(July 2023)
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Collapsible Menu AP 0309–Artisans
Property Additional Coverage Endorsement–1 Analysis Personal
Property off Premises |
The following endorsements provide similar coverages
and limits but there are important differences that are summarized in the table
below:
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Coverage |
AP 0309 Ed 07 03 |
AP–310 Ed 1.0 |
AP–311 Ed 1.0 |
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Limits of Insurance |
Limits of Insurance |
Limits of Insurance |
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Glass |
Replacement Cost |
Replacement Cost |
Replacement Cost |
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Accounts Receivable |
*$10,000 |
$10,000 |
$5,000 |
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Computers |
*$10,000 |
$10,000 |
$5,000 |
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Contractors Equipment |
*$10,000 |
Not Covered |
Not Covered |
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Rental Reimbursement |
*$2,500 |
Not Covered |
Not Covered |
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Installation Floater |
*$10,000 |
Not Covered |
Not Covered |
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Outdoor Signs |
*$10,000 |
$10,000 |
$5,000 |
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Valuable Papers and
Records |
*$10,000 |
$10,000 |
$5,000 |
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Personal Property Off
Premises |
*$2,500 |
Not Covered |
Not Covered |
*Limit can be increased
using AP 312–Schedule of Artisans Property Additional Coverage.
The descriptions are identical for the coverages that these
three endorsements share. AP 0309 has more coverages, higher limits, and the
ability to increase its limits. AP 310 and AP 311 are identical to each other
except for the limits difference.
This
endorsement is subject to the policy’s Common Policy Conditions and Property
Coverage sections. Coverage applies only at locations listed on the
declarations that have a limit of insurance for Building and/or Business
Personal Property.
Limits and terms of the
policy apply per location except that the limits for Contractors Equipment,
Rental Reimbursement, and Installation Floater are not location specific.
Definitions
The following definitions apply in addition
to the definitions in the policy:
This is magnetic or
electrical damage. It is also erasure or disturbance of electronic recordings.
This is a group of
electronic machine components. They are able to accept information and
instructions, process the information according to instructions, and produce
the results desired.
In addition to mechanical
breakdown or malfunction, this is blowout, faulty installation, or the failure
of components.
This is any interruption
of power supply. It includes blackout, brownout, or power surge.
There are two types of
software:
Glass coverage is subject
to provisions in the Property Coverage section of the policy. Exceptions to those
provisions are explained below.
a. Property Covered
This
deletes and replaces Property Covered in the policy but only as it applies to
glass.
Glass
breakage and glass that is broken or damaged by chemicals is covered. The glass
can either be owned by the named insured or be in its care, custody, or
control. The glass must be part of a covered building or structure listed on
the declarations and be part of either of the following:
The
following costs and expenses are also part of this coverage:
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Example: An older building’s original ceiling included a skylight.
Years later, a newer, lower ceiling was added and the current owners did not
know that the skylight existed. A covered loss occurs and damages the
skylight. In order to repair the skylight, the lower ceiling must be opened
to gain access to it. The cost to open the ceiling and then to repair the skylight
is covered. |
b. Perils Covered
The insurance company covers risks of direct physical loss
or damage unless the loss is limited or if an excluded peril causes the loss.
c. Perils Excluded and Additional
Exclusions
All
exclusions and additional exclusions in the Property Section of the policy are deleted
except for the following:
Note: This is very important because it
means that earth movement, flood, and many other perils are covered.
Accounts Receivable
coverage is subject to provisions in the Property Coverage section of the
policy. Exceptions to those provisions are explained below.
a. Property Covered
This
deletes and replaces Property Covered in the policy but only as it applies to
Accounts Receivables.
Coverage
applies to loss that a covered peril causes to the named insured’s records of
accounts receivable at any premises listed on the declarations. Accounts
receivable include the following:
b. Perils Covered
The insurance company covers risks of direct physical loss
or damage unless the loss is limited or if an excluded peril causes the loss.
c. Perils Excluded and Additional
Exclusions
All
exclusions and additional exclusions in the Property Section of the policy are deleted
except for the following:
Note: This is very important because it
means that earth movement, flood, and many other perils are covered.
