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Builders Risk Insurance

ConsensusDocs Changes—Existing Buildings and Structures

2023-10-30 | Steven A Coombs

Steven Coombs discusses recent ConsensusDocs changes relating to builders risk insurance and their implications.

Design and Professional Liability

Rectification Claims: Creating the Proper Expectations

2023-10-30 | Jeff Slivka

Jeff Slivka looks at why most rectification claims take longer than expected to resolve.

Construction Safety

In Construction Safety, Focus on the Workers

2023-10-13 | TJ Lyons

Don't just lecture, interact with the workers. TJ Lyons provides some examples.

Design and Professional Liability

Design Liability: Professional Liability Insurance

2023-10-12

American Global discusses the impact that the design-build projects' risk allocations and claims history have had on the professional liability insurance market.

Claims Practices

Insurer Has No Duty To Accept Absurd Settlement Offer

2023-10-12 | Barry Zalma

Barry Zalma relates a recent case where the insurer was under no legal duty to its insured to accept more than five times the policy limit.

Builders Risk Insurance

Builders Risk Litigation Newsflash: LEG-3 Court Decision

2023-10-10 | Steven A Coombs

Steven Coombs relates a recent builders risk case and provides takeaways for insurers, brokers, and insureds.

Cyber and Privacy Risk and Insurance

Data Retention Policies as Proactive Breach Mitigation

2023-10-06 | Mark Lanterman

Old file cabinets are no longer adequate. Mark Lanterman looks at questions that employers should ask to determine how best to manage digital data storage.