Hanover Real Estate Advantage 鈥� coverage scenarios
Your building is your business. No one understands that better than 华体会. Protecting your asset properties from many diverse kinds of risks, such as canceled leases, retail anchor loss, or parking lot damage, is what 华体会 is all about. In partnership with your insurance agent, we have developed highly specific coverages aimed at minimizing your business losses from many areas you may never have considered at risk. These coverages are available at very competitive rates through your agent, who can help you review them in detail.
Risk review checklist
Property coverages
RISK EXPOSURE |
KEY QUESTIONS |
THE HANOVER SOLUTION |
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Alternative key systems |
For buildings using a key card system (a significant technology investment), how much would damage to or a complete loss of your system cost your business? |
Offers alternative key systems as part of its coverage, paying up to $100,000 for loss of or damage to these systems. |
Denial of access to premises |
Having an easement or reciprocal agreement in place with a neighboring property (to comply with an ordinance for a minimum number of parking spaces, for example) is common. What would happen to your rental income if a neighboring property had a loss that limited or denied access to your property? |
Extends your business income and extra expense coverage to include denial of access coverage for the loss of income you sustain from loss at a neighboring property that limits or denies access to your property. |
Foundations and underground pipes |
Does your property policy cover foundations and underground pipes? Industry standard polices do not cover these very expensive construction items. Even if your policy covers increased cost of construction for compliance with an ordinance or law, did you know that this coverage does not extend to reconfiguration of foundations. |
Select forms automatically extend your building limit of insurance to include coverage for foundations and underground pipes. |
Lease cancellation
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Do your lease agreements allow your tenants to cancel their leases if there is a loss at their leased location, and how would that scenario impact your rental income? |
Offers lease cancellation coverage providing up to $50,000 for the loss of income you sustain due to the cancellation of a lease by your tenants 鈥� if the lease is canceled as a result of a covered loss at the leased location. |
Emergency event management |
What would happen if an unanticipated emergency, such as a violent attack or an outbreak of an illness, significantly impacted your operations? |
Emergency event management coverage responds to covered emergencies such as actual or attempted violent acts, contamination from bacterial micro-organisms, and specified felonies, covering post-event expenses such as medical treatment and victim counseling, public and media relations expense, and income lost due to an emergency event. |
Paved surfaces |
Does your standard property policy exclude coverage for parking lots, roadways, and sidewalks? |
Paved surfaces provides up to $50,000 in coverage for parking lots, bridges, roadways, patios, and sidewalks. |
Realty tax |
What could the tax implication from building repairs after a loss do to you or your investors? Repairs after a loss may trigger a reassessment of your building, which in turn could lead to increased tax liability. |
Provides up to $75,000 to reimburse you for the increased realty tax liability directly caused by the repair, rebuilding, or reconstruction of damaged property caused by a covered loss (does not include previously increased tax assessments on improvements or redesigns to the building made as a result of the loss). |
Retail anchor store business income |
If your properties rely on a retail anchor store to attract customers to their locations, what would happen to the rent you receive from your tenants if that anchor store has a covered loss that suspends its operations? |
Provides up to $150,000 in coverage for the actual loss of business income you sustain during the period of restoration as a result of covered loss damage to a retail anchor store property. |
Tenant relocation |
If tenants were required to move out of your leased space due to a covered loss, what help could you offer them to move back in after the property is restored? |
Provides up to $50,000 in coverage for the expenses incurred by you to move your commercial tenants out of and back into a scheduled location that was temporarily vacated due to a covered loss. |
Tenant replacement expense |
What would happen if tenants were required to move out of your leased space due to a covered loss and you had to replace your tenants after the property is restored? |
Tenant replacement expense provides up to 50,000 in coverage for real estate broker fees and commissions and/or advertising and promotional expenses you incur to replace your commercial tenants when the tenants had to relocate due to a covered loss at your location. |
Unintentional property reporting errors |
What would happen if you accidentally omitted one of your properties from your insurance policy and that location had a loss? |
Provides up to $500,000 in coverage to assure that the policy will not be invalid for locations in which you unintentionally fail to disclose to us. However, you must report these omissions in writing as soon as you discover them. |
General liability coverages
RISK EXPOSURE |
KEY QUESTIONS |
THE HANOVER SOLUTION |
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Newly acquired limited liability companies, limited liability partnerships, and limited partnerships |
Do you sometimes acquire or form a LLC, LLP, or LP prior to purchasing a building? What would happen if there was a loss between the time the new entity was formed and reported to your insurance carrier? |
Offers a newly acquired LLC, LLP, and LP general liability endorsement, extending the general liability policy to cover newly acquired or formed entities for up to 90 days from the date they were acquired or formed. |
Real estate managers additional insured endorsement |
If you are a property manager that insures any properties on behalf of your customers, did you know that under a traditional 鈥渁dditional insured endorsement鈥� the owner鈥檚 LLC, LLP, or LP would be considered an additional insured if there was a written contract or agreement between you and the owner? However, the members of the owner鈥檚 LLC, LLP, or LP would not be considered an additional insured. |
Offers a real estate managers additional insured endorsement, extending additional insureds on the policy to include the owner鈥檚 LLC, LLP, or LP members, managers, as well as partners and spouses. |
Contingent property and business income
RISK EXPOSURE |
KEY QUESTIONS |
THE HANOVER SOLUTION |
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Contingent property and business income |
Do you have properties insured by your tenants through a triple net lease? Do you, your investors, or your financiers require contingent property insurance to be in place in case your tenant does not comply with the insurance required in the lease agreement? Even if you鈥檙e not required to purchase this coverage, what would happen if your tenant鈥檚 insurance does not respond to a loss? What would happen to your business income if your tenant had a loss? |
Provides coverage for properties in which the insurance purchasing responsibilities of the location are required by the tenant, including:
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Additional enhancements |
Do you plan on adding another tenant under a triple net lease? How does your current coverage offering respond? |
Provides up to $1,000,000 in coverage for newly-leased property (up to 90 days) that you lease under a lease agreement during the policy period. (华体会 is one of the few companies that also offers rental income protection for the contingent properties.) |
Get a new lease on peace of mind.
Your local Hanover agent can provide more information on any aspect of these policies. Partner with your agent today to make sure you get the right coverage needed to adequately protect all aspects of your real estate investment.
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