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The Building Act does not prevent building companies using (potentially) cheaper, lower-skilled labour for restricted building work (RBW); this must be signed off by an LBP to comply with the law. LBPs who contact us want to know what liability they’re taking on for signing off this work, and what insurance is available to protect them.

Mainzeal Property & Construction Limited was placed into receivership on 6th February 2013. A year on from that and the situation is clearer and closer to a resolution for unsecured creditors, but not by much.

Whether you’re building new or doing an alteration, extension or renovation, your contract will require contract works insurance be arranged to cover the work. The policy provides cover for sudden and accidental loss or damage to the works specified in the contract.

Public liability insurance is one of the most important policies that a tradesman should have. It is intended to protect you from the cost of accidentally damaging other people’s property or causing them injury (for example where ACC doesn’t cover you).

There are some common issues with contract works insurance (sometimes called builders all risk insurance by banks) that all builders should be aware of. This article outlines two more traps to watch out for.

A leading provider of liability insurance to the New Zealand building industry is urging all sub-contractors to make sure they have payment protection insurance in place in the wake of the Mainzeal collapse.

In part three, the final in our exclusions series, we explain in plain language the last of the most important exclusions for builders & tradespeople to be aware of.

Public liability insurance is one of the most important policies that a tradesman should have. In part two of our exclusions series we explain, in plain language, some of the exclusions in public liability insurance policies that are more likely to affect builders & tradespeople.

Public liability insurance is one of the most important policies that a tradesperson should have. It is intended to protect you from the cost of damaging other people’s property and in some cases causing them injury. Like any insurance policy, there are exclusions to make clear the things that are not intended to be covered by the policy.