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9 Types of Insurance You Need to Protect Your Contractor Business

Construction Marketing

As a contractor, you likely know that your business is always at risk. Between the potential for accidents and injuries on the job site and the risk of lawsuits, it’s important to have insurance to protect yourself from financial losses, but what kind of insurance do you need? General Liability Insurance.

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Assessing the Design and Build Risk

Construction Law

Our regular expert insurance market commentary from John D Wright of JD Risk Associates looks at the available design and build risk cover available. Expect greater information requirements from underwriters in the wake of Grenfell before cover is provided, he warns.

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How to Get Better Options in Today’s Hard Insurance Market

Construction Business Owner

How to Get Better Options in Today’s Hard Insurance Market. One thing underwriters have made abundantly clear during this challenging renewal environment is that simply blasting a submission to multiple insurance carriers to find competitive pricing, will not produce the effective results it may have in the past. Risk Management.

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Minimize risk with integrated software

Viewpoint Construction Technology

Good information leads to good decisions. The right integrated business software solution can provide you with that information and minimize your risk on a daily basis. Let’s say a subcontractor’s insurance has expired. This is information a construction business owner who has hired that subcontractor needs to know.

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Business Interruption Insurance in Construction: What Contractors Need to Know

Levelset

As a contractor, you may have realized that taking care of every detail will not be enough as there are always going to be risks associated with your work. Whether it’s the risk of an unexpected accident or a project running over schedule and costing you money, there are many things that can go wrong.

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Preparing and protecting facilities from flood risks

Construction Specifier

Whether the motivation is building code compliance, building protection and performance, or insurance premium reductions, it is necessary for facility owners and managers to address flood risk and determine how to protect their facilities. Zone A has a high risk of flooding. A flood wall is an example of dry floodproofing.

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FEMA Moves to Improve Flood Insurance Program

Pro Builder

FEMA Moves to Improve Flood Insurance Program. NAHB Policy Brief | The next phase of the National Flood Insurance Program is supposed to better reflect the actual risks to properties; builder confidence increased during April. . As a result, some insurance rates will go up while others will go down. in a phased approach.