minimum occurrence limit
– $5,000 Medical payments to others
– Aggregates twice the occurrence limit
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BOP
• Exclusions
– Liquor Liability
– Workers Compensation
– Pollution Liability
– Professional Services
– Autos, Boats, Airplanes
– Property of others in care, custody and control
– Damage to insured’s own product or work
– Product recall
– Employment related practices
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BOP
• Endorsements – Burglary and Robbery} Standard BOP
– Money and Securities} Special BOP
– Outdoor Signs and Glass
– Equipment Breakdown
– Employee Theft
– Hired and Non Owned auto
– Protective Safeguards
– Utility Services – Direct Loss
– Utility Services – Indirect Loss
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Workers’ Compensation
6 questions • Workers Compensation Laws - Ohio
– Occupational: Work related accident or
illness
– No fault: worker gives up right to sue in return
for prompt and fair payment of claim
– Compulsory: required with 1 or more
employees; elective for self-employed,
partners
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Workers’ Compensation
• Monopolistic
– Buy from the BWC or Self Insure
• 500 employees minimum
• 2 years in business or more
• Financially stable with assets in Ohio
• Third Party Administrator
• Post a Surety Bond
• People who live and work in Ohio
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Workers’ Compensation
• Federal Work Comp
– U.S. Longshoreman & Harbor Workers Act
• People who load, unload, build and repair ships
– Jones Act
• People who work on the ocean going vessels
– Federal Employers Liability Act (FELA)
• Interstate railroad workers
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Workers’ Compensation
• Workers Compensation Policy
– Part One – Workers Compensation
• Medical Bills: Unlimited amount and time
– In & out of hospital including: Physical rehab,
Doctor bills, Rx drugs
• Disability: Income Replacement
– Partial or Total; Permanent or Temporary
– 2 week elimination period before benefits paid
– 66 2/3% of gross income = max benefit for total
disability
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Workers’ Compensation
• Survivor Benefits – Spouse and minor
children
–$5500 burial benefit; 66 2/3% of wages
at time of death
–Spouse collects until they remarry
–Children till age 18 or 25 if full time
student
• Vocational Rehabilitation - $ to re-train you
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Workers’ Compensation
• Part One - Exclusions
– Non work related accidents and injuries
– Self Inflicted injury or intentional injury to
others
– Injuries sustained while under influence of
drugs or alcohol
– Injuries sustained while participating in
company sponsored athletic events
– Benefits payable under any other insurance
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Workers’ Compensation
• Part Two – Employer’s Liability
– Defends employer if worker or related 3rd party sues
– Damages paid if employer negligent
• 100,000 per person per accident
• 500,000 aggregate for all disease claims
• 100,000 per person per disease
• Part Three – Other States Coverage
– Workers from Ohio temporarily in another
state
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Workers’ Compensation
• Part Four – Your Duties after a Loss
– Employee reports incident to employer immediately
– Employer notifies BWC about claim in timely manner
• Part Five – Premium determination
– Job Classification determines base rate
– Rate is multiplied by each $100 of payroll for each job
class
– Experienced rated: base rate is surcharged or
discounted based on past claims
– Premiums are auditable up to three years after
coverage expires
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Workers’ Compensation
• Second Injury Fund
– State sponsored fund which pays benefits for
previously injured worker having a second or
subsequent injury
– Not charged against employer’s experience
modifications
– Prevents discrimination in hiring the handicapped
• Part Six – Conditions
– BWC can inspect the workplace at any time
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Workers’ Compensation
• Voluntary Compensation Endorsement
– Benefits for volunteer workers
– Job class is stated on the endorsement
• Foreign Coverage Endorsement
– Ohio employees working temporarily out of the U.S
for max of 90 days
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Other Coverages & Options
11 questions • Umbrella/Excess
– Personal & Commercial: Worldwide –
could broaden coverage
– Pays AFTER the primary policies are
exhausted
– Self Insured Retention Limit - if no or
insufficient primary coverage
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Other Coverages & Options
• Specialty Liability
– Professional > Malpractice: Bodily Injury
– Errors & Omissions > Malpractice: Financial Injury
