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Infrastructure Study Finds Inefficiencies & Opportunities for Design-Build

Construction Business Owner

Travelers, the second-largest writer of United States commercial property casualty insurance and the largest writer of surety bonds in North America, has released the findings of a new infrastructure study that followed 224 heavy civil construction projects from 2004 to 2020. Fri, 01/28/2022 - 08:30.

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2016 Insurance Market Forecast

Construction Business Owner

Like many businesses, the insurance industry is cyclical in nature. The insurance cycle is important to business owners because it directly impacts insurance premiums. As for insurance pricing today, Table 1 provides a historical picture of insurance industry rates calculated by MarketScout, with 2004 as the base year.

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Which Insurance Carrier Is Responsible for Damages on a Construction Project? Depends.

Best Practices Construction Law

There are multiple types of insurance coverage for the various risks on a construction project. However, when there are multiple insurance carriers covering the same risk (i.e., In a recent case, Cincinnati Insurance Co. Motorists Mutual Insurance Co. , the Ohio Court of Appeals addressed this very issue.

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Louisiana Court Enforces AIA Wavier of Subrogation to Preclude Carrier’s Recovery

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Fire broke out, resulting in a loss that was paid by the owner’s builder’s risk insurance. or other property insurance applicable to the Work, except such rights they have to proceeds of such insurance held by the Owner as fiduciary. Myers Construction Corp., 3d 500 (La. The appellate court rejected each of these arguments.

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AIA???s Updated Design-Build Documents Highlight Some Best Practices

Best Practices Construction Law

Other changes include updated insurance provisions that are consistent with current industry terminology and practices, and a Sustainable Project exhibit, which can be used if the Owner has identified a Sustainable Objective as part of the Owners Criteria. . For example, the 2014 Exhibit A is an insurance and bonds exhibit.

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#131:  Applying Statutes of Limitations in Arbitration Proceedings

NH Construction Law

The New Hampshire Supreme Court implicitly assumed applicability of the statute of limitations to arbitration proceedings in Metropolitan Property and Liability Insurance Co. 2004); North Carolina, Cameron v. . § 1 et seq. , nor New Hampshire’s state arbitration act, RSA 542 , mentions the statute of limitations.

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August 2015 newsletter

FDR Safety

The report shows that from 2004 to 2013, accidental workplace deaths dropped by 25 percent. These costs include health insurance claims, disability claims, lost productivity, overtime and the cost of hiring new employees. While that progress is encouraging, of course any death is one death too many.

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