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Endorsements are an amendment to the policy form that is designed to either add coverage or reduce coverage. Most of the time it is granting additional coverage for something that you need covered but which is not on the basic form.
I assume that you are referring to your commercial auto policy. You can add coverage for non-owned auto coverage on the policy. However, you are not covering their vehicles, you are providing excess coverage to protect the business only from liability. They are still required to have their own insurance and this coverage will pay any loss above their underlying coverage for an accident that occurs while working. It will not pay for damage done to your employees vehicle in any case.
Not as such. The insurance policy is what, broadly, defines what is covered and what is not, and the duties of the insurer and the insured. An endorsement is an amendment to the policy that changes the coverage that is otherwise provided by the policy. When read together, the proper scope of coverage may be determined.
Contractors Liability Insurance would protect against damage and injuries that you may cause. Many companies that you do a job for would request an additional insured endorsement which may cost you an extra $100 per endorsement. Blanket additional insured endorsements cost about 3 to 4 times that, and make sense when you are adding more than 4 additional insureds to your policy. Other coverage that you might want to consider are: Business Personal Property, Loss of Income, Workers Compensation and Commercial Vehicle Coverage.
Hipaa protects business employers wanting to purchase health coverage for their employees - True
No, an employer cannot harass their employees into dropping coverage. It is not the employers business to get involved in the personal insurance details of their employees.
This is coverage that would provide insurance to pay for damage to a vehicle for a vehicle that you rent or use for some reason. This is often an endorsement that you have added to your policy in order to provide this type of coverage. Normally it is done on a commercial policy. The normal endorsement in a commercial setting is called "hired and non-owned coverage" endorsement. The endorsement provides coverage for a rental car or in a situation like if your secretary runs an errand for you and has an accident of some kind. This would provide coverage for the named insured only and not as primary coverage for the other party. The person who owns the car will provide the primary coverage but the endorsement will be secondary.
This is coverage that would provide insurance to pay for damage to a vehicle for a vehicle that you rent or use for some reason. This is often an endorsement that you have added to your policy in order to provide this type of coverage. Normally it is done on a commercial policy. The normal endorsement in a commercial setting is called "hired and non-owned coverage" endorsement. The endorsement provides coverage for a rental car or in a situation like if your secretary runs an errand for you and has an accident of some kind. This would provide coverage for the named insured only and not as primary coverage for the other party. The person who owns the car will provide the primary coverage but the endorsement will be secondary.
This is coverage that would provide insurance to pay for damage to a vehicle for a vehicle that you rent or use for some reason. This is often an endorsement that you have added to your policy in order to provide this type of coverage. Normally it is done on a commercial policy. The normal endorsement in a commercial setting is called "hired and non-owned coverage" endorsement. The endorsement provides coverage for a rental car or in a situation like if your secretary runs an errand for you and has an accident of some kind. This would provide coverage for the named insured only and not as primary coverage for the other party. The person who owns the car will provide the primary coverage but the endorsement will be secondary.
Non-owned auto coverage protects your company in the event your company is sued as a result of an auto accident that you or one of the employees has in a personal vehicle while on company business. This coverage DOES NOT protect you or the employee personally. Usually an employee's personal auto policy will provide insurance to the employee, however, some personal auto policies now exclude business use. You must make sure that your limits are high enough to cover you personally, if an accident should occur. If you do not have a personal auto policy, and are covered solely by the business auto policy, you must ensure that the company's auto policy has the "Drive Other Car" coverage endorsement. This endorsement would provide coverage to the employee PERSONALLY, not just the company.
Endorsements are revisions to the original insurance policy agreement. Also known as riders, endorsement revisions often times are used to change deductible amounts or possibly to bring an additional vehicle into an existing auto insurance coverage program.
Any and All changes or alterations of coverage would require an endorsement to the policy.