When you work as a general contractor, you may build homes from the ground up, perform repairs on a variety of buildings or renovate homes, buildings or offices. Your job fulfills you and improves the lives of others, but you do face risks. Protect y...
A project architect or engineer typically carries responsibility for the design of a house, high rise or other structure. However, contractors now also play a role in project design and may be liable if something goes wrong. Consider the benefits of ...
Pollution and environmental exposure risks on site and during transfer and disposal, such as toxic mold, the disposal of contaminated soil, and broken pipelines releasing toxic materials, are major construction concerns. When such incidents happen, a...
General liability forms now contain
some detailed and extensive exclusions of coverage, particularly for
contractors. The automobile exclusion is a few sentences while the
environmental exclusions or personal injury wording can exceed a full polic...
New approaches to building projects, as well as new techniques, are leading to increased demand for Professional Liability insurance for contractors.
A few years ago, people would shake their heads at the idea of this coverage, asking how contractor...