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LECTURE – 41 CRIME INSURANCE AND SURETY BONDS ISO Commercial Crime Insurance Program • Crime insurance coverage can be added to a commercial package policy (CPP), or purchased separately • There are five basic crime coverage forms, and each can be written in one of two versions: • The discovery version covers a loss that is discovered during the policy period or within 60 days after the policy expires even though the loss may have occurred before the policy’s inception date • The loss-sustained version covers a loss that occurs during the policy period, and the loss is discovered during the policy period or within one year after the policy expires ISO Commercial Crime Coverage Forms and Policies • Most property crimes against businesses are due to: – Robbery: the unlawful taking of property from the care and custody of a person by someone who has caused or threatens to cause that person bodily harm, or has committed an obviously unlawful act witnessed by that person – Burglary: the unlawful taking of property from inside the premises by a person who unlawfully enters or leaves the premises, as evidenced by marks of forcible entry or exit – Safe burglary: the unlawful taking of property from within a locked safe or vault by someone who unlawfully enters the safe or vault as evidenced by marks of forcible entry upon the exterior • The commercial crime coverage form (loss sustained version) is used by private firms and nonprofit organizations – Firms can select from among eight insuring agreements – Employee theft coverage pays for the loss of money, securities, and other property that results directly from theft committed by an employee • Includes the theft of other property, besides money and securities, but not computer programs or data – Forgery or alteration coverage pays for a loss that results directly from forgery or from the alteration of checks drawn by the insured or the insured’s agent • Also includes drafts, promissory notes, or similar instruments • The coverage does not apply to losses that result from the acceptance of forged documents docsity.com – Inside the premises - theft of money and securities pays for the loss of money and securities inside the premises that result directly from theft committed by a person present inside the premises, or for disappearance, or destruction • Coverage also applies to damage to the premises or a vault if related to the actual or attempted theft – Inside the premises – robbery or safe burglary of other property pays for the loss or damage to other property inside the premises by the actual or attempted robbery of a custodian, or by safe burglary inside the premises • Burglary loss of other property that is not stored in a safe is not covered. These losses can be covered by an inside the premises – robbery or burglary of other property agreement – The outside the premises agreement covers the theft, disappearance, or destruction of money and securities outside the premises while in the custody of a messenger or an armored-car company • The coverage also includes losses due to the actual or attempted robbery of other property outside the premises – The computer fraud agreement covers the loss of money, securities, and other property if a computer is used to transfer property fraudulently from inside the premises to a person or place outside the premises – The funds transfer fraud agreement covers the loss of funds that result directly from fraudulent instructions that direct a financial institution to transfer or pay funds from the insured’s account – The money orders and counterfeit paper currency coverage pays for losses resulting directly from the good-faith acceptance of counterfeit currency • Includes money orders that are not paid upon presentation • Exclusions in the commercial crime coverage form include: – Dishonest acts or theft committed by the named insured, partners, or members – Knowledge of dishonest acts of employees prior to the policy period – Indirect loss – Inventory shortages (applies to employee theft only) • There is no coverage for any loss if proof of loss depends on an inventory computation or on a profit and loss computation • The discovery version form is especially valuable for a business firm that has been in business for several years but is uninsured for employee theft losses – New coverage written on a discovery version would cover any losses that occurred years earlier but were only discovered during the current policy period – If the underwriter suspects that large undiscovered losses might exist prior to the policy’s inception date, a retroactive date endorsement can be added to the policy • The endorsement limits coverage to only those losses that occur after the retroactive date and are discovered during the current policy period • A provision for loss sustained during prior insurance covers a loss that occurred during the term of the prior policy but was discovered only after the discovery period under the prior policy had expired – This provision enables a business to change insurers without penalty – There must not be a break in coverage • Coverage under the employee theft agreement terminates as to any employee once the insured has knowledge that the employee has committed a theft or dishonest act Financial Institution Bonds • Financial institutions, such as commercial banks and credit unions, use some type of financial institution bond to deal with crime exposures – In this context, the word “bond” is synonymous with “insurance policy” docsity.com