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- Contracts, Improving Productivity, Outlook & Trends, Risk Management
- October 24, 2022
By Dan Broderick, BlackBoiler Apocryphally, the phrase “may you live in interesting times” comes from an ancient Chinese curse. In the words of Sir Austen Chamberlain, politician, and brother of the British Prime Minister, Neville, “The curse has fallen on us…we move from one crisis to another. We suffer one disturbance and shock after another.”
READ MOREContract Provisions That Will Affect Your Insurance Program and What to Do About Them!0
- Best Practices, Contracts, Documentation, Insurance
- October 24, 2022
By Gary R. Semmer, AssuredPartners Construction Contracts are becoming more complex regardless of which ones you’re entering into and the Insurance Requirements often include addendums or exhibits that need to be reviewed to comply with your Insurance Program. The following are some of the more common Contract provisions that come up today in our Client’s
READ MOREThe “Your Work” Exclusion in a General Commercial Liability Policy 0
- Best Practices, Contracts, Insurance, Legally Speaking, Risk Management
- July 26, 2022
By Kent Lang and Mike Thal, Lang & Klain, P.C. In seeking indemnification for damages caused by a subcontractor’s work, a general contractor or upstream subcontractor should understand the “your work” exclusion typically contained in commercial general liability (CGL) insurance policies, as well as the “subcontractor exception” to that exclusion. For all contractors, understanding those
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Does your Insurance Program Cover All of the Insurance Requirements in the Contracts You’re Signing? 0
- Best Practices, Contracts, Insurance
- July 26, 2022
By Gary R. Semmer, Assured Partners Great question- let’s examine some of the more important provisions: Indemnification- every Contract contains some form of Indemnity/Hold Harmless language which requires you to indemnify upstream parties for your acts or others that could cause Bodily injury, Property Damage and sometimes even Consequential Damages. They vary in scope from
READ MORENegotiate a Fair Subcontract by Identifying Dangerous Provisions 0
- Contracts, Legally Speaking
- May 23, 2022
By Timothy Woolford, Esq., Woolford Kanfer Law, P.C. The terms and conditions of the subcontract control the outcome of virtually every dispute between a general contractor and a subcontractor. It is therefore essential to be able to identify the provisions in the subcontract that are most likely to come into play if there is
READ MOREHere’s Why You Should Be Certified0
- Best Practices, Contracts, Legally Speaking
- May 23, 2022
By Anna M. Carno, Carno Law Group With the recent enactment of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act newfound hope was formed that thousands of jobs will be created, and millions of dollars will be spent, on improving our nation’s infrastructure. As a result, there has been a resurgence of interest and commitment in certification
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