The Church Won Its Age Discrimination Suit and Still Lost $61,000 of Coverage
A 240-member congregation raised the ministerial exception and won on summary judgment. Fourteen months of defense cost $86,000, and every dollar of it came out of the same limit that would have paid a settlement.
He Carried a $2.4 Million Blanket Limit. The Fire Claim Paid $660,000.
He bought a $2.4 million blanket limit across three buildings. When one burned, the insurer paid $660,000 on a $980,000 loss, and the blanket limit had nothing to do with it.
The Contract Clause That Can Void Your E&O Coverage Before a Claim Arrives
A Portland consultant guaranteed a 25% cost reduction in her own contract. When the client sued for $340,000, her errors and omissions carrier paid one count out of three.
Her $96,000 Salon Build-Out Burned. The Policy Paid About $23,000.
The landlord's policy covers the building. The part of it you paid for sits inside your own business personal property limit, and it is almost always underinsured.
A Warehouse Packer’s Wrist Injury Cost $78,000 in Workers’ Comp. No Single Accident Ever...
A repetitive-motion injury with no accident date can still drive a five-figure workers' comp claim and raise your premium for three years. Here is how it works.
A 3-Day Software Outage Cost This Firm $22,000. Its Cyber Policy Paid Nothing Because...
Your systems can go dark without a single hacker involved. Whether your cyber policy pays for the lost income comes down to one word buried in the coverage grant.
Your Liability Policy Pays the Hurt Customer. It Won’t Pay the $40,000 to Pull...
A general liability policy pays the customer your product hurt. It won't pay the bill to run the recall itself. Here's the coverage that fills that gap.
Commercial Insurance Rates Are Softening in 2026, Except the One Line Small Businesses Buy...
The soft market has arrived for most commercial lines, but not the one small businesses buy most. Here is what the Q2 2026 rate data shows, line by line.
Why a Dead Walk-In Cooler Is an $18,000 Coverage Gap Most Restaurants Never See...
A dead walk-in cooler can wipe out thousands in inventory in a single night, and most restaurant owners assume their business policy has them covered. It usually does not.
A Sub Handed Over a Certificate of Insurance. The Policy Had Lapsed, and the...
A framing sub handed over a clean certificate of insurance. Six months later the policy had lapsed, a worker fell, and the general contractor's own workers' comp paid the claim.
