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Finally: New Crane Insurance Program
Crane Rental Coverage? Riggers Liability? There is finally a new insurance program available for riggers. A few of the program highlights include riggers liability endorsed on to the GL as well as $1 million limit in crane rental coverage. Crane Insurance...
Crane Rigging Software Helping to Reduce Claims
Most people outside of the crane and rigging industry don’t understand the preparation and safety precautions which go into a job. They assume a crane shows up, lifts the cargo, and drops it wherever the client asks. This simplifies the process extraordinarily. First,...
What’s Considered for Crane Insurance?
There are many different factors and policies that are considered in crane insurance. There’s insuring the value of the crane itself, as well as liability. Liability can be general liability while the crane is actually operating or auto liability while...
Payroll Classified Correctly?
Construction Revenue & Payroll Classification Are you properly classifying your revenues and payrolls properly? If not, you may be grossly over paying for insurance. It’s very important that you correctly classify your revenues streams, especially for...
FMCSA Exception to Rest Break
Exception for Mandatory Rest Break The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has recently granted an exception for drivers of oversized and overweight loads. Since these drivers may have difficulty finding parking, the exception for the 30 minute break was...
Riggers Crane and Construction Safety
Additional safety measures must be taken when rigging a crane. Serious damage and injuries can occur otherwise. Any rigging work must be performed by qualified riggers. follow these tips to prevent claims while rigging on construction sites.
House Raiser Insurance
House raisers, transporters, and structural movers have a huge amount of liability should anything happen to the house while in their care, either during a lift or move. When raising, lifting or moving a house, it’s in your care custody and control, which is explicitly excluded under general liability.
Deadline Extended: Crane Operators
The new deadline for crane operator certification is now November 10, 2017. The original deadline had been November 10, 2014. However, after the crane and derricks in construction rule was published, many parties raised concerns. The rule required crane operators...
Common Exclusions to Avoid
There are a lot of cheap policies out there. These policies can leave your assets in real danger. Essentially they exclude the most common and costliest of claims.
OSHA New Notificaiton Requirements
In September OSHA announced a final rule that requires employers to notify OSHA within eight hours after an employee is killed on the job.
Subcontractor WC Claim
Be careful when reviewing certificates from your subcontractors. A fraudulent certificate recently resulted in a business owing an additional $100k on their workers compensation audit.
Third Party Over Action
What is a Third Party Over Action Claim?
A Third Party Over Action Claim is a lawsuit brought against you by a third party via liability you have assumed in a contract.