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Articles
Health and Safety Liability Insurance – Presentation Slides
This presentation includes examples of WorkSafe prosecutions of construction companies. It explains the insurance available to cover health & safety liability, as well as employee disputes.
Hot on Hot Work – How Does Insurance Respond?
With the recent Sky City Convention Centre fire a hot topic (ha ha) now is a good time to highlight the expectations insurers generally have around hot work claims.
Employment Disputes Can Be Very Expensive – How To Do It Right
There are far too many examples of trade firms being penalised for not following the right processes when dealing with an employment dispute. Regardless of the merit of the dispute, if you don’t follow the right procedures, you could be in trouble. Even with the best processes in place you may at some point have to deal with a disgruntled employee and have to face the Employment Relations Authority. At the very least you will need to engage professional legal services to help you through a dispute.
Watch Out For Limits on Liability in the Terms of Trade of Your Subcontractors & Consultants
Builders can be liable for mistakes made by their subbies or consultants, whose terms of trade often limit their liability. It is wishful thinking in the extreme to assume someone else’s insurance will protect you, even if you’re only liable because of their mistake.
Third Party Loss – Another Requirement for a Liability Claim
There are a few key triggers that must be met before your public liability insurance claim can even be considered. One of them is that a third party must have suffered a loss, typically due to physical damage you’ve done, that they are holding you responsible for.
When Did the Damage Occur? A Key Trigger For Public Liability Insurance Claims
One of the triggers to a public liability insurance claim is that the event that causes damage must be within the policy period. This can be the source of misunderstanding because there are often a few different events associated with a claim, so you need to understand which is the important one.
Videos
Guides & Checklists
Simple Risk Management Checklist
Use the checklist below to lower the odds of some of the most common risks faced by construction companies and tradies happening to you and your projects.
Key Risk Checklist for Builders
Work through the checklist to see how well you're managing the top 5 risks identified by builders. It's recommended to use the checklist for every job or project.
Building Contractor Risk Scorecard
Use this form to regularly assess key areas of risk. This will help identify trends in performance and indicate where action needs to be taken.
Easy Guide to Contract Works Insurance
Builtin’s Guide to Contract Works Insurance outlines some of the most important issues with this type of cover that builders need to be aware of when starting a new project.
Defective Workmanship Cover Explained
Defective workmanship—by you or your team—can expose you to thousands in liability, legal fees, and damages. Make sure you're properly protected.
Basic Tool Inventory for Builders
Use this table to work out how much your tools are worth and keep a record of them. You can save and update the list any time. You will be able to print a copy.
Builders Insurance Requirements Checklist
Use this form to check if there are any gaps in your insurance coverage compared to the areas of risk that you're exposed to.
Construction Project Risk Checklist
Use this form for each new job or project. It will help ensure you have covered off the most important tasks to mitigate risk to the project's success.
Construction Project Insurance Checklist
Every building project involves risk. The risk may be higher or lower, depending on a whole range of factors, and you will need to eliminate, isolate or minimise these risks.