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Jun
21

Beware of certain exclusions

Posted by: Thomas Nelson | Comments (0)

Last week, I explained that insurance policies have exclusions to eliminate coverage for those things covered by other policies, for things that can’t or shouldn’t be insured and for things that are too costly to insure.   Examples of typical exclusions include war, wear and tear, pollution.  Commercial General Liability (CGL) policies have exclusions for liability arising from autos, watercraft, aircraft and injuries to employees because their are policies that are designed to cover those exposures.  Where more attention needs to be paid to exclusions is where the exclusions are specific to the nature of a business’ operations. Read More→

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“I’ve been in the cleaning business for years and have never carried liability insurance.  Why should I spend the money to buy coverage when I’ve never had claim problems?”

Many cleaning services express similar sentiments, especially in these hard economic times.  However, taking that viewpoint may prove to be more costly than the premium to buy liability insurance.  There are two major reasons it may prove more cost not to carry liability insurance than to carry it. Read More→

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