News & Analysis as of

Construction Industry Liability Insurance

Vinson & Elkins LLP

Avoiding Investor Pitfalls in Complex Construction Financing Arrangements

Vinson & Elkins LLP on

The frontier for construction project investment continues to grow – not just geographically and technologically – but also structurally, in the legal sense. Both equity and debt investors can employ a variety of complex...more

J.S. Held

2024 J.S. Held Global Risk Report: Weather and Natural Disasters

J.S. Held on

The growing frequency and ferocity of major weather events and natural disasters have pushed the climate change discussion to the forefront of governments and businesses. Droughts, floods, wildfires, earthquakes, and volcanic...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

Experts Offer Advice for Builders Looking Across the State Border

Portland’s proximity to Vancouver, Washington, creates opportunities as well as challenges for contractors. Panelists discussed those during a virtual Builder Breakfast event hosted by the Daily Journal of Commerce on...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

What happens when a “your work” exclusion collides with a “product completed operations” clause in a CGL policy?

A CGL policy typically defines “your work” as the work performed by or on behalf of the insured and the materials, parts, or equipment furnished in connection with such work. “Product-completed operations” coverage usually...more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Event] Managing Risk in Construction Contracts & Projects – Eastern Canada Edition - February 23rd - 24th, Toronto, ON, Canada

Reconnect with your peers and key stakeholders from construction companies, public sector, and infrastructure! The Canadian Institute’s 7th Annual Conference on Managing Risk in Construction Contracts & Projects – Eastern...more

Woodruff Sawyer

Construction Market Update Q1 2022: New Challenges and Uncertainty

Woodruff Sawyer on

Perhaps unsurprisingly, construction market premiums increased in Q1 2022, continuing a consecutive trend that began 18 quarters ago. Previous issues related to COVID-19 were replaced by new challenges, including inflationary...more

Miller Nash LLP

Understanding Insurance Terms in Construction Contracts

Miller Nash LLP on

Construction contracts at all tiers usually include terms requiring certain types of insurance, and often contain related provisions about indemnity. This “boilerplate” can be important if a job goes south, so here’s a short...more

Miller Nash LLP

Tricky Insurance Endorsements Can Weaken Your Liability Coverage

Miller Nash LLP on

Every contractor and subcontractor is required to carry liability insurance referred to as Commercial General Liability or “CGL” coverage. These policies are fairly standardized and most people assume that the coverage that...more

Bennett Jones LLP

Words Matter, Even When Absent: B.C. Appeal Court Confirms Unlimited Insurance for Construction Mitigation

Bennett Jones LLP on

The British Columbia Court of Appeal recently held that a professional liability insurance policy provided potentially unlimited coverage, at least in respect of one area of coverage. In Surespan Structures Ltd. v Lloyds...more

Buckingham, Doolittle & Burroughs, LLC

Dear YouDig? Forgot to Buy Insurance

Dear YouDig?, We thought we had insurance coverage if a subcontractor screws up. Now we hear that the Ohio Supreme Court says we might not? What is going on? I would never be caught dead without comprehensive insurance. I...more

Troutman Pepper

Sharply-Divided Washington Supreme Court Holds That Sureties, Like Insurers, Must Pay Attorney Fees to Prevailing Parties When...

Troutman Pepper on

King Cnty. v. Vinci Constr. Grands Projets/Parsons RCI/ Frontier-Kemper, JV, No. 92744-8, 2017 Wash. LEXIS 743 (July 6, 2017) - King County contracted with three construction firms (collectively, “VPFK”) to construct a...more

Snell & Wilmer

Arizona Supreme Court Confirms a Prevailing Homeowner Can Recover Fees on Implied Warranty Claims

Snell & Wilmer on

On August 9th, in Sirrah Enterprises, L.L.C. v. Wunderlich, the Arizona Supreme Court settled the question about recovery of attorneys’ fees after prevailing on implied warranty claims against a residential contractor. The...more

Pierce Atwood LLP

The New 2017 AIA Contract Forms Add Exhibit A Requiring Greater Specificity in Contractually Required Insurance

Pierce Atwood LLP on

In negotiating contracts based on the AIA’s widely-used construction industry forms, construction owners and contractors will soon start seeing the AIA’s new seven-page Insurance “Exhibit A,” which requires a more...more

Carlton Fields

Arise and Exclude: Artful Pleading Fails to Circumvent Contractual Liability Exclusion

Carlton Fields on

It’s not uncommon for plaintiffs to couch their pleadings in terms that attempt to avoid exclusions in defendants’ liability coverage. The plaintiffs in Bond Safeguard Ins. Co. v. National Union Fire Ins. Co. of Pittsburgh,...more

Carlton Fields

Fifth Circuit Finds Erosion in Texas—Because Endorsements Are Transformative

Carlton Fields on

In Amerisure Mut. Ins. Co. v. Arch Specialty Ins Co., No. 14-20239 (5th Cir. April 21, 2015), a case that applied Texas law, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit recently held that the word “expenses,” as used in a...more

K&L Gates LLP

New Jersey Developer Wins on “Occurrence” and “Property Damage”; Appellate Division finds Subcontractors’ Faulty Construction...

K&L Gates LLP on

The Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division, has issued a very important decision for real estate developers and general contractors whose insurance companies have reserved rights or denied coverage for damage caused...more

Baker Donelson

Eleventh Circuit Case Delivers Big Win for Contractors Seeking Insurance Coverage

Baker Donelson on

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit has issued an important opinion that is good for contractors making claims on general liability policies, and not so good for the insurers issuing those...more

Snell & Wilmer

Construction Bonds and Subguard Insurance

Snell & Wilmer on

In virtually all public projects (and in many private projects), the owner requires the general contractor to post a performance bond and a payment bond. Recently, in some cases, general contractors have obtained...more

Carlton Fields

Construction Case Law Update - December, 2014

Carlton Fields on

FLORIDA STATE CASES - Employer Liability Policies & Worker’s Compensation – Although decedent-employee’s estate had standing as a judgment creditor to sue the tortfeasor-employer’s liability insurer for breach of...more

Carlton Fields

Fifth Circuit Holding Breathes Life Back Into the Contractual Liability Exclusion

Carlton Fields on

Liability insurance policies typically exclude coverage for obligations arising out of the insured’s “assumption of liability in a contract or agreement.” Earlier this year, the Texas Supreme Court took a narrow view of this...more

20 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 1

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide