The “Your Work” Exclusion in a General Commercial Liability Policy
- Best Practices, Contracts, Insurance, Legally Speaking, Risk Management
- July 26, 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.”
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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
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READ MOREBy: Dale Carnegie Staff • To build a more positive, confident workforce in an era of constant change and disruption, encourage and reward risk mitigation and make sure people have the skills and clarity to adapt.• Resilience, which is a key building block of risk mitigation, is supported by two characteristics: a positive attitude and
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