Insurance Committee

Director & Officer Theft of Funds–Your Community Association Needs Fidelity Insurance

FACTS David Jensen, a longtime municipal judge, respected civil servant, and owner of an insurance company embezzled more than $40,000 from his homeowner’s association (HOA) in the last three years.  This is the second case of this nature in Wisconsin that I have seen in the last four years.  How did the HOA discover the […]

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Why You NEED to Amend Your Association Declaration Insurance Provision Before You Have a Loss

Issue:  If your association was destroyed by fire or some other hazard, and it did not make sense to rebuild, how would the funds be divided? Problem.  Odds are that you don’t know the answer.  The fact that you don’t know should scare you.  Is every unit in your association worth the same amount?   I

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Insurance is NOT all the Same-Another Case Proving Why You Need an Insurance Committee

Facts: The facts in the case of Forrest v. The Ville St. John Owners’ Association, Inc., No. 2018-CA-0175 (La. Ct. App. Nov. 7, 2018) are straightforward.  In March of 2016 there was a fire.  It damaged common element and the Forrest unit.  The Association had two insurance policies: one for Property and one for Community

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“Related Wrongful Acts” Can Exhaust an Association’s Liability Insurance Policy Limit

IMPRESSION: The ruling in Great Am. Ins. Co. v. State Parkway Condo. Ass’n, No. 17-cv-3083 (N.D. Ill. Sept. 11, 2018), should serve as a cautionary tale to Condo and HOA boards. DETAILS: In Chicago, a unit owner of a condominium located at 1445 North State Street filed an Illinois state discrimination claim in 2007 against

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Association Construction Contracts – What are Risks of that Waiver of Subrogation Term

Summary The US Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit held that a subrogation waiver provision in a construction contract barred an association’s insurance company from seeking to recover from an allegedly negligent contractor. Facts United National Insurance Company v. Peninsula Roofing Company, Inc.:  Pelican Beach Condominium (“Association”) needed a new roof. The Board, after

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