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Business Income Insurance Disputes

Unexpected business disruptions and income losses can be triggered by many events. By large-scale disasters — hurricanes, floods, earthquakes, explosions — but also by relatively minor happenings — a local blackout, computer outages, even something as simple as a street closing. What's more, in today's global economy, major business interruptions can be caused by events far away — a breakdown in goods production in Taiwan or a power failure in India.

Business Income Insurance Disputes helps you prepare for any eventuality. It covers everything from the basics of first-party property insurance and case law which impacts time-element coverages to practical strategies for dealing with today's most complex business income insurance law issues and questions.

Unlike the majority of books in this field, this new guide focuses primarily on the side of the policyholder. Yet it will prove useful to insurance company counsel and executives as well, giving them valuable insights into the insured's strategies.

Features and Benefits

  • Provide sound insurance advice to your clients or company
  • Review business income insurance forms, resolve problems stemming from vaguely-worded language, see that coverage is sufficient and all necessary clauses are included
  • Determine the rate of loss accurately and prove that loss
  • Protect against common insurance company tactics
  • Negotiate effectively
  • Avoid pitfalls and costly omissions
  • Anticipate court responses
  • Gain the winning edge in litigation

    Table Of Contents

  • INTRODUCTION
  • FIRST-PARTY COVERAGE
  • BUSINESS INCOME
  • EXTRA EXPENSE
  • THE PERIOD OF RESTORATION
  • OTHER TIME-ELEMENT COVERAGES
  • DETERMINING THE RATE OF LOSS THE BURDEN AND METHOD OF PROOF
  • OBLIGATIONS OF POLICYHOLDERS AND CONDITIONS
  • CAUSATION AND EXCLUSIONS
  • LITIGATING THE RIGHT TO A FIRST-PARTY RECOVERY