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Factors to Know About Crane and Rigging Insurance

Construction Marketing

Construction sites are full of activity due to moving parts and heavy machinery. For those installing properties using rigging equipment, the complexities of these job sites are even worse. For those installing properties using rigging equipment, the complexities of these job sites are even worse.

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9 Types of Insurance You Need to Protect Your Contractor Business

Construction Marketing

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? Here’s an overview of the most important types of insurance for contractors. Builders Risk Insurance.

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Pollution Legal Liability Insurance More Valuable as a Result of High Court Ruling

Green Building Law Update

Insurance companies cannot recover environmental cleanup costs paid to their insured under the federal Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, commonly known as Superfund, from another Potentially Responsible Party ( unless their insured had first pursued a separate claim to recover the cleanup costs from that PRP).

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15 Tips For Starting Your Own Roof and Guttering Business

Construction Marketing

Insurance, liability, and workers’ compensation . Other costs: Insurance, taxes, advertising, vehicle maintenance, dumpster fees, and petrol. Roofing isn’t a one-person job; you’ll need, at least, two roofing contractors to work on a single site. Limited liability company (LLC) . Labor costs.

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Subcontractor Insurance: 7 Policies Subs Should Consider for Their Business

Levelset

Business insurance can help mitigate occurrences or disasters that can severely impact or destroy the good standing of your business. Let’s take a look a subcontractor insurance: when it’s needed, what happens if a sub goes uninsured, and what policies subs can use to protect their businesses from risk.

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Builder’s Risk vs. General Liability for Contractors: What’s the Difference?

Levelset

Construction businesses need many different types of insurance to mitigate the risks associated with building projects. Two of the most common insurance policies that contractors have are builder’s risk and general liability, which serve very different purposes. What is builder’s risk insurance?

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Green Buildings are Subsidizing Conventional Buildings Stymying Climate Progress

Green Building Law Update

The financial value of green buildings is well documented, from commanding higher rents, greater occupancy rates, and increased occupant satisfaction, to lower operating costs for everything from reduced insurance premiums and less energy utilized, easily resulting in an increased return on investment of more than 9% over conventional building.

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