General Insurance PrinciplesQuestion 249 of 531

A producer is asked to add a newly bought warehouse to a commercial property policy, forgets to send the request, and the building burns uninsured. The producer faces:

a.a claim under the agency's own general liability coverage
b.a fidelity bond claim, which responds to dishonest agency acts
c.an errors and omissions claim for the negligent service
d.no exposure, because only the insurer can issue an endorsement

Explanation

Failing to place or amend coverage that a client asked for is professional negligence, and errors and omissions insurance is the policy written for exactly that exposure. A general liability policy answers for bodily injury and property damage liability, not for the purely financial loss a professional mistake causes, so it would not respond. A fidelity bond covers dishonest acts such as theft by an employee, not an honest mistake in servicing an account.

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