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10 Best Insurance Companies for Construction Businesses

Levelset

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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Construction Law: June 2024

Construction Law

Editor’s comment Biodiversity uncertainty highlighted in NAO report Starving local authorities of funds has hollowed out engineering and planning departments and the impact is undermining government’s ability to pursue its own policies, Editor Nick Barrett says. Guest editor Insolvency in construction: the ‘bounce back’?

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General Liability vs. Professional Liability: What’s the Difference?

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When it comes to protecting your contracting business from claims and lawsuits, it can be tough to know what type of insurance you should purchase. Liability insurance protects your business against claims for damages caused by you and your workers, if you have any. What are general liability and professional liability insurance?

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Rydon pays out £27m for Grenfell civil claim settlement

Construction Enquirer

Rydon said its settlement is being covered by its insurers. Following productive and co-operative engagement between the parties, settlement terms have been agreed with the vast majority of those affected without the need for a prolonged legal process. Lawyers for the BSR group took action against 22 firms in total.

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Insurance expert: Managing green liability risk not so different from 'normal' risk mitigation

BD+C

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. "The

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Commercial Construction Costs – Canada

Job Order Contracting

Architectural and engineering fees • Permits and development charges. Insurance and bond costs • Appraisals. Legal fees • Soil and environmental tests. Cost data shown is for construction only and does not include… • Land and related costs • Tenant incentives. Government registered programs • Purchaser upgrades.

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Virtue signallers beware

Construction Law

Eventually government will have to get involved in producing methods of measuring emissions that can stand up to intense scrutiny – which is increasingly to be expected from worried project funders and insurance companies. Those projects failing to meet these criteria may struggle to access financing.

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