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#96:  Payment Bond Sureties and "Pay-if-Paid" Subcontracts

NH Construction Law

2d 680 (2005), construing West Virginia law, held that it was. citations omitted] By its terms the bond insured the faithful performance of the contract. Pace Construction Corp. , 2d 404 (1990), construing Florida law, held that general contractor’s “pay-if-paid” defense was not available to a surety.

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How to Step Up Your Game on Loss Control & Claims Management

Construction Business Owner

How to Step Up Your Game on Loss Control & Claims Management. Achieving favorable terms in a hard property & casualty insurance market. construction claims management. Greg Ragsdale. Mon, 11/23/2020 - 19:11. Author Richard Kohn & William Lathem. Risk Management. Promote to rotator No. Main Image. Sponsored by. Cobbs Allen.

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How to Get Better Options in Today’s Hard Insurance Market

Construction Business Owner

How to Get Better Options in Today’s Hard Insurance Market. One thing underwriters have made abundantly clear during this challenging renewal environment is that simply blasting a submission to multiple insurance carriers to find competitive pricing, will not produce the effective results it may have in the past. Greg Ragsdale.

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States must follow supreme court precedent - arbitration and the faa

Construction Lawyer

21, 2012), came down hard on the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia in reversing a decision that denied arbitration. Here, the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia, by misreading and disregarding the precedents of this Court interpreting the FAA, did not follow controlling federal law implementing that basic principle.

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Hard Hats & Crafts – Celebrating Women Leaders in Construction Safety

Construction Junkie

My first project was a Wind Turbine project in the mountains of West Virginia. I started as an Admin Assistant then moved to Work Comp Claims help, to full time Safety, to Safety Director. Bonnie Lunzer, Claims Manager at Parsons Electric How did you get into the construction industry ?

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State by State Incentives Guide

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

The exceptions are for financial institutions, financial institution groups, and insurance companies that have a maximum business privilege tax of $3,000,000. This credit can also be claimed against the insurance premium tax, the oil and gas production and property taxes, the fisheries business and landing taxes, and the mining license tax.

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STATE INCENTIVES GUIDE

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The program is capped at 10,000 new jobs being claimed each year by all participants; whereas a taxpayer is limited to a maximum of 400 new jobs per year. The credit provided to the investor totals 39 percent of the cost of the investment and is claimed over a seven-year period. time permanent jobs paying above average wages.

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