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Liability Insurance

Claims-Made Policies—Timing Is Everything

2023-11-17 | Craig F Stanovich

Reporting provisions can be confusing, and the penalty for not properly reporting a claim can be severe. Craig Stanovich explains the intricacies.

Subcontractor Performance Risk

Challenges of Construction Tech Adoption

2023-11-13 | Cheri Hanes

Sorting through technological solutions for construction risk is no easy task. Cheri Hanes looks at ways to approach technology adoption.

Design and Professional Liability

Rectification Claims: Creating the Proper Expectations

2023-10-30 | Jeff Slivka

Jeff Slivka looks at why most rectification claims take longer than expected to resolve.

Design and Professional Liability

Design Liability: Professional Liability Insurance

2023-10-12

American Global discusses the impact that the design-build projects' risk allocations and claims history have had on the professional liability insurance market.

Construction Liability Insurance

Contractor's Professional Liability—The Products Liability Exclusion

2023-09-29 | Tim Prosser

In this first of several articles, Tim Prosser provides insights into an often-overlooked construction claims area.

Design and Professional Liability

Project-Specific Professional Liability for Design Build Projects

2023-09-01 | Jeff Slivka

Jeff Slivka outlines the three basic insurance program structures that should be considered.

Subcontractor Performance Risk

Sharpening the Focus on ESG

2023-08-25 | Cheri Hanes

Environmental, social, and governance has become a higher priority for more contractors, per Cheri Hanes.

Design and Professional Liability

Design Liability: Claims and Recovery

2023-07-21

American Global discusses the types of claims that have arisen between contractors and their designers and the circumstances behind them.

Design and Professional Liability

Design Liability: The Procurement Phase

2023-05-31

This new series of articles by American Global explores progressive design build. This first article examines design-build procurement best practices and the measures contractors and designers can take to reduce or mitigate risk of loss.