In
addition to the four exclusions listed above, the insurance company does not
pay losses caused by or that result from the following:
There is
no coverage for losses caused when accounts receivables are altered, concealed,
falsified, or destroyed as part of a plan to illegally take, give, or withhold
money, securities, or other property. However, this exclusion is limited to
only the amount or extent of the illegal activity.
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Example: A fire loss occurs and all accounting records are
destroyed. The investigation reveals that some of the account receivables had
been altered so that the bookkeeper could embezzle $5,000. The total accounts
receivable loss of $30,000 is reduced by $5,000 because of the concealment
exclusion. |
The
insurance company does not pay for losses caused by or that result from
illegal, fraudulent, dishonest, or criminal acts done by any of the following
acting alone or in collusion with others:
This
exclusion does not apply to dishonest acts of carriers for hire or any other
bailee for hire.
Coverage
does not apply when electronic records or data are damaged or erased because of
any of the following:
There is
no coverage for losses caused by or that result from errors or omissions in accounting,
billing, or bookkeeping.
This is
direct damage coverage only so consequential losses such as business interruption,
delay, loss of use, or loss of market are excluded.
d. How Much We Pay
This
provision deletes the Loss Settlement Terms under How Much We Pay in the policy
and replaces them with the following with respect to Accounts Receivable
coverage.
The
insurance company pays the smallest of the following amounts, subject to
paragraphs 1., 2., 4., and 5. under How Much We Pay in the policy:
When
the named insured cannot substantiate its records, the insurance company
calculates the amount of loss by looking backward. It gathers information for
the 12-month period prior to the loss and determines the monthly average
accounts receivable. This is a starting point that can then be modified based
on variances for which the named insured cannot provide evidence.
e. Other Property Coverage Conditions
The
following deletes and replaces the Recoveries condition under Other Property
Coverage Conditions in the policy with respect to Accounts Receivable coverage:
Amounts that the named insured recovers for accounts
receivable losses that the insurance company paid belong to the insurance
company. However, amounts the named insured recovers for accounts receivable
losses that exceed the amount the insurance company paid belong to the named
insured.
Computer coverage is
subject to provisions in the Property Coverage section of the policy.
Exceptions to those provisions are explained below.
a. Property Covered
This
section deletes and replaces Property Covered in the policy but only as it
relates to Computers.
Coverage
applies to direct physical loss that a covered peril causes to the named
insured’s computer hardware and software at the premises listed on the
declarations. Coverage also applies to similar property of others in the named
insured’s care, custody, or control.
This
coverage does not apply to the following property:
Manuscripts,
records, deeds, evidences of debt, and records are also not covered.
This
includes property that is legal but that is traded or transported illegally.
Property the named insured loans,
leases, or rents to others is not covered but only when it is not at the premises
listed on the declarations.
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Example: Jake has five personal computers in his office but only
three individuals work in the office. Patrick, his son, opens his own office
and borrows the two unused computers for a few months. Jake’s policy does not
cover the computers while they are at Patrick’s office. However, they are
covered once Patrick returns them to Jake. |
This
includes lottery tickets not held for sale and food stamps along with money and
securities as defined in the policy.
Additional Property Coverages
There is
coverage when an electrical disturbance damages covered property but only if
the disturbance takes place on the premises or within 500 feet of the premises.
Any
direct physical loss to covered property is covered when that property is moved
or is being moved away from a covered premises in order to keep it from being
damaged by a covered peril. This coverage ends ten days after the property is
first moved.
Covered property
that a covered peril damages is covered while it is in transit or at a location
not listed on the declarations. The limit of insurance is $2,500.
b. Perils Covered
The insurance company covers risks of direct physical loss
or damage unless the loss is limited or an excluded peril causes the loss.
c. Perils Excluded and Additional
Exclusions
All exclusions
and additional exclusions in the Property Section of the policy are deleted
except for the following:
This is
very important because it means that earth movement, flood, and many other
perils are covered.
In
addition to the seven exclusions listed above, the insurance company does not
pay losses caused by or that result from the following:
The
insurance company does not pay for losses that deterioration or decay causes.
Loss due to weakness, fault, or quality in the covered property that causes it
to destroy or damage itself is also excluded. However, losses that result from
a mechanical breakdown are covered.
