Levelset

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Accidents happen, especially in construction. Luckily, that’s what insurance is for, right? Does a general contractor’s insurance cover their subcontractors’ accidents or mistakes? Who is covered by an insurance policy? The car owner can’t go after a different contractor’s insurer for the damage.

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Levelset

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Insurance is one part of a strategy to keep your carpentry business financially healthy. You can practice safety and use common sense on the job, but there’s no way to predict when accidents or injuries might occur. To minimize any financial damage, a comprehensive carpenter’s insurance plan is a smart bet. .

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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 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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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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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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Best Practices Construction Law

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

You probably saw last month’s report about a major accident at a construction site in downtown Miami, Florida. This is a good reminder of the lessons to learn when investigating or handling an accident on a construction site. These include: Prepare before the accident. Act diligently when an accident occurs.

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Levelset

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

The construction trade is full of potential pitfalls. Mistakes and accidents happen, and some of those issues can be extremely expensive. 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. Let’s take a look. State requirements.

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Levelset

OCTOBER 20, 2022

At any given time, an electrician could be performing work on a construction project that involves high stakes. Scenarios like these stress the need for an electrician to have insurance coverage in place. Scenarios like these stress the need for an electrician to have insurance coverage in place.

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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

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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Construction Dive

JUNE 26, 2019

The technology can help prevent accidents, improve efficiencies and enhance quality of life for construction workers, says an insurance official working with contractors on pilot programs.

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Levelset

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) contractors must protect their business property while reducing the odds that a job-related accident or injury could financially harm their business. HVAC contractor insurance is the primary way to help protect your financial interest if things go wrong on the job.

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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.”

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Construction Dive

JULY 14, 2020

The court decided on the definition of "accident" as it pertained to the offending subcontractor's insurance coverage because the policy itself offered no definition.

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Construction Marketing

MAY 19, 2021

Despite being one of the leading employment sectors in many countries, the construction industry is one of the most dangerous sectors. Statistics show that there are over 400 injuries and over 20 fatalities each year related to construction in Ontario alone. Training your employees on safety measures and equipment. Hire experts.

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Best Practices Construction Law

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

You probably saw last month’s report about a second work-related fatality at the construction site of the San Francisco 49er’s new football stadium. Police and fire investigators have determined that the truck driver’s death was a workplace accident and not a crime. These include: Prepare before the accident.

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Construction Business Owner

MAY 29, 2014

The correlation between safety education and training and the production levels necessary to achieve profitability in construction is not difficult to understand. Performance leads to profits, and fewer accidents result in fewer expenses and insurance claims.'

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BD+C

FEBRUARY 28, 2014

Construction contractors and developers in New York state face $3 billion more in costs and 667 more accidents per year because of a state law that holds builders solely liable for such accidents, according to a study commissioned by the New York Civil Justice Institute.

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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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Best Practices Construction Law

FEBRUARY 20, 2013

" While the explosion in Kansas does not appear to have involved an accident at a construction site, early reports do indicate that the cause may have been a contractor performing underground work that struck a gas line. These include: Prepare before the accident. Act diligently when an accident occurs.

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Best Practices Construction Law

JULY 29, 2015

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., However, when there are multiple insurance carriers covering the same risk (i.e., In a recent case, Cincinnati Insurance Co.

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Construction Marketing

SEPTEMBER 24, 2015

Insurance is perhaps the most important thing to arrange before starting a construction company. There are many different types of insurance in the United Kingdom. A construction business needs need public liability insurance , and employers’ liability insurance if you employ staff. Business Plan.

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Best Practices Construction Law

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

You probably saw last month''s report about a second work-related fatality at the construction site of the San Francisco 49er''s new football stadium. Police and fire investigators have determined that the truck driver''s death was a workplace accident and not a crime. It''s the second worker death at the construction project.

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Autodesk Construction Cloud

OCTOBER 5, 2023

The construction industry’s increasing investment in technology underscores the inevitability of digitalisation. Behind this optimism, however, are labour shortages and a widespread perception of the construction industry as ‘behind the times’ which has resulted in a dearth of available digital talent. Take Fredon for example.

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Pro Builder

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

There should be a detailed safety training program in place to prevent jobsite accidents, which then inherently lowers workers’ compensation costs. Some incidents cannot be prevented, such as accidents that even builders with a safety-first mentality encounter. Construction. Read more to see what they suggest. Jobsite Safety.

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Levelset

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Construction is a risky business by almost any measure: It not only has one of the highest business failure rates of any industry, but construction work also sits atop the list of the most dangerous jobs. In 2019, the construction industry accounted for about 20% of all work-related fatalities in the U.S. Make safety a priority.

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Wolgast Corporation

MARCH 2, 2022

Safety is an important aspect of any business but especially in construction, where a little accident can have serious impacts to those involved; the trades people on site, the owner, and the contractor.

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Construction Law Monitor

DECEMBER 27, 2012

Back in 2009 this blog reported on the very topic of Workers Compensation insurance, stating that 1 and 5 businesses are breaking workers compensation laws. In my everyday practice, I feel like the trend is still prevalent in the construction industry.

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Construction Business Owner

DECEMBER 9, 2011

INSURANCE |. Construction Law. Construction Safety. Construction Business Owner Magazine. Construction Business Owner E-Newsletter. -->. David is a construction safety expert for Carolina Safety Consultants with over 20 years of experience. STRATEGY |. MANAGEMENT |. ACCOUNTING |. SOFTWARE |. MARKETING |.

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Construction Marketing

JANUARY 19, 2022

Insurance: It’s also crucial to ask your prospective contractor if they carry insurance coverage that protects you from their misconduct, accidents, and agreement errors. . The post 4 Tips For Choosing The Right HVAC Contractor appeared first on Construction Marketing Association Blog.

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FDR Safety

APRIL 13, 2015

If you want to see what a company can accomplish with a laser focus on safety, you need to look no further than National Steel City , a leading steel construction and erection company. The launch of this program recognizes a very important issue in safety – the vast majority of accidents involving workers occur when they are off the job.

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Levelset

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Despite your best efforts to protect building materials, any number of things can happen during the course of construction. ” You may already have an insurance policy that offers coverage for business property and general liability. Installation floaters fall under the umbrella of inland marine insurance.

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Construction Lawyer

MARCH 12, 2014

The issue of whether comprehensive general liability (CGL) policies provide coverage for construction defects has been addressed differently by different courts, many of which conclude that they do not. insurance litigation' In Ewing Constr. Amerisure Ins. , 12-0661, 2014 WL 185035 (Tex.

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Construction Business Owner

APRIL 5, 2012

INSURANCE |. Construction Law. Construction Safety. Construction Business Owner Magazine. Construction Business Owner E-Newsletter. -->. Green Construction & Construction Software » The Business of Construction Risk Management. STRATEGY |. MANAGEMENT |. ACCOUNTING |. SOFTWARE |.

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Construction Business Owner

JUNE 17, 2015

The contractor said, "There's been an accident; two of our workers are dead." Finally, his insurance broker would mobilize its claims, safety and risk management personnel to assist after these men prematurely lost their lives. He explained that a motorist had driven into the work zone, striking and killing two employees.

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