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Date registered: March 14, 2012

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  1. Sampling of Environmental Losses in Buildings — May 6, 2013
  2. Why Contractors Need Environmental Insurance — April 29, 2013
  3. Plumbers and HVAC Pollution Liability Exposures — April 23, 2013
  4. ADDITIONAL INSURED ENDORSEMENT CONSIDERATIONS FOR GENERAL & RESTORATION CONTRACTORS — January 7, 2013
  5. Understanding the Dreaded “Hammer Clause” and its impact on Restoration Contractors and Additional Insureds — November 1, 2012

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Mar 19

Sampling of Environmental Losses in Buildings

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Environmental

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Long Island apartment tenants forced out – mold remediation expected to cost millions for Archstone-Smith A resident of a water-damaged apartment complex filed a lawsuit Wednesday against the property owner, saying that the Archstone Westbury’s “water intrusion problems” and reported mold and mildew made her sick and damaged her property, according to court documents. Andrea …

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Mar 18

Why Contractors Need Environmental Insurance

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Environmental

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No matter how careful you are, you can never eliminate all exposure to hazardous materials or waste on construction job sites. Improving quality control, material handling procedures, conducting site surveys, and updating work policies can help prevent accidents and exposure and improve work site health and safety, but these steps alone may not be enough …

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Mar 18

Does RRP Apply to Subcontractors?

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Artisans & General Contractors

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Mar 17

Why Plumbers Need Liability Insurance: Plumbers Pollution Liability Exposures

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Pollution Liability - Lead Based Paint

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Today’s plumbing professional is assuming risks that were previously covered by their general liability policies. Insurance carriers today routinely insert pollution, asbestos, lead, microbial matter (mold) and bacteria exclusions into their policies. These exclusions were being added over the last 7 years as insurance carriers were paying claims for the above exposures they never intended …

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Mar 15

Additional Insured Endorsement Considerations for General Contractors

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Artisans & General Contractors, Environmental, Plumbers & HVAC

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As a licensed general contractor and insurance broker, I’m often asked by trade and general contractors for guidance with their risk management. Usually, they’ll ask me how I managed risks with my own construction company through the years. We constructed a new building for our company 3 years ago, for which I was the general …

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Mar 13

Is RRP Really Going To Be Enforced?

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Artisans & General Contractors, Environmental, Plumbers & HVAC, Pollution Liability - Lead Based Paint

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Mar 12

Small Entity Compliance Guide to Renovate Right EPA’s Lead-Based Paint Renovation, Repair Painting Program

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Pollution Liability - Lead Based Paint

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A handbook for contractors, property managers and maintenance personnel working in homes and child-occupied facilities built before 1978. Who Should Read this Handbook? Anyone who owns or manages housing or child-occupied facilities built before 1978. Contractors who perform activities that disturb painted surfaces in homes and child-occupied facilities built before 1978 (including certain repairs and …

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Mar 10

EPA Lead Paint Regulations For Home Renovations

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Pollution Liability - Lead Based Paint

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Jim Lett, president of A.B.E. Doors & Windows in Allentown PA – http://www.abedoors.com, interview by Fox Business on EPA certifications “Lead Paint Rule” regarding renovations to homes built before 1978.

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Mar 04

How Much Lead Paint Dust Is A Dangerous Amount?

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