Seneca Commercial Property and Liability Report v2.1

  • Seneca inspection instructions

  • --- ALWAYS: Inspect the heating, wiring, plumbing, and common areas.

    --- For MULTI-UNIT BUILDINGS like shopping centers:
            - For properties with LESS than 6 units, inspect all units.
            - For properties with MORE than 5 units, inspect a representative sampling of units, ESPECIALLY the higher-risk occupants. 

    --- For COMMERCIAL condo units, do full interior inspections on all commercial exposures. If there are any issues, ask H&S to contact the Underwriter for assistance.

    --- For inspecting individual RESIDENTIAL condo units, when the policy is NOT covering the entire building (whether the UW put this in the instructions or not):
            - If there is only ONE condo unit to be inspected, the Underwriter wants interior access to that ONE condo unit.
            - If there are MULTIPLE condo units to be inspected, the minimum threshold of interior access is ONE condo unit UNLESS the Underwriter indicates otherwise.
                    - If the Underwriter asks for an unfeasible # of units to have interior access, please have H&S let the UW know.
                    - If the condo units are spread across MULTIPLE buildings, the Underwriter will specify how many units require interior access for EACH building.
            - The inspector must:
                    - ATTEMPT to gain interior access to at least ONE condo unit or the minimum # of units indicated by the UW.
                    - Let the insured contact know about needing interior access when scheduling the appointment (so they can make arrangements ahead of time).
                                    - The inspector / insured contact cannot just “hope for the best” to see who is available on the day of the onsite inspection.
                    - Inspect the common areas / walkways & utilities of the building, UNLESS directed differently by the UW.
            - If NONE of the residential condo units provide interior access (whether for single or multiple condo unit requested), please have H&S let the UW know & ask if they have further instructions. 
            - If the insured contact indicates BEFORE the onsite inspection that interior access cannot be done, have H&S let the UW know ASAP.
                    - Access to multiple residential condo units at the same time may be difficult to achieve.
                                    - In some cases, the UW may be OK if interior access is not given.  However, this would be on a case by case basis.

    --- For an Apartment/Condo inspection of multiple buildings (unless otherwise noted in the Special Underwriter Instructions):
            - If all buildings are the same construction and all are built after 1965: inspect 1 representative interior unit for the complex.
            - Exceptions:
                    - For every building of different construction: inspect 1 interior unit in each construction type.
                    - For buildings built before 1965: inspect 1 interior unit in each building

  • GENERAL INFORMATION

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     Notice to Inspectors:  
                                          
    ALL EMAILS to Insureds, Agents, Brokers, etc. must be sent to H&S for approval, PRIOR to being sent to the destination; EVEN if the Insured, Agent, Broker etc. asked you to email them.

    BE SURE TO GO TO "ATTACH FILES" TO VIEW PREVIOUS REPORTS AND OTHER CASE SPECIFIC INFORMATION

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  • PLEASE GO TO "ATTACH FILES" NOW.
    PLEASE REVIEW THE PREVIOUS REPORT(S) AND ANY OTHER CASE SPECIFIC INFORMATION.

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  • RISK ASSESSMENT SUMMARY

  • Construction:

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  • Heating, Electrical, Plumbing:

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  • Fire Protection:

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  • Building Security:

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  • Liability:

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  • Overall Opinion of Risk:

  • NOTE: The Overall Opinion of Risk must match the worst individual opinion chosen above. Example: If you answered Unacceptable for any of the above opinions, then Unacceptable must also be selected for the Overall Opinion of Risk.

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  • PROPERTY OVERVIEW

  • Three Requirements for providing the full operations details :

    1. Describe the proposed use of the building (office, dwelling, mercantile, etc.).

    2. Provide a list of any commercial tenants.

    3. If the Insured occupies space in the building, provide COMPLETE DETAILS of the Insured's operations.

    4. If the insured is the building owner, describe the FULL DETAILS of the operations of ALL commercial tenants.

     
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  • * * *   Provide COMPLETE DETAILS for the Underwriter, the entire property/complex in the 'Property Overview' and the 'Property - Occupancy Exposures' sections.

