Homeowner Special Form Property and Contents (HO-5) or (HO3 w/HO-15)

ADDITIONAL COVERAGES

1. Debris Removal—Reasonable expenses for the removal of debris of covered property if an insured peril causes the loss if provided in the homeowners policy.

2. Reasonable Repairs—If covered property is damaged by an insured peril, the policy reimburses an insured’s reasonable costs incurred for the purpose of protecting the property from additional damage. This would include such things as boarding up after covered storm damage by a contractor.

3. Trees, Shrubs and Other Plants—Coverage applies to such property that is located on the residence premises. However, the loss must be due to fire, lightning; explosion; riot; civil commotion; aircraft; vehicles (not owned or operated by a resident); vandalism; malicious mischief; or theft.

4. Property Removed—If covered property is being removed from a premises endangered by a covered peril, the property moved has coverage for up to thirty days.

5. Credit Card, Fund Transfer Card, Forgery, and Counterfeit Money—$500 is available if an insured is legally obligated to pay for a theft or unauthorized use of the insured’s credit cards, fund transfer cards; or if there is a loss caused by forgery or alteration of a check or negotiable instrument, or a loss caused by the insured unknowingly accepting counterfeit U.S. or Canadian paper currency.

Coverage is excluded when the loss involves:

· any illegal act by a person entrusted with a card;
· an insured who has not complied with all of a card’s terms and conditions; or
· any business loss or dishonesty of the insured.

• 6. Loss Assessment—The insurer will pay up to $1000 for the insured's share of a loss assessment charged during the policy period if the assessment is due to a direct loss to collectively-owned property. The damage has to be caused by a covered dwelling peril. This coverage generally applies to your membership in a homeowners association or condo association.

7. Collapse—There is coverage for direct physical loss to covered property involving collapse of any part of a building. However, the collapsed must be caused by hidden decay; hidden insect or vermin damage; weight of contents, equipment, animals, or people; or weight of rain which collects on a roof. This additional coverage also pays for collapse that occurs during the course of construction, remodeling or renovation IF the collapse involves defective material or methods.

No coverage is available for damage to an awning, fence, patio, pavement, swimming pool, underground pipe, flue, drain, cesspool, septic tank, foundation, retaining wall, bulkhead, pier, wharf, or dock unless the loss is a direct result of the collapse of a building.

8. Glass or Safety Glazing Material— Up to $100 is available for the breakage of glass or safety glazing material or for damage to covered property by glass or safety glazing material, when the glass is part of a covered building, storm door or storm window.

Covered Causes Of Loss For Property

DWELLING AND OTHER STRUCTURES (COVERAGES A AND B AND C)— These coverage parts provide protection against direct physical loss to property. However, the following sources of loss are excluded:

• collapse other than that provided in the Additional Coverage Section;
• freezing of a plumbing, heating, air conditioning, or fire protective sprinkler system or a household appliance-when the dwelling is vacant, unoccupied or being constructed, unless reasonable care has been taken to maintain heat in the building, or the water supply has been shut off and the appliances and their systems drained of water;
• freezing, thawing, pressure or weight of water or ice, whether driven by wind or not, to any fence, pavement, patio or swimming pool; foundation, retaining wall, or bulkhead; or pier, wharf or dock; theft in or to a dwelling under construction, or materials and supplies used in construction;
• vandalism and malicious mischief when vacant for more than 30 consecutive days;
• wear and tear, marring, deterioration; inherent vice, latent defect, mechanical breakdown;
• smog, rust or other corrosion, mold, wet or dry rot;
• smoke from agricultural smudging or industrial operation;
• discharge, dispersal, seepage, migration, release, or escape of pollutants unless caused by a covered peril;
• settling, shrinking, bulging, or expansion, including resultant cracking, of pavements, patios, foundations, walls, floors, roofs, or ceilings;
• birds, vermin, rodents, or insects; or animals owned or kept by an insured.
  
  Property Exclusions

• Ordinance or Law: the enforcement of any ordinance or law regulating the construction, repair, or demolition of a building or other structure.
• Earth Movement includes the peril of earthquake. Can be included by endorsement for a premium.
• Water Damage: flood, surface water, waves, tidal water, overflow of a body of water, or spray from any of these, whether or not driven by wind; water which backs up through sewers or drains or which overflows from a sump; or water below the surface of the ground, including water which exerts pressure on or seeps or leaks through a building, sidewalk, driveway, foundation, swimming pool, or other structure.
• Power Failure: the failure of power or utility service if the failure takes place off premises.
• Neglect: neglect of the insured to use all reasonable means to save and preserve property at and after the time of a loss.
• War
• Nuclear Hazard
• Intentional Loss
• Weather conditions
• Acts or decisions, including the failure to act or decide, of any person, group, organization, or governmental body.
• Faulty, inadequate or defective planning, zoning, development, surveying, site design, specifications, workmanship, repair, construction, renovation, remodeling, grading, compaction materials used in repair, construction, renovation or remodeling; or maintenance of any property whether on or off the residence premises.

SECTION II LIABILITY COVERAGE

Section II-Liability Exclusions

The Special Homeowners policy prohibits coverage for losses that an insured expects or intends or that arises out of or in connection with an insured’s business. The policy also excludes:

• the rental of any part of any premises. There is an exception for the rental of an insured location if it is done on an occasional basis, for use as a residence, office, school, studio, or private garage
• professional liability
• any premises owned by or rented to an insured, or rented to others by the insured that is not an insured premises.
• ownership, maintenance, use, loading or unloading of motor vehicles or motorized land conveyances (including trailers). The exclusion includes the entrustment of such property to any person as well as to any vicarious liability from the actions of a child or minor using such property.
• ownership, maintenance, use, loading, or unloading of an excluded watercraft.
• ownership, maintenance, use, loading or unloading of an aircraft; entrustment by an insured of an aircraft to any person; or vicarious liability for the actions of a child or minor using an aircraft.
• war, insurrection, rebellion, revolution; warlike acts; destruction, seizure, etc.;
• transmission of a communicable disease;
• sexual molestation, corporal punishment or physical or mental abuse; or,
• the use, sale, manufacture, delivery, transfer, or possession by any person of a Controlled Substance(s)

• Personal Liability-Coverage E

This coverage does not apply to liability for any loss assessment charged against the insured; any contract or agreement; property damage to property owned, rented to, occupied or used by, or in the care of the insured; bodily injury or property damage for which an insured is also an insured under a nuclear energy liability policy or would be an insured under a policy but for which the limits have already been exhausted.

Medical Payments To Others-Coverage F

This coverage does not apply to bodily injury to a residence employee if the bodily injury occurs away from the insured location; to any person eligible to receive either mandatory or voluntary benefits under any workers compensation, non-occupational disability, or occupational disease laws; to bodily injury from nuclear reaction, radiation, or radioactive contamination, regardless of how caused; nor to any person, other than an insured’s residence employee, regularly residing on any part of the insured location.

Section II-Additional Coverages

Claims—The special homeowners policy covers the expenses and costs assessed against an insured in any suit that the insurer defends including any premiums on bonds required in that suit; reasonable expenses incurred at the request of the insurer; and if there is an entry of judgment, the insurer will pay any interest on the entire amount that accrues before the insurer makes payment.

First aid expenses—The policy covers first aid expenses to others. No coverage is provided to any insured.

Damage to property of others—A maximum of $500 exists to pay for the property of others damaged by an insured.

Loss assessment Liability—Up to $1000 per occurrence is available to pay for the insured's share of a loss assessment.