– Directors & Officers > Lawsuits by the stockholders
– Fiduciary Liability > $$$$$
– Liquor Liability> Manufacturing, selling, distributing or
serving alcohol
– Employment Practices Liability
– Employee Benefit Plan Liability
– Identity Fraud / Cyber Liability
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Other Coverages & Options
• Surplus Lines
– Unauthorized carriers
– Surplus lines broker license required
• $25000 Bond; License fee $100; Renews Jan 31st
– Affidavit signed by agent, customer, broker;
policy must be countersigned by licensed
agent
– No protection under Ohio Guaranty
Association for insolvency
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Other Coverages & Options
• Surety Bonds
– Bonds are not insurance
• Insurance based on uncertainty of loss
• Bonds guarantee that something will or won’t
happen
– Three party contract
• Principal = party that purchases & performs
• Surety/Guarantor = party assuring that principal
performs
• Obligee = party owed the money if principal fails
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Other Coverages & Options
– Full right of recourse
• If principal fails, surety pays obligee, and
collects back from principal
– Types of Bonds
• Fidelity > probate, fiduciary, banking,
employee theft, public official
• Surety > bid, performance, license, permit
contractor, judicial
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Other Coverages & Options
• Ocean Marine – Oldest form of insurance: virtually unregulated -
Surplus Lines
– Coverage
• Hull - ship itself Freight - shipping charges
• Cargo – contents P&I – Marine Liability
– Warranties
• Seaworthy Legal trip
• Specific route Cargo Packed Properly
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Other Coverages & Options
– Perils
• Perils of the Sea: War, Piracy, Barratry
(embezzlement of the cargo by the crew)
• Jettison (voluntarily throwing cargo overboard to
save the ship from sinking)
– Claims called “Average”
• Particular Average – paid by the specific insurer
covering the specific damaged cargo
• General Average – loss shared by all the insurers
involved in the trip.
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Other Coverages & Options
• Aviation – Written by risk retention groups or “pools”
– Warranties and coverages same as Ocean Marine
• In the air, on the ground, take off and landing
– Usages stated on the declarations page
• Who’s flying it; What’s it hauling
• Where does it fly to and from; where is it parked
– Drone Coverage
• Intended use; Personal Injury exposure
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Other Coverages & Options
• Flood Insurance – Government Insurance
– Definition of flood
• Temporary or complete inundation of 2 or more
acres by overflow of surface waters or mudflows
on normally dry land areas – no mudslides or
sewer backup
– 30 day waiting period – No binding authority
– Designated flood zone
• FEMA informs community or community applies to FEMA
• Inspection and recommendations made to prevent flooding
• Recommendations adopted – community is designated area
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Other Coverages & Options
• “Write your Own” Program
– Insurer can write policy
– FEMA determines coverage & premium
– Insurer pays claims from premiums collected
– Claims exceed premiums > FEMA takes over
– Premiums exceed claims > Excess sent to US
Treasury
– 100% government insurance
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Other Coverage & Options
• Direct loss by flood - No indirect loss coverage
• Exclusions
– Money, securities, fine arts, collectibles
– Autos, airplanes
– Property in the open
– Underground contents or equipment
– Lawns, trees & shrubs
– Fences, retaining walls, piers, docks, wharves,
bridges
– Storage structures
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Other Coverages & Options
• Flood Coverage
– Emergency Program Regular Program
• Bldg: 35000 PL * 100000 CL * 250000 PL 500000 CL
• Cnts: 10000 PL 100000 CL 100000 PL 500000 CL
• Deductible: 1500 pre firm post firm
1500 – 1000<100,000
2000 – 1250>100,000
– Applies separately to each building and each
contents loss per occurrence *PL (personal lines) CL (commercial lines)
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Other Coverages & Options
• Other Policies
– Boatowners – Premium based on value & usage
• Hull (boat itself); Liability & Personal effects
• Under 26 feet in length & personal watercraft such
as jet skis
– Recreational vehicles
• ATV’s, mopeds, scooters, segways, dune buggy,
golf carts, & trikes
• Not eligible for the personal auto policy
– Difference in Conditions – picks up gaps
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Insurance Regulations
22 questions
• Who must be licensed:
– Anyone who sells, solicits or negotiates
insurance must be licensed.
• Non-Resident Agent • Must be in good standing in his previous home state.
