Levelset

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Business insurance can help mitigate occurrences or disasters that can severely impact or destroy the good standing of your business. Let’s take a look a subcontractor insurance: when it’s needed, what happens if a sub goes uninsured, and what policies subs can use to protect their businesses from risk.

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NH Construction Law

JANUARY 30, 2022

When a contractor or subcontractor is sued for defective workmanship, one of his first thoughts is likely to be whether the damages are covered by his liability insurance. But if the plaintiff’s complaint also alleges some resulting property damage, however minor, the insurer is obliged to defend the lawsuit.

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Construction Business Owner

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

These cost escalations can directly correlate to higher insurance premiums, reduced risk appetite from insurance carriers, and a lack of policy extensions for project policies. However, in the face of rising costs and shifting risk landscapes, these insurance options are becoming increasingly complex to navigate.

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Construction Business Owner

JUNE 21, 2016

One approach is to require one party to list the other, protected party as an additional insured on its own purchased insurance policies, thereby giving the protected party direct access to insurance coverage.

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Levelset

AUGUST 24, 2022

Construction businesses need many different types of insurance to mitigate the risks associated with building projects. Two of the most common insurance policies that contractors have are builder’s risk and general liability, which serve very different purposes. What is builder’s risk insurance?

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Pro Builder

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

What Home Builders Should Know About Liability Insurance. Head of Home Builder Insurance for Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Katie Beck sits down with Jenny Simon, director of marketing communications for IBACOS to break down the challenges she faces when offering and underwriting coverage for builders. cbroderick.

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Construction Dive

JUNE 25, 2019

It's important for contractors to know what their insurance policies cover and, in the case of commercial general liability, what they don't cover.

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Levelset

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Luckily, that’s what insurance is for, right? Does a general contractor’s insurance cover their subcontractors’ accidents or mistakes? While there isn’t a cut-and-dry answer to these questions, we’ll take a deeper look into insurance coverage and what happens in these situations. Who is covered by an insurance policy?

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Insurance Liability Accidents Risk 52

Construction Business Owner

JULY 23, 2021

If your construction business has suffered a financial loss due to damage, accident, crime or liability, the last thing you want to hear is that your claim is. To significantly reduce the chances of this occurring, consider the following tips for ensuring you have the right insurance partner and coverage to meet your business needs. .

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Levelset

AUGUST 31, 2022

Whether you’re just starting your business or looking to change insurance carriers, it pays to go with a company that has experience and knowledge in providing insurance for the construction industry. These days you can purchase insurance on your own or go through a local agent. Best construction insurance companies.

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Levelset

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Insurance is one part of a strategy to keep your carpentry business financially healthy. To minimize any financial damage, a comprehensive carpenter’s insurance plan is a smart bet. . What is carpenter insurance? Does a carpenter need insurance? Insurance serves another purpose.

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Insurance Liability Accidents Injury 52

ENR Construction

MARCH 6, 2024

A survey by broker Ames & Gough notes planned increases for the third consecutive year.

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Construction Business Owner

OCTOBER 20, 2014

Owners, contractors and designers must understand their potential liability for design issues on a project before the project starts. This affects the management of the project, insurance, bonds and, ultimately, profit on a project.'

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Levelset

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

As you dig deeper into your construction insurance policy, you may come across the terms first-party insurance and third-party insurance. Mastering the difference between these two concepts is crucial to understanding how different types of construction insurance protect you.

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Levelset

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

An insurance policy rarely meets every contractor’s needs out of the box. One of the most common endorsements you’ll likely encounter involves additional insured (AI) parties. While it may sound unusual, adding additional insureds is common and extends benefits both to you as a policyholder – and the party being named on the policy.

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Green Building Law Update

FEBRUARY 12, 2014

Insurance companies cannot recover environmental cleanup costs paid to their insured under the federal Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, commonly known as Superfund, from another Potentially Responsible Party ( unless their insured had first pursued a separate claim to recover the cleanup costs from that PRP).

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Construction Business Owner

DECEMBER 14, 2012

BORDENTOWN, NJ (December 12, 2012) – Hundreds of insurance professionals attending the highly successful forum on “Contractors Professional Liability Insurance - A Visit with Underwriters” at the 32nd IRMI Construction Risk Conference in Orlando, Florida were recently rewarded with the expert insights of leading risk management executives discussing (..)

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Levelset

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Plumbing contractors should include business insurance as an integral part of their financial strategy. With numerous policies available, the plumbing contractor’s insurance landscape offers many ways for you to protect your physical and financial business assets. What is plumber’s insurance? Worker injury.