This is
direct damage coverage only so consequential losses such as business
interruption, delay, loss of use, or loss of market are excluded.
Coverage
does not apply to losses that rust, humidity, corrosion, or dryness, dampness,
changes in temperature or extremes of temperature causes.
There is
an exception. If an air conditioning system that is serving the covered
hardware is damaged by a covered cause of loss and because the air conditioning
system is not working a loss caused by one of the excluded perils is this
paragraph occurs, the loss is covered.
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Example: A windblown tree limb (falling object) damages the air
conditioning unit at Jerry’s Construction trailer on Friday evening. Nobody
goes into the trailer until Monday morning. The temperature inside the
trailer increased to 110 degrees and destroyed the computer hardware inside
the trailer. The policy will respond to the computer damage because a covered
peril damaged the air conditioning system. |
There is
no coverage for losses due to a natural reduction in value from depreciation,
obsolescence, or wear and tear.
d. Valuation of Property Losses
The
Pair or Set provision in the policy is amended. Losses to software are
considered total losses if part of a software set cannot be replaced.
e. How Much We Pay
This coverage is not subject to
the policy deductible. Instead, the insurance company pays only the part of a
covered loss event that exceeds $250.
Contractors Equipment
coverage is subject to provisions in the Property Coverage section of the
policy. Exceptions to those provisions are explained below.
a. Property Covered
This
deletes and replaces Property Covered in the policy as it relates to
Contractors Equipment.
Coverage
applies to direct physical loss that a covered peril causes to three types of
contractors equipment. This is named insured’s contractors equipment, tools
owned by employees of the named insured, and equipment that belongs to others
that is in the named insured’s care, custody, or control.
This
coverage does not apply to the following property:
This
property is excluded without exception.
Motor
trucks, automobiles, tractors, trailers, and similar items that are designed to
be used on highways to transport cargo or people are not covered. However, the
following property is covered:
Property
that the named insured loans, leases, or rents to others is not covered.
The only
perils for which tires and tubes are protected are fire, windstorm, or theft.
Property
that is being transported over water is not covered. However, this does not
apply to property while is with a carrier for hire and in transit.
b. Perils Covered
The insurance company covers risks of direct physical loss
or damage unless the loss is limited or an excluded peril causes the loss.
c. Perils Excluded and Additional
Exclusions
Only
the following exclusions in the policy’s Property Coverage section apply to
Contractors Equipment coverage:
This is
very important because it means that earth movement, flood, and many other
perils are covered.
Contractors
Equipment is subject to the following additional exclusions. The insurance
company does not pay losses caused by or that result from any of the following:
This is
direct damage coverage only so consequential losses such as business interruption,
delay, loss of use, or loss of market are excluded.
The
insurance company does not pay for covered property that is missing and for
which there is no evidence to suggest what occurred. This applies to property
that has disappeared or that is assumed to be missing because of an inventory
shortage. However, property in transit in a carrier for hire’s custody is
covered.
d. Valuation of Property Losses
Loss
payment is based on the covered property’s actual cash value (including a deduction
for depreciation) unless replacement cost is indicated on the declarations.
Replacement cost valuation is not subject to a deduction for depreciation.
This coverage is connected
to the Contractors Equipment coverage above and is subject to its provisions
except as follows.
Covered contractors
equipment that the named insured owns may sustain loss or damage from a covered
peril. In that case, the insurance company reimburses the named insured for its
expenses to rent similar equipment while the damaged equipment is out of
service. The period of reimbursement is not limited by the policy’s expiration
date.
Reimbursement is subject
to the following:
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Example: Craig’s contracting firm has
a big storage area filled with contractor’s equipment. A fire occurs in the
storage area that destroys all of the equipment. Craig determines that he no
longer needs nearly half of the equipment, so that portion won’t be repaired
or replaced. Although he will be compensated for most of the loss, no rental reimbursement
will be made. |
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Example: Also, during the fire loss, Craig determines he is
currently using some equipment that cannot be repaired because parts are no
longer available. For that portion of his loss, Craig will be reimbursed for
no more than 10 days of rental expense or the applicable, proportional limit
of insurance, whichever is less. |
Installation Floater
coverage is subject to provisions in the Property Coverage section of the
policy. Exceptions to those provisions are explained below.
a. Property Covered
This
deletes and replaces Property Covered in the policy as it relates to
Installation Floater coverage.