• Need not pass the licensing exam if he applies within 90
days of moving to Ohio
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Insurance Regulations
• Exceptions to licensing Employees, officers or directors of an
insurance company who: do not receive any commission on policies
written or sold, or
are involved in underwriting, settling of claims, administration, or handling enrollments for group life, group health or employee benefit plans.
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Insurance Regulations
• Pre-Licensing 40 hours of classroom training, or
Self study/Online
- Self study students must pass a proctored exam with a score of 70% or better to get an authorization to take state exam.
- Certificate of course completion is issued when class is completed or when proctored exam is passed.
- You have unlimited attempts to pass the test within a 180 day period which begins when you receive your course completion certificate. Fee charged for exam
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Insurance Regulations
• Obtaining a License • Be at least 18 years of age & resident of Ohio
• Be honest, trustworthy and of good character and reputation
• Consent to a criminal background check
• You do not need to be a U.S. citizen but you must have proof of legal authority to work in the U.S.
• Have not committed any acts that are grounds for denial, suspension, or revocation of a license.
• Complete a required insurance education course and pass an exam for each line of authority.
• Apply for a license within 180 days of passing the exam.
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Insurance Regulations
• Change of Address
– 30 days to notify the Superintendent/Director
of Insurance.
• Renewal of License -An individual seeking to renew a resident insurance
agent license shall apply biennially on or before the
last day of the licensee’s birth month. $25 fee
-The Superintendent shall send a renewal notice to all
licensees at least one month prior to the renewal
date.
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Insurance Regulations
• Renewal of License • To be eligible for renewal, all continuing education
requirements must be met prior to the renewal date. If
the CE requirements have been met, the renewal fee
will be waived.
• An individual who is unable to comply with the license
renewal procedures due to military service, a long
term medical disability, or some other extenuating
circumstance may request an extension of the renewal
date upon written request along with all supporting
documentation to the Superintendent.
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Insurance Regulations
• Late Renewal > If the renewal application and fee is not
submitted by the required date, the individual may submit a late renewal application along with the applicable renewal fee [$25] and a late renewal fee of $50 prior to the first day of the second month following the license renewal date.
> If the renewal or late renewal requirements are not met, the license will be suspended for non-renewal.
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Insurance Regulations
• License Reinstatement > A license suspended for non-renewal may be
eligible for reinstatement if an application is made within 12 months of the original date the license should have been renewed and the renewal fee and a $100 reinstatement fee have been submitted.
> If the reinstatement requirements are not met, the license will automatically be cancelled.
• Temporary License >Superintendent decides who – good for 180 days
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Insurance Regulations
• Administrative Action
– Agent must notify DOI within 30 days of the
final disposition of the matter
• Criminal Prosecution
– Agent must notify the DOI within 30 days of
the initiation of charges/proceedings
• Assumed Names
– Agent must notify the DOI before using the
assumed name.
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Continuing Education
Requirements
Each compliance period:
Consists of 24 months and is based on your birth month.
Requires completion of 24 hours of approved classes, including:
3 hours of Ethics
3 hours of Flood initially to sell it
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Continuing Education
Requirements Exams are not required unless you take classes
online or by self study
Entire course must be attended or completed to
get credit.
Can’t repeat same course within your compliance
period.
12 excess hours can be carried over into next
compliance period – all general credits
Agents responsibility to report hours to the DOI
Superintendent can grant an extension of time
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Failure to meet CE requirements
• The license of any agent who fails to meet the
CE requirements and who has not obtained an
extension of time will be suspended. The
suspension continues until the person
demonstrates compliance with CE requirements.
• If the person has not obtained an extension and
has not demonstrated compliance within one
year from the end of the renewal period, the
license will be automatically cancelled.
