Blueprint for Contractors Liability: Building the case for contractors ... and underwriters

For a contractor -- and his insurance agent -- surveying the general liability insurance landscape, the options can seem overwhelming. Trying to navigate through a vast assortment of carriers and coverages is time-consuming and confusing. Some contractors try to take the easy way out by selecting insurance that appears -- at first glance -- ...

Features

Editor's Note: Bi-cycling

Making the case for small/mid-size business EPLI

Attributes of an excellent and lasting EPLI program

Subcontractor default insurance

Contractors not buying into professional liability

Minding Your Business: When all else fails, do something different

Closing Quote: Insurance priorities for the U.S. Senate

It Figures: Declarations

It Figures: It Figures

Departments

Currents

• Private equity market increasingly bullish on insurance and E&S
• Conn. Gov. Rell to replace Cogswell as insurance commissioner
• Former R.I. Gov. Sundlun and Lloyd's at odds
• N.H. private school says insurer didn't do flood insurance homework; sues for buildings' damages
• AJG resolves federal class action case
• Chubb ends contingent commissions
• N.Y., Conn., Ill. AGs bring another suit, this time against Acordia
• BOPping in on employment practices liability insurance
• Drunk driving death rates decline in 23 states
• 13 states file briefs against credit scoring
• Despite Katrina lessons, Congress keeps extending flood insurance
• Absence of hurricane losses proves beneficial to insurers' bottomline

People & Places

• People and Places