Coverage
applies to direct physical loss that a covered peril causes to the named
insured’s covered property while at a job site. Only property that will become
a permanent part of the named insured’s project is covered. To be covered, the
property must be the named insured’s equipment, machinery, materials, supplies,
and fixtures. Coverage also applies to such property which belong to others but
are in the named insured’s care, custody, or control.
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Example: Helen and Troy hire Pretty As a Picture Landscapers to
install their new greenhouse. All equipment Pretty brings to the job site is
covered property except for the items it will remove from the site when it
leaves. In addition, Helen and Troy purchase items to be part of the project
and leave them at the job site. These items are also covered property because
Pretty is responsible for them. |
This
coverage does not apply to the following property:
Property
in the air is not covered unless it is on an airline’s regularly scheduled flight.
Note: The wording in this item does not
restrict the exclusion to only items in transport. This means that drones and
other types of airborne property that might be used to assess the job are not
covered.
This
property is excluded. However, property the named insured installs, erects, or
fabricates in connection with any building or structure is covered.
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Example: Peter purchased a building that he is rehabilitating. His
plans include installing a water heater. Peter’s Installation Floater
coverage insures the water heater while it is not yet connected to the
building. Once it is connected and becomes a part of the building, Installation
Floater coverage no longer applies because it should be insured under Peter’s
building insurance. |
Property
that is legal but that is traded or transported illegally is not covered.
Installation
floaters cover only property intended to be a permanent part of the final
project. Any machinery, tools, or equipment not intended to be a permanent part
of the installation, erection, or fabrication project is not covered.
Lottery
tickets that are not held for sale and food stamps are not covered as well as
money and securities as defined in the policy.
This
property and lawns are not covered.
Property
that is being transported over water is not covered. The exception is that property
that is in transit with a carrier for hire is covered.
Additional Property Coverage
a. Transit and Storage Locations insures
against direct physical loss by a covered peril to covered property that is in
transit or at temporary storage locations pending installation, erection, or
fabrication. The limit of insurance is $2,500.
b. Perils Covered
This
deletes and replaces Perils Covered in the policy with respect to Installation
Floater coverage.
The insurance company covers risks of direct physical loss
or damage unless the loss is limited or an excluded peril causes the loss.
c. Perils Excluded and Additional
Exclusions
Only
the following exclusions in the policy’s Property Coverage section apply to
Installation Floater coverage:
Installation
Floater coverage is subject to the following additional exclusions. The insurance
company does not pay losses caused by or that result from any of the following:
There is
no coverage for losses to steam boilers, steam or gas turbines, steam pipes, or
steam engines caused by their explosion, rupture, or bursting. This exclusion
applies to only steam boilers, steam or gas turbines, steam pipes, or steam
engines in which the loss occurred.
This is
direct damage coverage only so consequential losses such as business interruption,
delay, loss of use, or loss of market are excluded.
The
insurance company does not pay for covered property that is missing and for
which there is no evidence to suggest what occurred. This applies to property
that has disappeared or that is assumed to be missing because of an inventory
shortage. However, property that is in transit in a carrier for hire’s custody
is covered.
Coverage
does not apply to losses that are due to penalties for not completing or not
complying with any terms or conditions in a contract.
There is
no coverage for losses when rain, snow, ice, or sleet damages property in the
open that has not yet become part of the permanent building or structure. Any property
that is in a carrier for hire’s custody is covered.
The
insurance company does not pay for losses caused by testing. This includes
start-up, performance, stress, pressure, or overload tests of the covered
property.
Note: This exclusion is identical to the
testing exclusion in the policy.
d. Valuation of Property Losses
The
Actual Cost to Repair, Replace, or Rebuild provision below replaces Replacement
Cost and Actual Cash Value provisions in the Valuation of Property Losses section
in the policy.
Actual Cost to Repair, Replace, or Rebuild values
covered property based on the lesser of the following:
e. Other Property Coverage Conditions
Outdoor Signs coverage is
subject to provisions in the Property Coverage section of the policy.
Exceptions to those provisions are explained below.
a. Property Covered
This
deletes and replaces Property Covered in the policy.