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Education Violations
• Refuse to issue or renew - $500 fine
– Filing false documentation
– Obtaining false course completion certs
– Cheating on an examination
– Aiding or abetting anyone else to violate laws
– Disruptive actions during course or exam
– Unauthorized use of cells phones or devices
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Insurance Regulations
• Inactive License
– Not in the business that in any way requires a
license – up to $25,000 fine if still working
– In good standing & CE compliant
– Out for a minimum of two years
– No requirement to do CE while inactive
– $50 reactivation fee and current CE done
– If reactivating during first 2 years - RETEST
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Insurance Regulations
• License Suspended, Revoked, Denied
– Review list of reasons in textbook
– Failure to pay taxes or work comp premiums
– Failure to appear for an interview with DOI
– Failure to respond to inquiry within 21 days
– Up to $25,000 civil penalty per violation
– Ask Attorney General to prosecute
• Courts can also fine up to $25,000
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• Fines
– Transacting without a license
• $25 to $500 fine; 6 months in jail
– Selling for unauthorized company
• $25 to $500 fine; 6 months in jail
– Surplus Lines broker violation regulations
• $25 to $500 fine; 1 year in jail
– Failing to file fees, or advertising violations
• $100 to $500 fine
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Insurance Regulations
• Cease and Desist Orders
– Sent by certified mail from the DOI
– Stop activity listed in the order immediately
– $10,000 civil penalty for violating order
– Hearing within 15 days of issuance to decide
if the activity may resume or still stopped
– Agent can appeal final ruling in writing
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Insurance Regulations
• Hearings
– Agent has right to a hearing if license in
jeopardy
– DOI has the power to subpoena documents
and witnesses
– Mergers/acquisitions of a domestic carrier
• Superintendent can approve or deny merger
• Public hearing within 7 days of notifying parties
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Insurance Regulations
• Consent Agreements
– Formal Rehab contract in lieu of losing license
– Conduct unbecoming voids agreement
– Agreement is a public record
– Former, current and potential employers can
receive a copy of the agreement
– Agent must notify DOI within 14 days of any
additional convictions or treatment programs
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Insurance Regulations
• Acts constituting Insurance Transactions
– Negotiate: confer or offer advice
– Sell: exchange insurance for money
– Solicit: attempt to sell or urge to buy
• Responsibilities of the Superintendent
– Set licensing procedures
– Set appointment procedures
– See that laws are executed and enforced
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Superintendent’s General
Duties & Powers
• May suspend, revoke or refuse to issue or renew any license
• Take written testimony under oath for violations
• Ask attorney general to request a declaratory judgment by the court if no administrative procedure in place
• Has authority to adopt, amend or rescind any rules
• Can impose any other sanction deemed appropriate for
– Lying, cheating or stealing while acting as an licensed insurance agent in Ohio
Mary Taylor
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Insurance Regulations
• Company Regulations
– Certificate of Authority
• Required to do business in the state
• Renews annually
– Insolvency
• Inability to pay claims within 30 days when due
• Liabilities EXCEED assets
– Policy Forms/Rates/Exceptions
• Must be approved by the DOI
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Insurance Regulations
• Financial Requirements
– $1,000,000 in paid in capital
– $1,000,000 in surplus to pay claims
– $2,500,000 in aggregate paid in capital and
surplus
– $50,000 bond or $100,000 in securities
posted with the state
• Funds – Company money is money held
in trust; no comingling with personal funds
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Insurance Regulations
• Unfair Claims Settlement Practices
– Misrepresenting policy provisions
– Failing to act promptly regarding:
• Communications
• Investigations
• Settlement
– Compelling insured to file lawsuits in order to
get obvious policy benefits
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Insurance Regulations
• Unfair Claims Settlement Practices
– “days” refer to calendar days
– Make contact within 15 days of notice of loss
– Reply to DOI inquiries within 21 days
– Notify claimant of more time needed to investigate and settle every 90 days; 45 days on auto losses
– Affirm or deny coverage within 21 days of receipt of all required documentation
– Pay claim within 5 days of agreed settlement
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Agent Regulations
Commissions and Compensation • Paid in the legal name of the agent
• Only paid if appointed by issuing company
• Can share with another agent licensed for that line of
authority
• Can assign commissions to collateralize a loan
• Can pay a flat fee to an unlicensed person or organization for
administrative services rendered
Policy/Application Signature • Forging any insurance document or transaction
• License can be suspended or revoked and fined
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Insurance Regulations
• Agent Appointment – Insurer must request agent be appointed to represent
them - $15 fee required
– Appointments renew June 30th of each year - $15
renewal fee required
– Insurer certifies that agent is competent and
financially responsible to represent them
– Agent can be appointed by one or more insurers
– Insurer notify DOI within 30 days of cancellation
• Agent must be notified with 15 days after
– DOI cancels agent license – all appointments void
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Unfair Insurance Trade
Practices • Rebating/Illegal Inducement is not allowed
– $50 or less gift not tied to insurance purchase
• All requests for premium refunds must be completed within 30 days
• Advertising must be truthful in all aspects.
