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Builders Risk Insurance
ConsensusDocs Changes—Existing Buildings and Structures
Steven Coombs | October 30, 2023
Steven Coombs discusses recent ConsensusDocs changes relating to builders risk insurance and their implications.
Design and Professional Liability
Rectification Claims: Creating the Proper Expectations
Jeff Slivka | October 30, 2023
Jeff Slivka looks at why most rectification claims take longer than expected to resolve.
Construction Safety
In Construction Safety, Focus on the Workers
TJ Lyons | October 13, 2023
Don't just lecture, interact with the workers. TJ Lyons provides some examples.
Design and Professional Liability
Design Liability: Professional Liability Insurance
October 12, 2023
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
Barry Zalma | October 12, 2023
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
Steven Coombs | October 10, 2023
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
Mark Lanterman | October 6, 2023
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.
Reinsurance
AI and Reinsurance
Larry Schiffer | October 6, 2023
Big data and predictive analytics have been used by the insurance and reinsurance markets for years. Larry Schiffer examines this latest trend.
Construction Liability Insurance
Contractor's Professional Liability—The Products Liability Exclusion
Tim Prosser | September 29, 2023
In this first of several articles, Tim Prosser provides insights into an often-overlooked construction claims area.
Wrap-Up Programs
Equitable Risk Sharing by Wrap-Up Insurance Program Participants
Tim Walsh | September 29, 2023
Tim Walsh discusses the two perspectives for equitably sharing risk for wrap-up deductibles.
Builders Risk Insurance
ConsensusDocs Changes—Existing Buildings and Structures
Steven Coombs | October 30, 2023
Design and Professional Liability
Rectification Claims: Creating the Proper Expectations
Jeff Slivka | October 30, 2023
Design and Professional Liability
Design Liability: Professional Liability Insurance
October 12, 2023
Claims Practices
Insurer Has No Duty to Accept Absurd Settlement Offer
Barry Zalma | October 12, 2023
Builders Risk Insurance
Builders Risk Litigation Newsflash: LEG-3 Court Decision
Steven Coombs | October 10, 2023
Cyber and Privacy Risk and Insurance
Data Retention Policies as Proactive Breach Mitigation
Mark Lanterman | October 6, 2023
Construction Liability Insurance
Contractor's Professional Liability—The Products Liability Exclusion
Tim Prosser | September 29, 2023
Wrap-Up Programs
Equitable Risk Sharing by Wrap-Up Insurance Program Participants
Tim Walsh | September 29, 2023