Tom Toll
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 | | 12/05/2006 1:34 PM |
| Liberty Mutual has basic information on Business Interruption. Their website is below. This should give you a good idea on the complexity of accounting and how to figure BI and Extra Expense coverage.
http://property.libertymutual.com/Marketing/pages/BItraining/index.html | |
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Chuck Deaton
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| | 12/05/2006 2:33 PM |
| Let me point out that Business Income coverage is a part of the Time Element package. There could be Extra Expense coverage, Business Income from Dependent Properties w/Extended Period of Indemnity Newly Acquired Properties, Civil Authority, Deferred payments and Off-Premises Power or Water Failure.
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Tom Toll
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| | 12/05/2006 11:38 PM |
| As Chuck pointed out, BI entails many aspects to understand. A policy review is always necessary prior to determining coverage for a particular loss. The forest is thick, so one must be prepared to enter the woods with as much information as possible. All the links provided will give you an understanding of what BI (time element) consists of. It is best to have a good accounting background.
Thank all of you for chiming in on this. The additional links are appreciated. During the 4 in 04, I handled 31 BI's to conclusion, with the assistance of an accounting organization in Tampa. When your busy doing residential and commercial losses, there is little time to devote to properly handling time element losses. Know what your capable of and don't bite off more than you can chew.
Remember that this is what CADO is truly about. Information sharing so all can gain knowledge of proper adjusting techniques, principles, and coverage analysis. If anyone can share here, it would be appeciated and certainly welcome.
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Mike Kunze
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| | 12/06/2006 1:57 AM |
| | This is very good information for all, but before you put it use...make sure it has been made a part of your assignment. Many times, the BI exposure will be handled in-house. So, make sure you know before you step into the mix. Don't waste your time, if the carrier is already handling the BI exposure. But...it doesn't hurt to make mention in your report if you see any adverse affects to BI that are not related to the "cause of loss". | | | |
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Chuck Deaton
Life Member
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Posts:33
| | 12/13/2006 6:13 PM |
| | Calling a Time Element loss a BI (Business Income) loss will limit your thinking. As is noted above there are several coverages involved in Time Element, Business Income is only one. There are several variations on the policy wording for each coverage element. | | | |
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Dave Marlin
CO
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| | 03/24/2008 11:22 PM |
| As ya'll may know, there is an outbreak of salmonella in the water system in Alamosa, Colorado, a town of about 10,000 in the southern part of state.
My wife works for the state (Office of Emergency Management) and was questioned by the governer's office if there is insurance coverage for B.I. losses. If no insurance coverage, the SBA and other agencies get involved. My wife, of course, asked me. My BI knowledge is limited.
Hotels are restaurants are losing $$$$$ due to the lack of clean drinking and cooking water. There is no physical loss or damage and no civil authority closing businesses. The cause is unknown but the contamination is not believed to be due to vandalism or some other reason which can possibly be a covered cause of loss.
Unless one has a manuscript policy which may apply, I do not believe the CP 0030 (or similar) with a CP 1030 (or similar) will cover. Correct?
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Steve Beaumont
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| | 03/25/2008 10:37 AM |
| | Most of your loss of earnings coverages will tie any coverage to physical loss to the risk location that caused the business to be shut down. There are some manuscripts that may pick up a LOE claim for this situation, and you may find that some of the national chain type restaurants and hotels may have a coverage form that might pick it up also. My gut feeling would be that it will be pretty rare that a business will have coverage for something of this nature, and I've never worked a claim like it before. I have been in areas where they had some diseases that were not limited to one location and never seen a claim make it to my desk. | | | |
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Tom Toll
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| | 03/25/2008 10:40 AM |
| In my opinion, there is no element of damage, therefore no hope for compensation under BI coverage. Unless this is a manuscript with that element of cause implanted in the policy, then and only then could consideration be made. I could find no provision for tainted water. | |
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