by Ben Rickard | Dec 3, 2018 | Insurance
It’s easy to forget things when you’re thinking about Christmas and the holidays, as well as rushing to finish off projects for demanding customers. Here are six things you should remember: 1. Secure your sites before you go (and take your tools with you)...
by Ben Rickard | Oct 2, 2018 | Insurance
It’s not uncommon for people to confuse these two types of insurance and think that they offer similar cover. They don’t! INCOME PROTECTION Provides regular monthly payments to replace your income if you’re unable to work due to illness or injury. Won’t ACC do that?...
by Ben Rickard | Sep 4, 2018 | Insurance
The recent collapse of EBERT Construction has brought into the open a well known problem within the construction industry: margins are often too narrow to provide contractors with a financial buffer to absorb costs if something unexpected happens. When any business...
by Ben Rickard | Aug 23, 2018 | Insurance
There are many ways a construction project can go pear shaped. Unforeseen events can substantially affect the ability of the parties involved to complete it within time and budget. There are two broad categories of risk that may affect a construction project: Physical...
by Ben Rickard | Jul 1, 2018 | Insurance
At Builtin we think that the more our clients, and indeed all trade contractors and professionals, understand their cover and how insurance works, particularly when it comes to making a claim, the better their experience of it will be. That’s why we’ve written this...
by Ben Rickard | May 31, 2018 | Insurance
One of the most common questions we get asked is what insurance a builder (or sparky, plumber, roofer, tiler etc) should have. Everyone wants what we call the “Goldilocks Package”: not too little, not too much, but just the right amount. Below is a summary of our...
