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Subcontractor Performance Risk
Keeping Cool Under Pressure: Risks in Data Center Construction
Cheri Hanes | September 11, 2026
Focusing on schedule realism, supply chain resilience, subcontractor capacity, commissioning readiness, phased turnover, and quality execution are key in this rapidly evolving market. Cheri Hanes discusses.
Design and Professional Liability
Progressive Design-Build: Theory Versus Reality
Jeff Slivka | September 11, 2026
Jeff Slivka explores the aspects of progressive design-build that owners and contractors should consider, including the handling of professional liability risks.
Risk Management
Making AI Use in Claims Defensible
Michelle Perry | September 11, 2026
Michelle Perry explains that the claim record needs to preserve enough information to distinguish the contribution of artificial intelligence (AI) technology from the professional judgment that produced the claim outcome.
Businessowners Policies (BOP)
Inside the AAIS CannaBOP
Edgar Martinez | September 10, 2026
The American Association of Insurance Services, Inc. (AAIS), Cannabis Businessowners Policy (CannaBOP) provides specialized, admitted-market property and liability coverage specifically designed to address the unique exposures and regulatory compliance requirements of small cannabis businesses.
Tech
Loss-Control Programs: A Holistic Approach to Preventing Losses
Matthew Bogobowicz | August 28, 2026
These programs incorporate much more than safety, and Matthew Bogobowicz says benefits can be seen quickly.
Tech
Adopting AI in Insurance: What Changes, What Doesn't, and What to Do About It
Jane Damon | August 28, 2026
We have seen such change before. Jane Damon explains how jobs do not vanish; they move toward the parts of the work where judgment matters.
Design and Professional Liability
Design Professionals: Beware of Boilerplate Contract Disclaimer Language
Kenneth Slavens | August 28, 2026
Ken Slavens relates a recent case, City of Shreveport v. CDM Smith, 426 So.3d 186 (La. 2025), showing the importance of aligning form with substance throughout the entire agreement.
Catastrophe Risk Management
Predicting a Recovery's Trajectory Using Lessons from the Past
John E Putnam | August 27, 2026
John Putnam surmises about the aftermath of the Aspen Acres fire and provides takeaways from this and other wildfires.
Valuation of Insurance Organizations
Elevated Construction and Power Generation Equipment Costs for AI Data Centers
John Ray | August 26, 2026
Expansion and supply are limited by the rise in costs and lead times of construction and equipment, as well as the lack of skilled trades to perform the work. John Ray looks at the factors.
Tech
Protecting Healthcare, Pharmaceutical, and Bioscience Facilities from Water Damage
Bret Bush | August 21, 2026
These buildings operate under requirements that extend well beyond traditional commercial construction. Bret Bush explains how proactive monitoring will become more than a competitive advantage.
Subcontractor Performance Risk
Keeping Cool Under Pressure: Risks in Data Center Construction
Cheri Hanes | September 11, 2026
Design and Professional Liability
Progressive Design-Build: Theory Versus Reality
Jeff Slivka | September 11, 2026
Tech
Loss-Control Programs: A Holistic Approach to Preventing Losses
Matthew Bogobowicz | August 28, 2026
Tech
Adopting AI in Insurance: What Changes, What Doesn't, and What to Do About It
Jane Damon | August 28, 2026
Design and Professional Liability
Design Professionals: Beware of Boilerplate Contract Disclaimer Language
Kenneth Slavens | August 28, 2026
Catastrophe Risk Management
Predicting a Recovery's Trajectory Using Lessons from the Past
John E Putnam | August 27, 2026
Valuation of Insurance Organizations
Elevated Construction and Power Generation Equipment Costs for AI Data Centers
John Ray | August 26, 2026
Tech
Protecting Healthcare, Pharmaceutical, and Bioscience Facilities from Water Damage
Bret Bush | August 21, 2026