• Misrepresentation will not be condoned.
– “Twisting”
• Defamation is prohibited
• Unfair discrimination is not allowed
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Insurance Regulations
• Grounds for Disciplinary Actions – Listed on page 18 & 19
• Examination of Books & Records – Exams may be conducted at will regarding financial
affairs
– The company or agent being examined pays all costs
– Each domestic company is to be examined at least once every 3 years
– Maximum allowable time between company exams may be 5 years
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Insurance Fraud Regulation Committed by anyone who knowingly or purposefully
gives false information to an insurer or agent to obtain
insurance or while filing a claim
Aiding or assisting is the same offense
DOI fraud investigation – records are confidential
Liability immunity if testifying in fraud investigation
Applications/claim forms must contain fraud warning
Insurance fraud – 1st Degree Misdemeanor $1,000 - $7,500 = Fifth degree felony
$7,500 – $150,000 = Fourth degree felony
Over $150,000 = Third degree felony
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Insurance Information Privacy
• Insurer or agent must provide notice of
information practices
• No disclosure of information – unless:
– Written authorization obtained
– For legitimate business practices or health
care purposes
– To detect or prevent criminal activity or fraud
– Given to an insurance regulatory agency
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Charging Consumers Fees
• Only if the consumer consents
• Fee is fully disclosed and not part of premium
• Fee not a percentage of the premium
• Cannot be discriminatory
• Not permitted for performing normal service expected
• Not waived or refunded if policy purchased
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Fair Credit Reporting ActAct
• Gives an applicant for insurance the
following rights:
– To be notified at time of application that a
report may be requested and used in the
underwriting decision
– To obtain the report from the investigating
company [but not the insurance company] if
adverse actions result due to the report
– To correct any errors on the report.
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Federal Fraud Regulation
USC code 1033 defines federal fraud as
actions occurring across state lines
USC code 1034 defines penalties for
Federal Fraud violations
$50,000 fine and/or 10 years
imprisonment
If fraud acts cause insurer to be
insolvent, jail time increases to 15 years
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Do Not Call List:
• Cold calls to homes before 8 am or after 9 pm are prohibited
• Your number on the list for 5 years • Solicitors must maintain the Do Not CALL list
and update it every 30 days • Violators may be sued up to $1,500 per
violation • When making a telephone solicitation to a
home, a solicitor must provide: – The caller’s name, the name of the entity
on whose behalf they are calling, and a phone number or address where the entity may be contacted.
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Property Insurance Laws
• Ohio Valued Policy Law
– If property declared a total loss – policy limit
– Pay replacement cost if applicable up to limit
• Ohio Insurance Guaranty Association
– All admitted carriers participate
– Pays claims of insolvent member carriers
– Not allowed to use as inducement or reason
to buy a policy
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Property Insurance Laws
• Cancellation or Non Renewal
– Notice must contain reason & effective date of cancel
or non renewal and policy number
– After initial 90 days can only be cancelled for:
• Non payment of premium
• Discovery of fraud or misrepresentation
• Moral or morale hazard that increases the risk
beyond what the insurer expected
• Refusal to correct material safety hazards or
comply with reasonable loss control measures
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Property Insurance Laws
• Cancellation or Non Renewal
– 10 day notice for non payment
– 30 day notice for anything else
• Controlled Business
– Personal, relatives, employees, affiliates
– No more than 50% of all written premium in
any 12 month period
– License can be suspended or non renewed
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The Ohio FAIR Plan
• Fair Access to Insurance Requirements
– All admitted carriers writing property insurance
– To be eligible insured certifies property:
• Not severely deficient, or vacant and no tax liens
• 2 Ohio insurers have declined citing underwriting
– No binding authority for agent
– Application and deposit fee required
– FAIR plan issues a binder up to 1 year
– Inspection done, policy issued if approved
– 1.5 million maximum property limit
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Property Insurance Laws
• Commercial Joint Underwriting Association
– Ohio Commercial Market Assistance Plan
• Assists commercial insureds in obtaining difficult to
place commercial insurance coverage
