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Property Loss Claims

Learn about the types of property-loss claims and how property-damage claims are valued.

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Property insurance is an umbrella term for first-party insurance that protects against a loss to the policyholder’s interest in specific property. In other lessons, we went over a property-insurance policy’s typical parts. In this lesson, we’ll look at property-insurance claims.

I. What’s Considered a Loss

Property insurance covers only losses to the insured property itself, not claims arising from that property. For instance, imagine a customer got caught in a store’s automatic door. The door...

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Lessons

1. Welcome to Insurance Law
  • Welcome to Insurance Law
2. Insurance Basics
  • Fundamental Insurance Principles
  • Laws Governing Insurance
  • Types of Insurance
3. The Insurance Policy
  • Forming An Insurance Contract or Policy
  • Interpreting Policy Terms: General Principles
  • Interpreting Policy Terms: Plain Meaning and Ambiguity
  • Policyholder Claims and Remedies for Policy Disputes
  • Insurance Company’s Policy Rights and Remedies
4. Property (First-Party) Insurance
  • Property Insurance Coverage
  • Property Insurance Conditions, Exclusions, and Limits
  • Property Loss Claims
5. CGLs and Liability (Third-Party) Insurance
  • Claims Covered by Liability Insurance
  • Liability Insurance Conditions and Exclusions
  • Insurer’s Duty to Defend
  • Claim Settlement and Insurer Duty to Indemnify
  • Coverage from Multiple Liability Policies
6. Specific Types of Insurance
  • Homeowners’ and Renters’ Insurance
  • Automobile Insurance
  • Life Insurance
  • Disability Insurance
  • Health Insurance
  • Excess Insurance
  • Reinsurance