- Understanding condo insurance
- Insure your condo
- Claim for your condo
- What to do in the event of a loss
- Various obligations
- Apportionment following a claim
- Claims settlement situations
- Syndicate files claim with insurer
- Absence of insurance
- Damage less than syndicate’s deductible
- Insufficient insurance
- Syndicate does not file a claim
- Responsible co-owner
- Co-ownership claims settlement process
- What to do before and after a loss?
The deductible in an insurance contract constitutes the share of the damage policyholders must pay when they file a claim.
The syndicate’s insurance generally has a higher deductible than the co-owner’s insurance, given that the risk is different (higher insurance amounts, several co-owners, etc.). In addition, deductibles often differ depending on the property or risk insured. For example, the deductible for water damage may be higher than for fire.
A syndicate will frequently choose a high deductible to reduce the amount of the premium. Also, after several claims, the insurer may raise the amount of the deductible.
What impact does this deductible have when a claim is filed?
In a co-ownership situation, the syndicate’s deductible has a major impact on the claims settlement. In all cases, the syndicate’s deductible is considered a common expense.
It could be apportioned among all the co-owners, whether they suffered damage or not.
To recover its deductible, the syndicate may:
- Use the self-insurance fund, if there are sufficient funds.
- Impose a special assessment: in this case, it must be assumed personally by all the co-owners, prorated to their co-ownership share. The syndicate’s deductible is not generally covered by co-owner insurance.
IMPORTANT
This special assessment is generally not covered by the co-owner’s insurance if the syndicate’s deductible is apportioned among all the co-owners.
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