Supplemental Questionaire for Auto Dealers/Garages
Underwriting Guidelines
- All drivers age 21-72.
- All drivers may have a maximum of 2 minor violations in the past 3 years.
- All drivers and employees are required to have a valid Alabama license.
- One at-fault accident is allowed per driver, if over 12 months with no other MVR activity.
- An at-fault accident and a violation are allowed on the same driver if they occurred at the same time.
- No major convictions in the past 5 years.
- HICI will need the name, date of birth, and driver's license number for the wives and children of all people allowed to use a dealer tag. HICI will charge for these people unless a current declaration page showing them to be insured elsewhere is received.
- No risks where there is a household resident age 13-20. We will accept with an exclusion.
- Salvage operation risks are ineligible.
- No risks where rebuilt wrecks are sold.
- No risks that sell used or remanufactured parts.
- All risks must submit a prior declaration page unless the risk is a new venture.
- No theft or fire losses in the past 5 years.
- Repair operations are limited to private passenger autos and light trucks only. Tractor Trailer Truck repair shops are ineligible.
- No gas stations. Gasoline sales incidental to repair operations will be considered and strictly underwritten.
Helpful Hints for Commercial Policies
Used Auto Dealers & Garagekeepers Endorsements Explained:
Broadened Coverage - This form provides coverage for Personal Injury, Advertising Injury, Host Liquor Liability, Fire Legal Liability, Incidental Medical Malpractice, Non-Owned Watercraft, Additional Persons Insured, Automatic Coverage for New Entities, and Worldwide Liability Coverage.
Extended Physical Damage - Provides coverage for the following property, owned by the dealer, held for sale while on the premises of your garage operations: Watercraft, Motorcycle, All-Terrain Vehicle (ATV), Golf Cart, Flat Bed Trailer/Utility, Camper/Travel Trailer, Horse Trailer.
False Pretense - We will pay for loss to a covered auto caused by someone causing you to voluntarily part with the covered auto by trick, scheme or under false pretenses, or if you acquire an auto from a seller who did not have legal title.
Dealers Driveaway Collision Coverage - Collision coverage for vehicles driven more than 50 miles from the dealership (dealer trades and taking cars to or from an auot auction) can be provided by adding a Dealers Driveaway Collision Coverage Endorsement.
Garage Liability Extended Coverage - This form provides coverage for Security Interest Errors and Omissions Liability, Truth-In-Lending Errors and Omissions Liability and Odometer and Prior Damage Disclosure Statute Error and Omissions Defense.
Commercial Property Types Defined:
Policy Type
- Basic - Covered causes of loss - Fire, Lightning, Explosion, Windstorm or Hail, Smoke, Aircraft or Vehicles, Riot or Civil Commotion, Vandalism, Sprinkler Leakage, Sinkhole Collapse, and Volcanic Action.
- Broad - Same perils above plus Sprinkler Leakage, Sinkhole Collapse, Volcanic Action, Falling Objects, Weight of Snow, Ice or Sleet, and Water Damage (a).
- Special - Risks of Direct Physical Loss unless the loss is Excluded in Section B or Limited in Section C.
Construction Type
- Frame - Wood Construction
- Joisted Masonry - Built of stone, brick, or block, and has wood joist
- Non-Combustible - Steel Construction
Exclude Special Theft Coverage - If this selected, a theft loss would not be covered.
Extended Coverage Endorsement - For an additional premium, this endorsement extends and/or provides additional coverage as listed on the endorsement CPEXTC.
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