Specialty Products
Small Business Commercial Earthquake

Product Info
Arrowhead’s Small Business Commercial Earthquake Program covers perils including Earthquake, Flood and EQSL, for smaller California businesses only. We offer:
- One business day premium indications
- Policy Limits available from $250,000 to $10 million for commercial occupancies, and up to $20 million for habitational occupancies (HOA, apartments, multi-unit condos)
- Minimum premium: $2,500
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Steadfast Insurance Company
CA
Coverage Highlights
- Primary layers only
- Limits available from $250,000 to $10 million for commercial occupancies, and up to $20 million for habitational occupancies (HOA, apartments, and multi-unit condos)
- Total insurable values (TIV) from $250,000 to $10 million for commercial occupancies, and up to $20 million for habitational occupancies (HOA, apartments, multi-unit condos)
- Minimum premium $2,500
Target Market
- Perils = DIC including EQ, Flood, and EQSL; or named perils only
- California locations only
- Total insurable values (TIV) from $250,000 to $10 million for commercial occupancies, and up to $20 million for habitational occupancies (HOA, apartments, multi-unit condos)
- Limits available from $250,000 to $10 million for commercial occupancies, and up to $20 million for habitational occupancies (HOA, apartments, and multi-unit condos)
- TIV under $5 million must purchase full limits
- TIV of $5 million+ must purchase a minimum loss limit of $2,500,000
- Per Unit deductible 5%—25%. Five deductible options provided on each quote
- Minimum EQ deductible = $50,000
- Minimum Flood deductible = $50,000
- Valuation = Replacement cost, BI = Actual loss sustained
- $300 policy fee / $300 inspection fee*
*An inspection fee is billed on all new business and every third year on renewals.
Restrictions:
- Risks with tuck-under parking, poorer construction types or older construction will immediately be declined
- Location address used to search soils database to determine adequacy of soils
- Soft soil situations or very high liquefaction will be declined
- Renewals – property age requirements:
- Wood Frame: 1960 or newer
- Reinforced Joisted Masonry (concrete block): 1965 or newer
- Concrete Tilt-up: 1976 or newer
- Reinforced Concrete/Steel Frame/Metal: 1970 or newer
- New Business – property age requirements:
- Wood frame: 1970 or newer
- All other construction classes: 1980 or newer
- All property locations will be inspected to verify submitted information is accurate
- 25% minimum earned premium
- No single family dwellings
- HOA, apartments and multi-unit condos are accepted (4 unit minimum)
- No HOAs that consist of only common area values
- Business income (not to exceed 40% of account TIV)
How to quote
Quote Online at ArrowheadExchange.com
- Go to ArrowheadExchange.com, select Producer and login
- Select Commercial Earthquake on your left navigation, then click Get a Quote or Renewal Quote
- Enter underwriting information
- Premium indication will emailed within one business day
- Option to print a quote form to present to your client
- Requests to bind must be made through Arrowhead Exchange
- Required upon binding:
- Surplus lines information
- Inspection contact and phone
- Mortgage and loss payee info (if applicable)
- Payment terms are the same as our standard program requirements
- An agency check must be received within 30 days of the month which a policy is effective
- Policy issued after binding
- Quotes are good for up to 90 days