Coverage
applies to direct physical loss that a covered peril causes to the named
insured’s outdoor signs. Coverage also applies to similar property of others in
the named insured’s care, custody, or control. This coverage applies only at the premises listed on the declarations.
b. Perils Covered
The insurance company covers risks of direct physical loss
or damage unless the loss is limited or an excluded peril causes the loss.
c. Perils Excluded and Additional Exclusions
Only
the following exclusions in the policy’s Property Coverage section apply to
Outdoor Signs coverage:
This is
very important because it means that earth movement, flood, and many other
perils are covered.
Valuable Papers and
Records coverage is subject to provisions in the Property Coverage section of
the policy. Exceptions to those provisions are explained below.
a. Property Covered
This
deletes and replaces Property Covered in the policy.
Coverage
applies to loss that a covered peril causes to the named insured’s valuable
papers and records. Coverage also applies to similar property of others that is
in the named insured’s care, custody, or control. Coverage applies only at a premises listed on the declarations.
This coverage
does not apply to the following property:
Property
that is legal but that is being traded or transported illegally is also not
covered.
Lottery
tickets that are not held for sale and food stamps are not covered in addition to
money and securities as defined in the policy.
Any property
that cannot be replaced using similar type materials is not covered.
Additional
Property Coverages
Any
direct physical loss to covered property is covered when that property is moved
or is being moved away from a covered premises in order to keep it from being
damaged by a covered peril. This coverage ends ten days after the property is
first moved.
Transit
and Off-premises Coverage insures against direct physical loss by a covered
peril to covered property that is in transit It also
covers property that is at a location that is not used for storage and that is
not shown on the declarations. The limit of insurance is $2,500.
b. Perils Covered
The insurance company covers risks of direct physical loss
or damage unless the loss is limited or an excluded peril causes the loss.
c. Perils Excluded and Additional
Exclusions
Only
the following exclusions in the policy’s Property Coverage section apply to
Valuable Papers and Records coverage:
This is
very important because it means that earth movement, flood, and many other
perils are covered.
Valuable
Papers and Records coverage is subject to the following additional exclusions.
The insurance company does not pay losses caused by or that result from the
following:
Coverage
does not apply to losses due to copying, duplicating, or processing errors or omissions.
However, if a fire or explosion results because of such an error or omission, the
resulting loss or damage is covered.
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Example: One day, Junior was copying the blueprints of
his insured employer’s projects. He gets bored so he begins smoking as he
texts a friend. He became so engaged with his conversation,
he didn’t notice that his cigarette fell into the stack of blueprints. The
ensuing fire destroys all of the blueprints. The loss is covered even though
Junior obviously made a serious error. |
Losses
that occur because electronic recordings are erased, disturbed, or damaged by
electrical or magnetic means are not covered. However, when such losses are
caused by lightning, coverage does apply.
The
insurance company does not pay for losses that vermin and insects cause.
This is
direct damage coverage only so consequential losses such as business
interruption, delay, loss of use, or loss of market are excluded.
d. Valuation of Property Losses
This
provision deletes the Valuable Papers and Records provision under Valuation of
Property Losses in the policy and replaces it with the following but only with
respect to Valuable Papers and Records coverage.
The
insurance company pays the smallest of the following amounts with respect to
valuable papers and records, however stored:
This coverage deletes and
replaces Personal Property–Off Premises under Extensions of Coverage in the
policy.
The insurance company pays
losses to covered personal property while it is in transit and also temporarily
at locations within the basic territory that the named insured does not own,
control, rent, or lease. Coverage does not apply to theft losses from unattended
vehicles unless the loss is the result of forced entry into a securely locked
compartment in the vehicle and there are visible marks or evidence of the
forced entry. The limit is $2,500 in a single
occurrence.
This endorsement is
identical to AP 0309–Artisans Property Additional Coverage Endorsement–1 except
for the following:
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Contractors Equipment
o
Rental Reimbursement
o
Installation Floater
o
Personal Property Off Premises
This endorsement is
identical to AP 0309–Artisans Property Additional Coverage Endorsement–1 except
for the following:
o
Contractors Equipment
o
Rental Reimbursement
o
Installation Floater
o
Personal Property Off Premises