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Installation Floaters and Contractor’s Equipment
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Your Instructor Today
Al Parizo, AFIS, CISC
In our last session:On Chautauqua Trail, Boulder CO we found a good Builder’s Risk
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In Depth review
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We now go deep into issues of Installation and Equipment floaters
Channel Islands CA
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What This Class Will Cover
1. Reasons to purchase an Installation Floater
2. Covered Property/Excluded Property3. Coverage Locations/territory/valuation 4. Contractors Equipment eligible and
non-eligible property 5. Limits and Coverage Structure and
review
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Inland Marine and Contractor’s Equipment
The rest of the project beyond Builders’ Risk
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Inland Marine
• The client’s exposures should be reviewed and the insurance coverage specifications designed to meet those needs as effectively as possible
• Fit the coverage to the client – do NOT fit the client to the coverage
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Comparison Installation Floater and Builder’s Risk
Project Begins
Builders Risk Policy Begins
Project Ends
Builders Risk
Policy Ends
Installation Begins
Installation Floater Coverage Begins
Installation Ends
Installation Floater
Coverage Ends
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Commercial Property Policy
• Will not cover away from insured premises.
• Limited Transit coverage (if any).• Off site storage issues.
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Covered Causes of Loss
• Typically Special Form perils• There are very few forms that use
named perils – this would be when the underwriter wants to exclude theft
• Equipment Breakdown coverage may be needed
• Earthquake, Flood, Wind (Tier 1) or Named Storms
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Typical Exclusions
• Pollution Clean Up– Many policies have a limitation for
extraction or removal of pollutants from land or water at the coverage location only and will be limited to $10,000 or possibly $25,000
– This is clearly inadequate for most construction sites
– Review the need for Pollution Remediation Coverage
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Exclusions
• Civil Authority• Earth Movement• Flood• Fungus• Ordinance or Law• Penalties• Sewer Backup• Contamination or
Deterioration
• Criminal, Fraudulent• Employee Dishonesty• Electrical Currents• Loss of Use• Mechanical Breakdown
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Typical Exclusions
• Testing– Frequently excluded, either by specific
language or by removing any loss caused by Mechanical Breakdown, Explosion, Arcing (Artificially Generated Electrical Current), Steam Boiler or Pressure Vessel explosion
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Typical Exclusions
• Error, omission or deficiency in design, specifications, workmanship or materials as respects the cost of making good such error, omission or deficiency– ALWAYS make sure that the policy contains an
exception to this exclusion, such as:– However, resulting physical loss or damage to the
insured property is covered
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Typical Exclusions
• Terrorism– The coverage offer needs to be addressed
for both TRIA and other acts of terrorism, such as domestic
– Domestic terrorism could be a significant risk exposure, depending on the geographic siting of the project
– Domestic environmental groups have been known to destroy property while under construction
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Waiver of Subrogation
• Contracts often require a waiver of subrogation
• Not all forms allow a waiver and can void coverage
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Tools & Equipment
• Hand tools• Power drills• Concrete mixers• Compressors• Pumps• Generators• Bulldozers / fork
lifts / Power shovels
• Derricks / cranes / Cherry-pickers / hoists / elevators
• Road construction and resurfacing equipment
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Non-Owned
• NEVER assume that coverage is automatic
• Leased• Hired• Rented• Borrowed from others• Loaned to others
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BAP vs. Marine
• Highway exposure vs. job site. Don’t depend on BAP Physical Damage.
• Contractor’s equipment policy covers anywhere in policy territory.
• Can go broader than collision and other than collision coverage in BAP in tailoring consequential loss and rental reimbursement.
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Limits and Coverage Structure
Non controlled form gives you flexibility
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Covered Locations
• While in transit• While at any job site• In temporary storage• At the insured’s premises• Should include language “while
anywhere in the coverage territory”– This is a safety net of coverage for the
insured
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Coinsurance
• Most companies use coinsurance: 80%, 90%, 100%– Used to ensure that the limits of insurance
submitted are at value– Penalties will apply if the limits do not meet
or exceed the coinsurance percentage selected
• Signed statement of values• Attempt to waive coinsurance
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Commonly Excluded Perils
• Inventory shortage• Dishonesty of insured, employees• Wear and tear• Gradual deterioration / Hidden or latent
defect / inherent vice• Rust, dampness, or dryness
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Commonly Excluded Perils
• Mechanical breakdown or failure / electrical arcing
• War and nuclear• Loss to crane or derrick
– Specified perils are often covered as an exception to the exclusion
– Attempt to negotiate elimination or modification of this exclusion
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Commonly Excluded Perils
• Weight of a load exceeding lifting capacity– Attempt to negotiate elimination or
modification of this exclusion
• Upset or overturn– This is a variation on the weight of load or
loss to crane or derrick– Attempt to negotiate elimination or
modification of this exclusion
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Endorsements
• Boom coverage– Removes the boom limitation– The underwriter will want to know job supervision,
operator training and experience before adding the coverage, which will often still be limited, depending on the length of the extension.
• Overload coverage– Removes the exclusion wherever possible.
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Endorsements
• Rented, Leased or Borrowed From Others Equipment– Provides coverage for equipment that belongs to
others while in the care, custody or control of the insured
– Often limited to the type of owned property already insured
• Property loaned to others– Removes the exclusion when the insured’s own
property is in the care, custody or control of others
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Endorsements
• Rigger’s Liability– This endorsement provides coverage for damaging
another person’s property while in the insured’s care custody or control.
– If not available on the Equipment form, check with the Inland Marine underwriter for stand alone or cross check to the CGL and ask the underwriter to consider removing or modifying the exclusion for care, custody or control in that form.
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Low tech submission, Rigger
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Sometimes all you need is a good dog and some rope
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Loss of Income
• Covers loss of income arising out of a covered loss to covered property
• A time deductible may apply• This coverage may be critical, especially if the
insured has specialized or customized equipment
• Loss of the equipment may cost the insured a job
• This coverage is not widely available
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Extra Expenses
• Time deductible may apply• Coverage applies if a consequence of
covered loss to covered property• Additional costs to repair, restore or rent
equipment• Less widely available than Rental
Reimbursement
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Rental Reimbursement
• Limit per day with a maximum for all rental costs
• Can sometimes apply using a time deductible, such as first 24 or 48 hours
• Loss must be a consequence of a covered peril to covered property
• This coverage endorsement is often available
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Underwriting Considerations
The more information provided with the submission, the more leeway the
underwriter will have to modify coverage
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Underwriting Considerations
• Type of work performed and where• Type of equipment and inherent
exposures• Assists in establishing exposures and
rates.• Total values at risk• Maximum values at job sites• Employee tools
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Underwriting Considerations
• Method of transporting equipment• Maintenance records and mechanic
qualifications• Security• At the job site and at insured’s yard or
storage facility• Where and how garaged when not in
use
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Underwriting Considerations
• Experience of personnel• Loss history• Loss control / prevention measures• Union status and labor relations• Financial condition of insured
– Insured in poor financial condition will often skip routine maintenance, training, security, etc. thereby increasing loss potential
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Summary
• No standard form in the industry• MUST review the form to verify it
responds for risk exposures of the insured– Not as easy as it may seem
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The Rest Is Up To You
• A good Marine Underwriter is your best asset to tailor appropriate coverage.
• There is insurable interest during the life cycle of construction for everyone in the project.
• Help your client identify and cover theirs as an installer or contractor.
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