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Design and Professional Liability

Design Liability: The Procurement Phase

2023-05-31

This new series of articles by American Global explores progressive design build. This first article examines design-build procurement best practices and the measures contractors and designers can take to reduce or mitigate risk of loss.

Subcontractor Performance Risk

Construction and Environmental, Social, and Governance Reporting

2023-04-21 | Cheri Hanes

Cheri Hanes looks at how the industry is already doing an excellent job and needs to continue to do so.

Design and Professional Liability

Reporting CPrL Claims and Achieving Successful Outcomes

2023-03-17 | Jeff Slivka

Jeff Slivka explains the importance of being well-versed in these policies to avoid having claim denials and inadvertently forfeiting restitution rights.

Subcontractor Performance Risk

Recruiting and Training the Construction Workforce of Tomorrow

2023-02-03 | Cheri Hanes

Look beyond traditional hiring methods to find and keep new workers. Cheri Hanes explains.

Liability Insurance

Coverage Challenges in CGL Insuring Agreements

2023-01-20 | Craig F Stanovich

Craig Stanovich clarifies some of the trickiest commercial general liability (CGL) provisions, including loss scenarios to help illustrate and clear up common confusion.

Liability Insurance

The Auto Exclusion in the CGL Policy

2022-09-01 | Craig F Stanovich

Craig Stanovich explains how it is designed to eliminate coverage for bodily injury or property damage customarily covered by a commercial auto policy.

Subcontractor Performance Risk

Green Building Means Go

2022-08-05 | Cheri Hanes

Many contractors have been on hold when it comes to sustainable construction. Cheri Hanes offers support for your journey to a greener future.

Liability Insurance

Do Trade Names Limit CGL Coverage?

2022-07-22 | Craig F Stanovich

Craig Stanovich relates a recent Massachusetts case that appears to restrict named insured coverage.

Liability Insurance

Top 10 Problems with Follow-Form Coverage

2022-04-01 | Richard J Scislowski

Follow-form provisions sometimes doanything but. IRMI reviews the problems most likely to arise for averagepolicyholders.

Subcontractor Performance Risk

Effects of the Russia-Ukraine Conflict on Construction Supply Chains

2022-03-17 | Cheri Hanes

The war will impact the supply of raw materials, transportation, and manufacturing worldwide. Cheri Hanes offers subcontractor strategies.