• If unsuccessful, application can be submitted by
licensed agent on behalf of the insured to the
association for coverage
– Association will issue commercial policy for
one year
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Mine Subsidence
• Loss to property caused by the collapse or cave
in of underground mines
– Damage to buildings and contents – not land
• Excluded – no coverage if mine subsides due
to:
– Strip mining
– Earthquake, volcano and landslide
– Collapse of subways, storm and sewer drains
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Mine Subsidence
• Ohio Mine Subsidence Association
– All admitted property carriers participate
– Association pays first $300,000 of losses, carrier pays
the rest up to policy limit
– Deductible: Minimum of $250; Maximum $500
– Loss settlement – ACV if not repaired; R/C if fixed
– Every personal property policy must be offered
coverage
• 26 counties mandatory
• 62 counties optional by endorsement
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Terrorism Risk Insurance Act
• No terrorism exclusions allowed in commercial policies
• Terrorism coverage must be offered for a premium -
Insured can accept or reject
• Federal government shares losses with insurance
industry provided:
– Certified act of Terrorism
• Determined by the Secretary of the Treasury
• Act causes at least 5 million in collective damage
• Committed by foreign national or US citizen
– Damaging property, human life or infrastructure
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Terrorism Risk Insurance Act
– Program Trigger - Collective losses reach
$120 Million Dollars
• Government steps in to reinsure losses on
a percentage basis
• Insurer has 20% of it losses as a deductible
• Government pays the next 84% of claims –
insurer pays 16%
– Collective losses reach $100 Billion Dollars
• Federal government pays 100%
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Casualty Insurance Laws
• Ohio Assigned Risk Plan - AUTO
– For people unable to obtain coverage in the
normal marketplace
– All admitted automobile insurers must
participate
– Assigned carrier must provide coverage
compliant with legal minimums for 3 years
– Policy can only be cancelled for fraud or non
payment
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Casualty Insurance Laws
• Motor Vehicle Financial Responsibility
– Insurer must issue ID card
– Binder takes place of policy till issued and
fulfills financial responsibility requirements
– Insured must present proof
• When asked by police
• When required by a court appearance
• Upon receipt of letter from BMV
– Failure to provide proof – 90 day suspension
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Casualty Insurance Laws
– Reinstatement of driving privileges requires:
• SR-22 filing or surety bond – required to be
maintained for 5 years from suspension
date
• Fee of $100 for first offense; $300 for
second offense; $600 for third and
subsequent offenses
• Additional $50 penalty if license not turned
in when suspended
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Casualty Insurance Laws
• Required Limits of Liability - Mandatory
– Coverage A: 25/50/25 or $75,000 single limit
– Intrafamily liability exclusion
• No coverage if spouse or family member
sues
• Not applicable if policy covers Uninsured
Motorist unless UM/UIM coverage has the
exclusion
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Casualty Insurance Laws
• Uninsured/Underinsured Motorist - Optional
– State Minimums up to coverage “A” limit
– No Stacking of limits
• Coverage reduced by any other collectible
amounts
• Interfamily stacking
– Combining limits by one or more persons who are related
but NOT members of the household
• Intrafamily stacking
– Combining limits by one or more persons who are family
members of the household
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Casualty Insurance Laws
• Cancellation / Non Renewal: PAP - BAP
– Policy must be guaranteed renewable 1 year
– Can not cancel, non renew or increase
premium for:
• Work related accidents involving duties as
police, fire, state highway patrol,
emergency vehicle operation, mowing or
plowing with county, township or state
vehicle
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Casualty Insurance Laws
– After first 90 days can only be cancelled for:
• Non Pay
• Fraud or misrepresentation
• Loss of driver’s license of insured or any
family member (unless exclusion used)
• Vehicle registration and/or residence
changes to state where insurer does not
operate
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Casualty Insurance Laws
– Cancellation/Non Renewal notice to Insured
• 10 days for non pay
• 30 days for all other
• Must contain policy number; date and reason
• After Market Parts
– Not made by original car maker
– Estimates/repair bills must identify parts
• Failure to inform is an unfair trade practice
• Warranty by manufacturer not car maker
• Insured consents in writing to the use of the parts
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