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  • Risk assessment: commercial property - Safe and sound

    29 June 2010

    Michael Miles reports on risk assessment issues and the physical security of building access. The costly toll of vandalism and theft on property owners and businesses, and the...

  • Policy covers

    20 August 2009

    The minimum cover required is usually specified in the lease. In addition to the usual perils, cover can relate to property owner's liability, engineering, latent defects, environmental impairment...

Summary

Every situation involving property insurance issues has unique considerations. This section gives general advice in each area of property insurance. Key topics include lease responsibilities, definitions and who should insure; insurers' requirements for new property risk and an engineering quotation; management agreements; liability and indemnity; insurance principles; claims; commercial lease code; contractors' cover; valuations; FSA; policy clauses including interest clauses, average, subrogation waivers, non-invalidation clause, unoccupancy clause or warranty; technical issues including day one reinstatement; and policy covers including latent defects and EIL.

This section is maintained by Jeremy Canvin of Bluefin.