我相信我應該是把有關condo owner 為何必須購買保險的理由說清楚了。現在我再提供一份公司內部郵件,供大家參考。 A lot of agents have been asking why OWE (overland water endorsement) is required for high-rise condo. Below is another example for this, see email below. This email was issued by the property management to all the condo unit owners of a high-rise condo building being built in 2003 in downtown Toronto. The management is advising all owners to request this coverage from their broker due to recent claims on heavy rain storm this month in Toronto. Water entered into the units caused by sudden accumulation of rain water.
Another example is that if the building was flooded, some common area was damaged and several units are damaged. The board of directors might decide not to file a claim due to frequency of previous claims for this building or their policy already had a high deductible for flood/water damage. They might ask all unit owners being involved in the damaged area to share the loss. If your condo policy does not have OWE, contingent coverage or loss assessment coverages will not respond.
這個郵件說的還不是condo owner要不要買保險的問題,而是具體到要購買overland water endorsement這個附加險的問題。大家可能不知道保險公司的水患,有上水、下水和地面水三個不同的種類。以前沒有分這麼細的時候,就上下水兩種,現在這個地面水從上水中分出來,定義更明確了,而且大部分保險公司都開始採用這個新概念了。
下水是sewer back up (專指從下水管道湧上來的水,一般是污水), 上水指的是地面以上房屋內的水(比如水龍頭忘關了或沒關緊或忘關門窗雨水從門窗進入屋內等),地面水指的是地面上從房屋外面來的水,包括市政水管破裂、洪水、冰雪融水等。