In honor of 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! Over the years that I have worked with you, I have found that you are creative, intelligent, educated, interesting, honest and nice. And you deserve to work with insurance representatives who appreciate those qualities in you and share many of them. Part of what we do each day is ...
Continue Reading →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 ...
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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, ...
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On November 6th Mike Maloney was invited to tour a construction site in Rockville, MD by RLI Insurance Company. RLI handles the professional liability coverage for the architect on this 18 story new construction project, and the tour of the site by the construction company foreman was fascinating. The $100,000,000 project will be a mix of commercial and ...
Continue Reading →Just about any organization that uses technology to do business faces a cyber risk. In fact, three of our clients have recently been hit by Ransomware, a type of virus that encrypted the firms’ data, and a ransom to be paid in Bitcoins was demanded by the hackers. This type of coverage is designed to mitigate losses from a variety of cyber incidents, such as data breaches, infringement of copyright, and network damage. As technology becomes more ...
Continue Reading →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 ...
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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.
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It’s been a sad week in architectural history because the 856-year-old Notre-Dame de Paris caught fire while undergoing restoration work, and the historic building is suffering from significant damages. If you’re wondering which company insures the cathedral, you may be surprised to find out that technically it isn’t covered.
According to Financial Times, most rebuilding costs are likely ...
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Professional Liability Insurance (Errors & Omissions Insurance) is a great start to protect your business against claims of negligence, but there are additional risks that require additional coverage. Just about any organization that uses technology to do business faces a cyber risk. In fact, three of our clients have been hit by Ransomware, a type of virus that encrypted the ...
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