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After years of decreases, casualty insurance risks, including directors and officers liability and other specialty lines, generally saw flat renewals on Jan. 1, 2018, with the notable exception of commercial automobile risks where insurers obtained rate increases, experts say. Continue reading →
The 2017 Travelers Risk Index surveys found that consumers and businesses perceive global conflict, cyber and the changing workforce as the greatest threats. The 2017 Travelers Risk Index surveys found that consumers and businesses perceive global conflict, cyber and the changing workforce as the greatest threats. Continue reading →
The insurance carriers that provide limited liability coverage for construction work typically target their marketing efforts to trade contractors such as electricians and plumbers. Continue reading →
A construction business can end up facing considerable consequences if it finds itself in a situation where the insurance program is insufficient in respects to coverage and defense. Sometimes the price of a project at the time of bid, will end up having a considerable upswing, due to many inherent costs that can be added on due to litigation that surfaces years after the job is done. Continue reading →
Subrogation is the legal doctrine which allows one party, usually an insurance company, that pays a loss by its insured which was caused by a third party, to take over the rights of its insured against the third party and recover its claim payments. It wouldn’t make much sense if, after paying a first-party insurance claim that its insured was partly responsible for, an insurance company could sue its insured to get their money back. It would defeat the purpose of insurance. Preventing precisely that sort of inequitable scenario is the purpose of the anti-subrogation rule (ASR). Sometimes known as the “suing your own insured” defense, the ASR was originally developed based on the logical premise that because the carrier stands in the shoes of it’s insured, it would essentially be suing itself. Therefore, no right of subrogation can arise in favor of an insurance company against its own insured. Wager v. Providence Ins. Co., 150 U.S. 99 (1893); The John Russell, 68 F.2d 901 (2nd Cir. 1934); Sherwood Trucking, Inc. v. Carolina Cas. Ins. Co., 552 F.2d 568 (4th Cir. 1977); Peavey Co. v. M/V ANPA, 971 F.2d 1168 (5th Cir. 1992) (insured or additional assured); Prestige Cas. Co. v. Michigan Mut. Ins. Co., 99 F.3d 1340 (6th Cir. 1996). Continue reading →
“We’re going to cut a lot of red tape,” President Trump said at a CEO town hall meeting as he unrolled a long, colorful flow chart showing the process required for a state government to obtain the federal permits necessary to build a highway. The chart outlined 16 different approvals, 29 statutes and five executive orders that apply to a single project. He highlighted that infrastructure approvals are a 10- to 20-year process and cost hundreds of millions of dollars. Continue reading →
Construction Wrap-Up Insurance is a liability policy that serves as all-encompassing insurance which protects all contractors and subcontractors working on a construction project. It is intended for large projects that will be over $10 million in cost. There are different options the main two are owner Controlled insurance programs (OCIP) or contractor controlled insurance programs (CCIP), both have their own benefits and essentially will cover the same things. Lets explore the differences and reasons why some projects choose to have one or the other in place. Continue reading →
As more bots handle claims and perform underwriting tasks, should human employees be concerned? Human industry experts say there’s no need to worry. Continue reading →
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