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Business Auto Coverage Form |
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Definition
Covers:
- leased, hired, rented, or borrowed private passenger autos, trucks, trailers, and semitrailers
- liability coverage for trailers being towed by a covered vehicle(NOT for physical damage to trailer)
Excludes:
- sold, stored, or repaired for others
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Section II - Liability Coverage |
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Definition
Provided for bodily injury or property damage caused by an accident for which the insured is legally responsible. |
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Liability Coverage
Supplementary Payments |
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Definition
- include claims expenses incurred by the insurer
- $2,000 for the cost of bail bonds
- reasonable expenses incurred
- $250 per day for an insured’s actual loss of earnings
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Exclusions
Liability coverage |
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Definition
- Expected/intended
- Workers Comp/fellow employee
- Care/Custody/Control - Damage to property owned or transported by the insured
- Handling of Property/Mechanical Device handled
- Operations
- Completed Operations
- Pollution/War/Racing
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Liability coverage
Limit of Liability |
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Definition
paid regardless of the number of:
- Covered autos
- Insureds
- Premiums paid
- Claims made
- Vehicles involved in an accident
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Section III – Physical Damage Coverage
Will pay for a loss to a covered auto or its equipment under: |
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Definition
- Comprehensive
- Specified Causes of Loss (fire, lightning, or explosion; theft; windstorm, hail, or earthquake; flood; mischief or vandalism; and the sinking, burning, collision or derailment of a conveyance transporting the covered vehicle.)
- Collision
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Section III – Physical Damage Coverage
Transportation Expenses |
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Definition
- pays up to $20 per day and up to a maximum of $600
- begins 48 hours after
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Section III – Physical Damage Coverage
Loss of Use Expenses |
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Definition
- Lose of a rental
- $20 per day and up to a maximum $600
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Section III – Physical Damage
Exclusion |
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Definition
- nuclear hazard, war, or military action
- racing, demolition contest, or stunt activity
- Wear and tear, freezing, mechanical or electrical
- Loss to any tapes, records, discs, electronic equipment, radar, or laser detectors. (Unless permanently installed in the covered vehicle.)
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Limit of Insurance
Section III – Physical Damage |
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Definition
- lesser of the actual cash value of the damaged or stolen property
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Deductible
Section III – Physical Damage |
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Definition
Deductible for collision, comprehensive, and specified causes of loss is $500
- Comprehensive deductible does not apply to fire or lightning
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Section IV - Business Auto Conditions
Loss Conditions |
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Definition
Appraisal, duties in the event of an accident, legal action against the insurer, loss payment, and transfer of rights of recovery. |
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Section IV - Business Auto Conditions
General Conditions |
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Definition
Bankruptcy; concealment, misrepresentation, or fraud; liberalization; other insurance; premium audit; policy period, coverage territory; no benefit to bailee for physical damage |
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designed to provide automobile liability and physical damage coverage, as well as general liability insurance for businesses that are engaged in the sale, service, parking, or storage of automobiles. |
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Garage Coverage Form Types |
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Definition
- Premises liability
- Products liability
- Auto liability
- Auto physical damage coverage
- Garagekeepers coverage
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Garage Coverage Form
Section I – Covered Autos |
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Definition
Covers 30&31 symbols
-Written in blanket form |
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Garage Coverage Form
Section II – Liability Coverage |
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Definition
- Garage Operations - other auto/covered auto
- $100 deductible
- Includes coverage for:
Premises and Operations Liability, Products Liability, and Completed Operations Liability. |
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Garage Coverage Form
Section III – Garagekeepers Coverage |
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Definition
insurance for amounts the insured pays for damages while:
- servicing, repair, parking, or storing
- Comprehensive Coverage
- Specified Causes of Loss – This coverage covers fire, lightning, explosion, theft, mischief, or vandalism.
- Collision Coverage
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Garage Coverage Form
Section IV – Physical Damage Coverage |
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Definition
Provides physical damage coverage for covered autos the named insured owns, hires, rents, leases, or borrows in the same fashion the business auto coverage form provides coverage. |
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Types of Truckers and Motor Carrier Coverage Forms |
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Definition
Truckers Coverage Form & Motor Carrier Coverage Form |
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Term
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Definition
Carries persons or property for a fee, from one place to another.
- Common carriers, or truckers, may use either of the coverage forms.
- GENERAL PUBLIC
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AKA motor carriers
Carries persons or property for a fee, from one place to another
- certain customers and NOT the general public
- May refuse to carry persons or property
- may only use the Motor Carrier Coverage Form.
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Term
The Truckers Coverage Form |
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Definition
covers business exposures of motor carriers for hire who transport the goods of others. |
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The Motor Carrier Coverage Form |
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Definition
coverage for business exposures due to the transportation of goods owned by others for hire AND transporting their own property. |
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The Motor Carrier Act of 1980
(Motor Carrier Regulatory Reform and Modernization Act) |
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Definition
- deregulated the trucking industry
Results:
number of motor carriers doing business increased
consumer costs associated with trucking decreased
Trucking wages decreased
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Term
The Endorsement for Motor Carrier Policies of Insurance for Public Liability (Form MCS–90) |
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Definition
Endorsement provides evidence of financial responsibility
Must be carried:
- The names of the motor carrier and the insurance company.
- The policy number and policy dates.
- Whether the insurance providing coverage is primary or excess.
- The limits of liability provided by the policy.
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Auto Medical Payments Coverage |
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Definition
Endorsement allows the insured to purchase Medical Payments Coverage
- Normally do not automatically include this
- incurred within 3 years of an accident.
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Uninsured Motorists Coverage |
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Definition
Endorsement allows the insured to purchase Uninsured Motorists Coverage
- Commercial auto forms do not automatically include this
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Term
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Definition
Endorsement that allows mobile equipment such as:
- bulldozers, forklifts, and road construction equipment to be considered covered autos
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