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Uninsured motorist property damage coverage deductible

We have a client who has a $2,000 deductible on collision coverage and the mandatory $500 deductible on uninsured motorist property damage coverage. She was rear-ended by an uninsured vehicle. The driver has no assets. Can she recover the $1,500 difference between the deductibles?

290083-00

After-market parts

What are the rules governing the use of after-market parts in New Jersey?

290085-00

Agricultural license

We have an insured whose 16-year-old son is taking a road test for a special farm license he says allows him to exclusively drive from home to the farm where he works and back. What type of operator’s license is he referencing?

290320-00

Bait-and-switch activities

I lost a client to a direct writer who offered them a lower rate on their auto policy then I could. However, shortly after the policy was bound, the client called me up complaining that the direct writer increased the premium. The direct writer did not run the motor vehicle report on the client until after the policy was bound. They discussed an accident that had not been disclosed by the client. Can the direct writer actual do this?

900001-00

Resident family member

My clients insure a vehicle, used by their son at college, on a personal auto policy. The parents are planning to leave the country for two years. They have made arrangements to have the policy billed at the grandparent’s address.

Is it alright to leave the parents as the named insureds on this policy?

900004-00

Joint ownership coverage endorsement

Could you clarify what the Joint Ownership Coverage (PP 03 34) endorsement to the Insurance Services Office Personal Auto Policy is designed to do?

900006-00

Coverage not terminated by plate surrender

Our insured’s vehicle was hit while parked. We reported the loss to the negligent party’s carrier to collect on a third-party basis. The company confirmed that coverage was in place.

Then, three weeks later, the company told us their insured had surrendered his plates the day before the accident. (He had borrowed somebody’s plates and put them on the vehicle to move it from one place to another.) It looks like the carrier may try to deny the claim based on the surrender of the plates. Would they be able to do this?

900011-00

BAP Symbol 7—newly acquired auto coverage

Our insured has an business auto policy written with Symbol 7 for comprehensive coverage on the ISO Business Auto Coverage Form. If a comprehensive loss occurs to a newly acquired auto within 30 days after acquisition, but before notifying our agency or the insurer that the auto has been acquired, would this loss be covered?

900212-00

Falling object

As a car is driving down the highway behind a truck, something flies off the truck. The car can’t avoid the object and runs over it, causing a puncture in the gas tank. Is this comprehensive (falling object) or collision? Also, does this constitute a chargeable accident?

900501-00

Transgender operators

How does a producer address transgender operators when placing auto insurance?

900520-00

How to insure self-driving vehicles

How are self-driving vehicles insured?