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Umbrella Insurance
Distinguished Rebrands Hospitality Umbrella Program to Reflect Different Niche Markets
Distinguished Programs has been insuring the hospitality industry for more than 25 years, providing high-limit Excess/Umbrella Liability coverage to protect against catastrophic losses. To better serve our agency partners looking for an Umbrella home for their accounts, we’ve rebranded our programs to reflect each market within the hospitality sector.
View from Above: Inside the Real Estate, Community Association Umbrella Markets
The impact of today’s hard insurance market – characterized by higher prices, diminished capacity, and tighter underwriting guidelines – is being felt across all industry sectors and, depending on the class of business and its location, much more so than others. Susan DeCarlo, Vice President – Product Manager, Distinguished – provides us with a high-level…
Umbrella Liability Insurance Hard Market Persists
The most recent Commercial Lines Insurance Premium Survey (CLIPS) released by Willis indicates that nearly all coverage lines saw significant rate hikes in 2020 Q1, with Commercial Auto, Property, Umbrella Liability, and Directors and Officers (D&O) Liability insurance exceeding double-digit rate increases. Specialty line prices also increased considerably, including in the hospitality and habitational sectors.
Navigating Today’s Umbrella Insurance Market
In our previous article, we discussed what factors are driving rate increases, capacity restrictions, tighter underwriting, and program structure changes in the Excess Insurance market. It’s important to note that prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, carriers were already tightening underwriting in the Excess/Umbrella market, specifically in the hotel, restaurant, and habitational sectors. In recent months,…
Umbrella Insurance Offers Added Protection for Small Businesses
For small businesses, including those in the hospitality sector such as restaurants and limited-service hotels, liability insurance is critical in protecting their assets against lawsuits that can arise from guests and other third parties. Small business liability insurance (Commercial General Liability/CGL) provides coverage for third-party claims of bodily injury and property damage, and pays for…