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Levelset

AUGUST 26, 2022

When working in construction, your insurance policy gets issued as a fairly standard contract. At the core, you have property coverage for your tools and equipment, along with a liability component that protects your financial assets in case there’s a work-related accident or injury that you may have some responsibility for. .

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Levelset

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

In most cases, that’s what insurance is for, and the contractor will typically initiate a claim against their policy to take care of it. But who can actually file a claim against the contractor’s insurance? And what if the insurance won’t cover all or some of the costs? Contractor liability for property damage.

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Construction Business Owner

OCTOBER 14, 2015

General contractors, subcontractors and business owners risk substantial financial loss if they enter into contracts that are not supported by their insurance program.

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Levelset

MAY 23, 2022

One way to help protect yourself from some of these perils is by having business interruption insurance for construction. This type of insurance can help ensure that you’re able to continue operations if something happens that causes you to lose income. What does business interruption insurance cover ?

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NH Construction Law

JULY 26, 2020

“May unintentionally faulty subcontractor work that damages an insured’s work product constitute an ‘accident’ under a commercial general liability insurance policy?” The Michigan Supreme Court disagreed, interpreting “accident” as broader than “fortuity.” 2d 871, 880 (Fla.

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Levelset

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Scenarios like these stress the need for an electrician to have insurance coverage in place. Thus, a strong insurance plan helps you rest easier both on and off the job. Why can an electrical contractor use insurance? Insurance policies can help your business cover the costs of both minor and major incidents.

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Construction Business Owner

NOVEMBER 4, 2015

More property owners are now inserting a clause in their construction contracts that could limit the competitiveness of small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs): the requirement for wrap-up insurance.

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Construction Business Owner

NOVEMBER 21, 2014

Business owners are concerned about the electronic frontier we now live in and the liabilities that we all face because of it. Cyber insurance aims to help mitigate losses from a wide variety of cyber and electronic intrusions, such as data breaches, business interruption and network damage caused by virus or malware.

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Insurance Liability Risk 120

BD+C

JUNE 8, 2020

After offices and other places of business reopen following COVID-19 shutdowns , tenants and owners face increased legal liability, and property insurance plans may not cover this risk.

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Construction Business Owner

DECEMBER 4, 2023

What many might not know, is that these cost escalations can correlate directly to higher insurance premiums and reduce risk appetite from insurance carriers making it harder to get coverage.

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Construction Business Owner

NOVEMBER 21, 2014

Business owners are concerned about the electronic frontier we now live in and the liabilities that we all face because of it. Cyber insurance aims to help mitigate losses from a wide variety of cyber and electronic intrusions, such as data breaches, business interruption and network damage caused by virus or malware.

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Levelset

OCTOBER 13, 2022

To help your business remain viable, contractor’s insurance should be a crucial part of your financial strategy. Insurance also puts other parties’ minds at ease when they want to hire you as a specialty contractor. A certificate of insurance (COI) is a valid form used to prove that you carry the appropriate insurance policy.

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Levelset

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Your base insurance policy may offer some coverage for unexpected damage to some business property, but making assumptions about the extent of coverage could lead to some financial distress. . An equipment floater offers insurance protection for your business property as it moves from location to location. What is an equipment floater?

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Levelset

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

HVAC contractor insurance is the primary way to help protect your financial interest if things go wrong on the job. This contractor’s insurance solution is typically the most cost-effective means to secure coverage and give you peace of mind. What is HVAC contractor insurance? Who needs HVAC insurance?

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Insurance Contractors Liability Accidents 52

BD+C

MARCH 20, 2017

Insurance premiums for architects and engineers professional liability stabilized in 2015 after three straight years of moderate increases. Insurers also plan to hold the line on rates this year, according to new survey by insurance broker Ames & Gough.

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Pro Builder

JUNE 17, 2021

Managing Rising Construction Costs: Insurance. Builders and remodelers carry insurance policies that cover risks for the project, and coinsurance clauses, which are in many policies, say the builder should maintain coverage up to a specific value. cbroderick. Thu, 06/17/2021 - 10:43.

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Construction Business Owner

OCTOBER 26, 2012

No construction firm is immune to employee dishonesty or crime losses. While crime exposures for some businesses can be measured and quantified by the amount of cash or other valuables on hand, employee fidelity claims in the construction industry and the losses arising out of such acts can be difficult to identify or quantify.

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ENR Construction

JUNE 21, 2022

An insurance executive, in a commentary, writes about how to avoid risks designers never intended to take.

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BD+C

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

Worries about legal liability have long dogged the sustainable building movement, but insurance expert Karen Erger (Locton Companies) and attorney Eric Singer (Ice Miller LLP) say sustainability lawsuits are caused by the same types of issues that have always prompted clients to sue AEC firms. read more.

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