Stop the Hand-Off!
- Best Practices, Improving Productivity, Insurance
- April 23, 2024
By Bob Tuman, CCR Safety Consulting Dan, the owner of a large union painting contracting firm, called me- baffled and angry about the 20 point “mod” increase (from .74 to .94) and the resulting $40,000 increase in his workers’ compensation premium- from $200,000 to $240,000. “How am I going to explain this to General Contractors?”
READ MOREBy 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 MOREBy 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
READ MOREBy 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 MOREBy Mike Oscar, ASA Courtney Little (ASA Past President), along with representatives from Construction Financial Management Association (CFMA), the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC), and the Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC), addressed the National Association of Surety Bond Producers (NASBP)’s 2022 Annual Meeting “Better Together.” More specifically, the panelist were: Courtney Little, Ace Glass
READ MOREBy Gary R. Semmer, Assured Partners Great question! There has been a lot of debate over the years over how Change Orders (CO) affect your Insurance and Bonding programs. Let’s examine some of the issues, but first let’s look at how ConsensusDocs® and AIA define “Change Orders” in their contract language: ConsensusDocs 200 defines “Change
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