— Coverage

Every line your team
actually audits.

Premium audits are required on any policy where the final premium depends on a variable exposure base — sales, payroll, vehicles, units, area — that can only be verified after the policy period ends. Below is the full universe AuditCake handles, organized by major line of business, with every sub-coverage type that may need to be audited.

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Class
13454

Gasoline Stations — self-service

GLMercantilePremium basis · per 1,000 gallons
01

Commercial General Liability (CGL)

The audit type depends on which classifications apply to the risk.

By exposure base

  • Gross Sales — mercantile risks, manufacturing/processing risks, restaurants, retail stores, wholesalers, miscellaneous risks rated on sales
  • Payroll — contracting and servicing risks (most contractors), real estate agents, insurance agents, and certain miscellaneous classifications
  • Admissions — theaters, amusement parks, sporting events, concert venues
  • Area — buildings or premises risks (lessor's risk, office buildings, warehouses, parking lots rated on square footage)
  • Each — per-unit bases such as per kennel, per apartment unit, per student, per bed
  • Total Cost — typically owners and contractors protective (OCP) and certain construction-related coverages
  • Total Operating Expenditures — government entities and certain not-for-profits
  • Units — apartment buildings, condominiums, self-storage units

Sub-categories within CGL that we support

  • Liquor Liability — restaurants, bars, taverns, package stores, nightclubs, breweries, wineries, distilleries, caterers serving alcohol — audited on alcohol gross sales
  • Products / Completed Operations — manufacturers, wholesalers, distributors — rated as a subline using the same exposure base as Premises/Operations under the uniform exposure base concept
  • Lessor's Risk Only (LRO) — landlords renting commercial space
  • Owners and Contractors Protective (OCP) — project owners and general contractors
  • Contractors Protective Liability
  • Railroad Protective Liability
  • Manufacturers' Errors and Omissions / Products Liability standalone
02

Workers' Compensation & Employers' Liability

  • Standard Workers' Compensation — voluntary market policies
  • Assigned Risk / Residual Market policies
  • USL&H — United States Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act — added by endorsement; covers maritime workers on navigable waters
  • Maritime Coverage Endorsement (Jones Act) — ship's cooks, pursers, mechanics, etc.
  • Voluntary Compensation and Employers' Liability Endorsement — for farm, domestic, or casual labor employees and volunteers
  • Foreign Voluntary Compensation — for employees working abroad
  • Stop-Gap Employers' Liability — needed in monopolistic states (ND, OH, WA, WY) where WC is provided by the state fund but EL is not
  • F-Classification policies — operations subject to federal acts
  • Per-Capita classifications — domestic workers, certain agricultural
03

Commercial Auto

Coverage forms

  • Business Auto Coverage Form — most commercial vehicles — audited on vehicle counts/classifications (size, business use, radius of operation, garaging location)
  • Truckers / Motor Carrier Coverage Form — for risks transporting goods/materials/commodities for others. Three audit bases: specific auto (per vehicle), cost of hire, and gross receipts
  • Garage Coverage Form — Dealers — franchised and non-franchised new/used vehicle dealerships — audited on employee counts, non-employee counts, covered vehicles, customer auto exposures
  • Garage Coverage Form — Non-Dealers — still in use by some carriers — auto service/repair shops, parking garages, storage garages, trailer dealerships

Sub-coverages and endorsements that affect audit

  • Hired Auto Liability — based on cost of hire
  • Non-Ownership Liability — based on number of employees
  • Bobtail / Non-Trucking Liability
  • Trailer Interchange — local, intermediate, and long-distance
  • Auto Physical Damage — comprehensive, specified perils, collision
  • Garagekeepers — for vehicles in dealer's care, custody, control
  • Public Auto / Livery — taxis, limousines, buses, paratransit
  • Special Types — leasing/rental concerns, mobile equipment, farm vehicles
04

Specialty Liability Lines

  • Liquor Liability (standalone) — when not bundled into CGL
  • Professional Liability / Errors & Omissions — when rated on gross receipts or fees
  • Directors & Officers (D&O) — typically rated on revenue/assets at issuance, but some policies audit
  • Employment Practices Liability (EPLI) — rated on employee count
  • Cyber Liability — sometimes rated on revenue
  • Pollution Liability / Environmental Impairment Liability — often rated on payroll or gross receipts
  • Contractors' Pollution Liability
  • Profession-specific Professional Liability — accountants, architects, engineers, lawyers, medical malpractice — rated on receipts, headcount, or per-professional
  • Cargo / Inland Marine — sometimes rated on freight charges or values
05

Property & Package Lines with Auditable Components

  • Builders' Risk — rated on total project cost — final audit at completion
  • Business Owners Policy (BOP) — the liability portion may be auditable when sales/payroll exceed certain thresholds; some BOPs are non-auditable
  • Commercial Package Policies (CPP) — any auditable component (GL, auto, WC) within the package
  • Crime / Fidelity — typically rated on number of employees
  • Equipment Floaters / Contractors' Equipment — rated on values
06

Specialty / Program Business

  • Liquor establishments — taverns, bars, restaurants — combined GL + Liquor Liability + sometimes Assault & Battery
  • Habitational — apartments, condos, hotels — rated on units, area, or admissions
  • Construction / Wrap-Up Programs (OCIP / CCIP) — owner-controlled or contractor-controlled insurance programs
  • PEO (Professional Employer Organization) policies
  • Staffing / Temporary Labor policies
  • Special Events — short-term policies often audited at event close
  • Self-Insured Group / Captive retentions — where audit verifies allocation
07

Surety-Adjacent / Less Common Audited Lines

  • Surety bonds — with premium based on contract value — audited at completion
  • Aviation liability — rated on passenger seats, hours flown, or gross receipts
  • Marine / Ocean Marine — rated on vessel values, crew, or gross freight
— Quick reference

What AuditCake encounters most often

Line of BusinessMost common exposure base
General Liability — Mercantile / ManufacturingGross sales
General Liability — Contractors / ServicingPayroll
General Liability — Lessor's RiskArea (sq ft)
General Liability — HabitationalUnits / Area
Liquor LiabilityAlcohol gross sales
Workers' CompensationPayroll (with state-specific min/max for officers, partners, LLC members)
Business AutoVehicle classifications / count
TruckersGross receipts, cost of hire, or specific auto
Garage — DealersEmployee/non-employee counts, vehicle counts

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