Moonlighting: What’s the Harm?

Diane Mika, Vice President, Director of Risk Management Education, Berkley Design Professional Consider this scenario: An architect in your firm wants to design a home addition plan for a family member. Or this one: an engineer wants to take on a parking-lot project...

Using Personal Vehicles While at Work – What are the Risks?

By Mark Jackson and Erin Kelley, JCJ Insurance Agency Whether your company owns vehicles or not, chances are you have employees who use their personal vehicles for business purposes. Most design firms are aware that they need proper coverage for automobiles they own,...

Electronic Communication – A Blessing or a Curse?

Co-authored By Mark Jackson and Erin Johnson, JCJ Insurance Agency With advances in technology, methods of communication for design firms are quickly evolving. What would have been detailed in a formal letter, transmittal or submittal in the past is now frequently...

Benefit from Selecting the Right Professional Liability Broker

By Audrey Camp Reprinted by permission of the National Society of Professional Engineers, 2016. Original article appeared in the March 2015 issue of PE Magazine. Carefully selected and advantageously used, your broker can be as important to the management of your...

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