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Surety

Bonding Tips and Tactics: Contractor Default Insurance

2001-10-01 | Rolf A Neuschaefer

Rolf Neuschaefer examines default insurance—a recent development designed as a substitute for the traditional surety performance guarantee and discusses its shortcomings from a surety producer's perspective.

Design and Professional Liability

You Just Stood There? The Design Professional's Responsibility for Job Site Injuries

2001-09-22 | Kenneth A Slavens

What should the design professional do after witnessing unsafe job site practices by the contractor? Ken Slavens explains how different jurisdictions answer that question and what can be done to both prevent injury and protect liability.

Construction Defect Coverage

Glorifying Form over Substance: "Legally Obligated" in the CGL Insuring Agreement

2001-08-01 | Patrick J Wielinski

Insurers may deny claims where a contractor, absent the filing of a lawsuit, repairs property damage caused by an obvious accident. Pat Wielinski discusses the scenarios, issues, case law, and provides practical pointers for avoiding this situation.

Construction Defect Coverage

Glorifying Form over Substance: "Legally Obligated" in the CGL Insuring Agreement

2001-08-01 | Patrick J Wielinski

Insurers may deny claims where a contractor, absent the filing of a lawsuit, repairs property damage caused by an obvious accident. Pat Wielinski discusses the scenarios, issues, case law, and provides practical pointers for avoiding this situation.

Design and Professional Liability

Design-Build Engineer Held Liable for Negligence

2001-07-21 | Kent Holland

A complex court decision holds that a developer is entitled to recover its losses from the design-builder who employed the engineer and constructed the failed projects. J. Kent Holland Jr. explains its significance.

Surety

Surety Bond Penalty Waivers in Takeover Situations

2001-07-01 | Marilyn Klinger

Learn how surety bond penalty waivers apply in takeover situations and understand the legal implications for performance bonds and sureties. Marilyn Klinger discusses.

Surety

All Guarantees Are Not Created Equal

2001-07-01 | Rolf A Neuschaefer

In construction, the obvious alternative to the owner/lender assuming the performance risk is to secure some form of guarantee. Rolf Neuschaefer examines some of the alternatives and highlights differences between them.

Surety

All Guarantees Are Not Created Equal

2001-07-01 | Rolf A Neuschaefer

In construction, the obvious alternative to the owner/lender assuming the performance risk is to secure some form of guarantee. Rolf Neuschaefer examines some of the alternatives and highlights differences between them.

Construction Defect Coverage

Back to the Exclusions—The "Subcontractor" Exception

2001-05-01 | Patrick J Wielinski

Explore the intricacies of the "your work" exclusion and its "subcontractor" exception within CGL policies, and understand their impact on construction defect cases.

Construction Defect Coverage

Back to the Exclusions—The "Subcontractor" Exception

2001-05-01 | Patrick J Wielinski

Explore the intricacies of the "your work" exclusion and its "subcontractor" exception within CGL policies, and understand their impact on construction defect cases.

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