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Design and Professional Liability
Project-Specific Professional Liability for Design Build Projects
2023-09-01 | Jeff Slivka
Jeff Slivka outlines the three basic insurance program structures that should be considered.
Design and Professional Liability
Design Liability: Claims and Recovery
2023-07-21
American Global discusses the types of claims that have arisen between contractors and their designers and the circumstances behind them.
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.
Design and Professional Liability
Expert Required Unless Common Knowledge Exception Applies
2023-05-01 | Kenneth A Slavens
Claimants typically must have an expert assess whether certain professional conduct is "negligent." Ken Slavens examines the exception and its application.
Subcontractor Performance Risk
Sharpening the Focus on ESG
2023-05-01 | Cheri Hanes
Environmental, social, and governance has become a higher priority for more contractors, per Cheri Hanes.
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.
Design and Professional Liability
Project-Specific Professional Liability for Design Build Projects
2023-09-01 | Jeff Slivka
Design and Professional Liability
Expert Required Unless Common Knowledge Exception Applies
2023-05-01 | Kenneth A Slavens
Subcontractor Performance Risk
Construction and Environmental, Social, and Governance Reporting
2023-04-21 | Cheri Hanes
Design and Professional Liability
Reporting CPrL Claims and Achieving Successful Outcomes
2023-03-17 | Jeff Slivka
Subcontractor Performance Risk
Recruiting and Training the Construction Workforce of Tomorrow
2023-02-03 | Cheri Hanes
