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Personal Auto Policy: The Fundamentals

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The course “Personal Auto Policy: The Fundamentals” is designed to familiarize adjusters with a general overview of the personal auto policy, including liability coverage, medical payments coverage, uninsured and underinsured motorists coverage, coverage for damage to your auto, duties after loss or accident, and termination of the insured-insurer relationship.

The module is presented by William Barnhart, CPCU, JD, Counsel at State Farm Group, and Patrick Cloud, JD, Attorney at Heyl Royster. The instructors review the liability coverage provisions set forth in the standard auto policy, investigate issues arising out of claims for medical payments coverage, analyze common problems related to UM/UIM coverage, examine the process for handling property damage claims, and explore the insured’s contractual duties following a loss.

After completing the course, the attendee will be able to outline the nature of liability insurance; define the duty to defend and the duty to indemnify; explain what is an exclusion and describe the two-part test for enforceability of exclusions; understand the limits of liability; explain Personal Injury Protection (PIP); describe Medical Payments coverage (Med Pay) and the common issues in Med Pay coverage; know Uninsured and Underinsured Motorists coverage (UM/UIM); list vehicles exempted from UM/UIM coverage; define stacking and describe anti-stacking mechanisms; explain set-off provisions; define the issues arising with comprehensive and collision coverage; outline the coverage for damage to your auto; describe the insured’s duties after loss or accident; and outline how the insured-insurer relationship may be terminated.

The course provides fundamentals for insurance professionals in the liability arena.

What CE Credit is available?

Note: To qualify for credit, you must submit completion (including a passed final exam if required) within five days of completing the last quiz. No partial credits will be awarded.

State:
Adjuster General CE Hours:
Adjuster Ethics CE Hours:
Attorney General CLE Hours:
State's Course ID:
NH 2.0 482648
TX (classroom equivalent) 2.0 101817
NC 2.0 201288
FL * ( Provider Number: 364169 ) 3.0 1186112
IL 2.0 485542
WY 2.0 26055
OK 2.0 1024207

* This course has been approved by the Florida Department of Financial Services for insurance continuing education credit.

Course Content

The Nature of Liability Insurance
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Lesson Content

1) Introduction/Outline
2) The Nature of Liability Insurance
a) Contributory Negligence
b) Comparative Negligence
3) Start of the Analysis
a) Insuring Agreement
b) Doctrine of Reasonable Expectations
c) Contract of Adhesion
4) Duty to Defend vs. Duty to Indemnify
a) Four Corners Rule
b) Reservation of Rights
c) Declaratory Judgment Action
5) Activities Covered by Liability Coverage
6) Who is an Insured?
7) Recap

Exclusions, Limits of Liability, Financial Responsibility Laws, PIP
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Lesson Content

1) What is an Exclusion?
2) Two-part Test for Enforceability of Exclusions
3) Categories of exclusions
4) Commonly seen exclusions
a) Intentional Acts Exclusion
b) Delivery Exclusion
c) Reasonable Belief Exclusion
d) Public Conveyance
5) Limits of Liability
6) Financial Responsibility Laws
7) Personal Injury Protection
8) Recap

Other Insurance Clauses and UM/UIM Coverage
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Lesson Content

1) Other Insurance Clauses
2) Medical Payments Coverage
3) Common Issues in Medical Payments Coverage
4) Uninsured and Underinsured Motorists Coverage
a) Types of Uninsured Motor Vehicles
b) What is an Uninsured Motor Vehicle
5) Recap

UM/UIM Coverage and Stacking
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Lesson Content

1) State UM/UIM Statutes
2) Vehicles Exempted from UM/UIM Coverage
3) Determining whether a Vehicle Exemption Applies
4) Limits of Liability
5) Stacking
a) Definition
b) Elements
c) Hypothetical
d) Characteristics of Stacking
6) Anti-Stacking Mechanisms
7) Recap

Stacking (continued) and Set-Off Provisions
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Lesson Content

1) Other Stacking and Anti-Stacking Issues
2) Set-Off Provisions
3) Set-Off Hypothetical
4) Disputes Between Insurers and Insureds
5) Settlement with Tortfeasors
6) Recap

Coverage, Duties After Loss, Termination
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Lesson Content

1) Accident Analysis Investigation
2) Coverage for Damage to Your Auto
      a) Scope of Coverage
      b) Collision vs. Comprehensive
3) Issues arising with Collision and Comprehensive Coverage
      a) Exclusions
      b) How is a Claim Adjusted
      c) Dispute Resolution (Appraisals)
4) Duties After Loss or Accident
      a) Duty to Give Notice
      b) Duty to Cooperate
5) Termination of the Insurer/Insured Relationship
      a) Rescission
      b) Cancellation
      c) Non-renewal
6) Recap

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