Abandonment Condition - ✔A condition often contained in property insurance policies
that states that the insured cannot abandon damaged property to the insurer and
demand to be reimbursed for its full value.
Accident - ✔A loss that occurs at a specific time and place
Actual Cash Value (ACV) - ✔Today's replacement cost minus depreciation.
Depreciation from wear and tear, or obsolescence.
admitted insurer; authorized insurer - ✔Company that meets a state insurance
department's standards and is allowed to do business in that state.
Adverse Selection - ✔the tendency of insureds with a greater than average chance of
loss to purchase insurance
Annual Transit Policy - ✔Nonfiled commercial inland marine transportation form that
insures a property owner's incoming or outgoing shipments of goods during a year
Appraisal Clause - ✔A survey of property to determine the insurable value of the
property or the value of the loss sustained.
Appraisal Condition - ✔Policy condition that outlines a procedure for when the insured
and insurer disagree on the amount of a loss
Assignment - ✔The legal transfer of one's interest in an insurance policy to another
person.
Aviation Hull Insurance - ✔Provides coverage for physical damage to an aircraft.
Bailee's Customers Policy - ✔Nonfiled commercial inland marine form obtained by a
bailee to cover loss or damage to customers' property in the bailee's custody without
regard to liability.
Appurtenant Structures - ✔Buildings of lesser value that are on the same premises as
the main building insured under a property policy; they are usually covered by the
policy.
Assignment Condition - ✔Condition in insurance policies that specifies that the policy
cannot be transferred to another unless the company consents to the transfer in writing.
Bailee - ✔A person or organization that has temporary possession of someone else's
personal property.
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Basic Perils in Homeowners Policy - ✔There are 14 perils. Fire, lightening, riot,
explosion, vehicles, volcanic eruption, civil commotion, smoke, hail, aircraft, windstorm,
vandalism, malicious mischief, theft.
Basic Property Policy Structure (DICEE) - ✔D - Declarations
I - Insuring agreement
C - Conditions
E - Exclusions
E - Endorsements
Blanket Insurance - ✔Type of insurance policy that covers more than one item of
property at a single location or one or more items of property at multiple locations
Builders Risk Coverage Form - ✔Commercial property coverage forms that covers
commercial, residential, or farm buildings that are under construction or during
remodeling.
Cargo Insurance - ✔Type of ocean marine insurance that covers goods while they are
in transit over water.
Binder - ✔Oral or written statement that provides immediate insurance protection for a
specified period; designed to provide temporary coverage until a policy is issued or
denied.
BOP - ✔Package policy designed to provide broad property and liability coverage for
small businesses; eligibility requirements are stricter than the CPP.
Business Income Policy - ✔Pays for loss of income that the insured sustains due to a
direct physical loss from a covered peril that forces the insured to suspend operations
until the property can be repaired, rebuilt, or replaced with reasonable speed; available
with or without extra expense coverage.
Causes of Loss Form - ✔Separate form used with the commercial property coverage
part of the commercial package policy that lists covered perils and exclusions. Several
different versions provide increasingly broader coverage from basic to broad to special.
Condominium Association Coverage Form - ✔Commercial Property coverage form that
covers the buildings in a condominium complex. Does not cover condominium owner's
personal property.
Coverage D on a HO Policy - Loss of Use - ✔If property loss makes the residence
premises uninhabitable, the additional living expenses are covered; or if a covered loss
to the insured's property makes a part of the residence premises uninhabitable that is
rented to others or held for rental by the insured, this coverage will pay the fair rental
value.