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Construction Processes, Legal

How safety programs can help contractors save on insurance

June 25, 2021

Via: Construction Dive

Insurance carriers view many construction companies and contracting businesses as high-hazard. After all, many construction workers and contractors are exposed to hazards, such as falling from rooftops, working with heavy machinery, being injured by construction equipment, electrocutions and exposure to […]


Construction Processes, Financial, Legal, Sustainability

Insurance 101 for small contractors

January 22, 2021

Via: Construction Dive

For contractors and small construction companies, the importance of having the right amount of the right types of business insurance can’t be overstated. For many small businesses that don’t have adequate coverage, the cost of one liability lawsuit can be […]


Construction Processes, Legal

New York contractors ask Gov. Cuomo to repeal state Scaffold Law

October 2, 2020

Via: Construction Dive

The Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) Empire State chapter maintains that because of the Scaffold Law, general liability costs are higher in New York than in any other state and that some insurance carriers won’t even write policies for New […]


Construction Processes, Financial, Legal, Sustainability

Insurance Company Stresses Resilience With Competition

September 3, 2019

Via: ENR

The insurance industry is getting into the resilience business. QBE Insurance and Ashoka – which promotes social entrepreneurship— are in the middle of what may be the first-ever resilience-focused entrepreneurial challenge for the urban environment. “The fact is the climate […]


Construction Processes, Financial

Arena Contractors Says Insurance Program Cost Savings Never Materialized

December 13, 2016

Via: ENR

The joint venture prime contractor that built the new $230-million T-Mobile Arena outside Las Vegas is suing over a construction insurance wrap-up program gone wrong, arguing that its broker promised cost savings and profits that never materialized. Hunt Construction Group […]