Insurance help during this period of quarantine

There is a TON of information out there, and some of the information seems to be changing daily in response to new legislation. You may have had staff asking about coverage due to quarantine, illness, or a need to care for children who are sick, or have to be home due to school and daycare closures.

One area that seems to be changing for the better seems to be a broadening of disability benefits and paid family leave benefits based on ...

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As we begin our 20th year in business…

As we begin our 20th year in business, I want to thank all our loyal clients for making it such a pleasure to come to work each day!  When I describe you to my friends and associates, I typically ask them, who else gets to work with the type of clients that I do?  Our design clients are creative, intelligent, educated, interesting, honest and nice.  I feel so fortunate to have spent the past 20+ years helping you with your ...

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Congratulations to our client Rob Sanders Architects, LLC


18th Century Homestead Reclamation/Rob Sanders Architects

Congratulations to our client Rob Sanders Architects, LLC.   They were recently presented by AIA Connecticut and the Connecticut Trust for Historic Preservation, the Elizabeth Mills Brown Award. The award recognizes projects that are noteworthy both as respectful preservation of historic places and as excellent architectural designs.

The Hillhouse-Sallembien circa 1765 colonial house is notable not only for its architectural character, but as ...

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Drones and the City

Drones seem to be everywhere in our lives, and they are beginning to make their way into the professional setting for architects and engineers as well.  That is, it’s emerging in some cities while others are a bit slower to change for several reasons.  New York City is one of those cities slow to embrace this change as reported by the Wall Street Journal.  The path to legalizing drone use within the city has been 18 months in the ...

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A Closer Look at Professional Liability / Errors and Omissions

 

The insurance that protects your company in the event that a client alleges you made a mistake that caused them a loss is extremely important. For dentists and doctors, this is called malpractice insurance. For design professionals, this is called Professional Liability, Errors and Omissions, or E&O coverage. Whatever you wish to call it, it covers the errors (or omissions) that your company has made, or the errors that your client perceives your company has made.
As an architect or ...

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A Day on the Water with RLI Insurance

 

We had a wonderful time this week with our team from RLI Insurance! Vince Costello, the Design Professionals program manager; Barb Sable, the Assistant Vice President of the Professional Services Group; Jeff Varallo, our Professional Liability Underwriter; and Kelly Looft, our Property & Casualty underwriter, all made the trek from PA and DC to spend a day on the water with us in the historic Thimble Islands located in Branford, CT.

RLI began writing professional liability for architects and engineers in ...

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Client in the Spotlight

 

Last month, the New York Times published a story about a Maloney & Company, LLC client, Bonetti/Kozerski Architecture. This talented duo was looking for a new spot in Pennsylvania to not only build a weekend house for their families, but to also have a work of art to show off to their clients. Their idea of building their showpiece from scratch went out the window when Bonetti came across a 50-acre compound with a 8,000-square-foot house built in 1976. The ...

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World Landscape Architecture Month

April is the month long celebration of landscape architecture and designed public/private spaces!

 

World Landscape Architecture Month was established by the American Society of Landscape Architecture and aims to demonstrate how landscape architecture effects our daily lives. Springtime is the perfect time of year to celebrate landscape architects, because now is the time that most see their profession pick up its never ending dynamics. Landscape architecture services in America are ...

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Consequential Damage Claims

 

consequential-damages

 

Consequential damages arise out of special circumstances that are usually unpredictable, and are typically more expensive than direct damages. Most professional liability programs cover such damages as long as they result from negligence in providing professional services.

In order to reduce liability, you may try to negotiate a waiver of consequential damages with your client. Victor O. Schinnerer suggests the ...

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Travelers CyberRisk for Professional Firms

 

According to Travelers Business Risk Index 2015, cyber risks are the number one concern overall for professional firms.  Just one virus or resourceful hacker can cause huge financial and reputational consequences for a design firm, and that’s why it is important to be prepared with the right coverage.

Here is a claim scenario: A design firm stored its customers’ information in a third-party cloud computing environment which suffered a major data breach, compromising the information of thousands of the firm’s customers. ...

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