    * * *   The remaining sections are focused on the primary building for this policy.

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  • PROPERTY - OCCUPANCY EXPOSURES

  • The Insured:

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  • Inspector must fill out a Cooking Supplement when there is a Commercial Cooking exposure and an AES system. 
    If no Cooking Supplement exists, contact the H&S office and ask for the correct number of Cooking Supplements to be added to the case.

  • Other Occupants:

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  • Inspector must fill out a Cooking Supplement when there is a Commercial Cooking exposure and an AES system. 
    If no Cooking Supplement exists, contact the H&S office and ask for the correct number of Cooking Supplements to be added to the case.

  • Occupancy Exposure Concerns:

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  • BUSINESS AND OCCUPANCY: MAIN BUILDING

  • For this Business and Occupancy section focus the answers on the Main Building.

    Note to Inspector: If there are multiple buildings, you must then fill out a Secondary Building Supplement form for each additional building. For larger Apartment/Condo complexes, identical buildings (styles/models)  which contain ONLY residential occupants, can be grouped together as  one Type. Only one supplemental form needs to be filled out per each residential buidling type/style/model.

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  • Nature of business/occupancy:

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  • Apartment/Condo/Residence Occupancy:

  • Commercial Occupancy:

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  • FLOORS

  • Inspector: For this Floors Section: If the Insured is a Tenant, focus on the floor(s) the Insured leases.  For example, if there is one 5 story building, and each floor is 1,000sf and insured occupies half of the 4th floor; the following answers would be:
    Number of floors = 5, Floor = 4, SF of Entire Floor = 1000, % Occupied by Insured = 50, the Total SF occupied by the Insured = 500, and the Total SF of the building = 5,000

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  • Floors: Building Totals

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  • Floors: Basement

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  • Commercial Occupant:

  • LIABILITY

  • Evaluation of Liability Concerns/Hazards:

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  • Snow and Ice Removal

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  • Elevators

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  • Wooden Structures

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  • Other Liability Concerns

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  • CONSTRUCTION: MAIN BUILDING

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  • PML

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  • ELECTRICAL, HVAC, AND PLUMBING

  • Heating

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  • Electrical

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  • Note to Inspector: In the Five Boroughs of NYC, use of Romex (Type NM, NMC and NMS) wiring is NOT PERMITTED in Commercial Buildings, or Multi-family Dwellings exceeding 3 stories above grade. Such use requires a recommendation.

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  • Attention Inspectors and QA: The Zinsco and Federal Pacific questions that follow are critical questions. 
                                                            We must verify their existance or non-existance. 

  • Notes to Inspector :

    (1) If this is an FPE electrical box, it will state "Federal Pacific Electric Company" or the "Stab-Lok" brand on the inside panel.  Federal Pacific Equipment, Inc. is a different company and not subject to this issue.
    (2)  Federal Pacific Electric Company and Stab-Lok panel boxes were installed in the 70's and 80's.

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  • Plumbing

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  • It is unusual to find Galvanized Pipe.  If the building was built after 1960 it is NOT likely to have Galvanized plumbing.
    If you are sure there is Galvanized plumbing, YOU MUST HAVE A PHOTO OF IT AND THEN YOU MUST MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO HAVE IT REMOVED.
    Galvanized piping was commonly used before 1960, but stopped being used around 1960. If a building was built since the mid 1960’s, most likely, it would NOT have galvanized pipe. 

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  • SOLAR PANELS

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  • FIRE PROTECTION

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  • Sprinkler System

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  • BUILDING SECURITY

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  • REQUIRED: Within the Comments below, please Describe the High Rate of VMM.

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  • NEIGHBORHOOD

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  • LOSS HISTORY

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  • RECOMMENDATIONS

  • Notes to Inspector:

    1. The "type" of every recommendation you add must be "No Recommendation Type".

    2. Use the standard recommendations from the recommendation library whenever possible.

    3. Always add the location of the problem (enclosed in parentheses) to the end each standard recommendation.

    4. Add one or two photos with each REC

     
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  • REQUIRED FILES

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  • END OF REPORT