Why Do General Contractors Prefer to Hire Insured Subcontractors?0

• Best Practices, Insurance, Risk Management
• November 23, 2020

By Hannah Sullivan, Pogo Insurance One of the great debates among the contractor community is in regard to workers’ compensation insurance. Who’s responsible for providing it — the general contractor (GC) or the subcontractor? In the United States, workers’ compensation coverage is mandatory for W-2 employees once a business has reached a certain size. This