Risk Management Articles
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...
Happy New Year!
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Are Your Liability Limits Adequate?
By Barbara Sable, RLI Insurance THE BACKGROUND It’s an age-old question that defies an answer. The best answer—but not one that makes anyone feel better—is that you’ll know if your professional liability insurance limits are adequate when the worst case scenario claim...
Why Design Professionals and Construction Contractors Should be Aware of Florida’s 2016 Revised Public Records Act
By Bo Sutton, Of Counsel, GrayRobinson, P.A. and Natalie Bunnell, Summer Associate, GrayRobinson, P.A. Florida’s Public Records Act (“Act”) was recently revised to make prior amendments to the Act easier to comply with for Public Agencies, as well as those acting on...
Working Without A Contract
By Mark E. Jackson, JCJ Insurance Agency It is extremely important for design firms to have a signed contract before providing professional services. A written contract provides an opportunity to set expectations and allows the parties to align themselves for a...
Professional Liability Insurance: It’s Not All the Same
By Kevin J. Collins and Willem Van Hemert, P.E., F.NSPE This article originally appeared in The Magazine for Professional Engineers, September|October 2015 Professional liability coverage is the financial protection for professionals against the mistakes they can make...
House Bill 87 Passed!
The State of Florida passed House Bill 87 in June 2015 that amends Florida Statute 558 relating to Construction Defects. The original purpose of the Statute was to require a mandatory pre-suit process where, prior to litigation, the claimant (e.g. owner, condominium...
Florida Statute of Repose – When Does the Clock Begin?
By Bo Sutton, Florida Board Certified Construction Attorney with Thompson, Jaglal & Sutton, P.A. You are most likely familiar with the term “Statute of Limitations” and may even know it is four years long. There is more to it than that. In Florida we have a...
Prevailing Party Perils: Attorney’s Fees’ Clauses in Professional Service Contracts
by David A. Ericksen, Esq. In the world of claims-related contract clauses for design professional agreements, the indemnity and defense clauses get all the attention. However, lurking in the shadow of the indemnity clause is a menacing cousin with potentially even...
Cyber Liability Insurance: Is it Necessary?
By Erin Kelley, JCJ Insurance Agency With a new year full of promise and pipelines once again full, it feels like spring is in the air for design firms for the first time in many years. Changing your organizational focus from growth to damage control is probably not...