Commercial Service Line Coverage
Protecting building owners from critical infrastructure losses not currently covered.
Most building owners are not aware that they own and are responsible for the repair or replacement of service lines on their property – the pipes and wiring that bring water, electricity, natural gas, propane, data, communications and other services to their property.
A service line is exterior, underground piping and wiring including permanent connections, valves or attached devices providing a service to the insured premises.
Commercial building owners’ insurance policies may exclude the most common causes of a service line failure leaving them exposed to repairs that can easily cost thousands, damage their property, and interrupt their tenant’s business while repairs are made.
What is service line coverage?
Service Line coverage provides payment for damage to piping, wiring, and outdoor property when caused by a service line failure.
Covered services include:
- Water, except for water used solely for fire suppression purposes
- Communications, including cable transmission, data transmission, internet access or telecommunications
- Compressed air
- Water drainage
- Electrical power
- Oil, natural gas, propane or steam, or
- Sewage or septic disposal
What is a service line failure?
A “service line failure” is physical damage, meaning a leak, break, tear, rupture, collapse or arcing of a “covered service line”. Covered causes include but are not limited to the following:
- Wear and tear, marring, deterioration or hidden decay
- Rust or other corrosion
- Mechanical breakdown, latent defect or inherent vice
- Weight of vehicles, equipment, animals or people
- Vermin, insects, rodents
- Artificially generated electrical current
- Freezing or frost heave
- External force from a shovel, backhoe, or other form of excavation
- Tree or another root invasion
Interested in Commercial Service Line coverage? Reach out to your broker today!
Please note that the information in this article may not accurately reflect your insurance policy from Sandbox Mutual Insurance or another insurance company. Please refer to your policy or talk to your broker about your specific coverages.