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Having an apartment or condo association insurance policy isn’t a guarantee that your association is covered should an event occur. It’s a guarantee that you have some type of coverage. And between the two forms of association insurance coverage, the differences are great.

All risk coverage typically covers your association from all perils. There are exclusions, such as earthquakes, acts of war, or terrorism, but the policy covers most events that can befall your property. In fact, the standard all risks policy spells out coverage exclusions rather than listing every covered event. If it’s not excluded, it’s covered. Read more…

One potentially confusing issue in condominium associations is who insures what.  In the past, most condominium association policies would cover whatever the association owned.  Other association policies extended coverage into the units – for example, the sheetrock walls and ceiling, the plumbing, and the electrical within each individual unit.  Association policies would often be written broad enough to cover the floor, kitchen cabinets, appliances, and carpeting.

In recent years, with the rising cost of insurance claims and the ambiguous language in some association CC&R’s, insurance coverage has changed dramatically.  Many condominium documents specifically detail what is to be covered – - for example:  roof repair and replacement only.  In this instance, the documents are explicitly pointing out that all other structure is not covered. Read more…