by Ben Rickard | May 11, 2016 | Insurance
Expert advice: getting your commercial motor vehicle insurance right. If there’s one asset a tradesperson will have insured it’s their ute/van/wagon/truck. As an aside, we strongly recommend all builders insure their most important asset: themselves. Loss of earnings...
by Ben Rickard | Apr 15, 2016 | Insurance
This does not need to be the case, as there are tools available to reduce your financial exposure when working as a subcontractor. Question: How can tradies protect their retention money? Despite changes to the Construction Contracts Act (CCA), meaning that from 31st...
by Ben Rickard | Mar 22, 2016 | Insurance
It’s fair to say that when something goes wrong, how well your insurance responds can be the difference between a good result and a nightmare. Having represented both sides of the equation when it comes to liability claims for builders, Builtin suggests a number of...
by Ben Rickard | Mar 8, 2016 | Insurance
In the wake of the Stonewood Homes Christchurch collapse, a specialist trade insurer is urging all building subcontractors to take out insurance to protect themselves from the cost of such an event. Builtin New Zealand, a boutique insurance provider that specialises...
by Ben Rickard | Oct 16, 2015 | Insurance
New Building Act rules that came into force on the 1st of January 2015 require builders, among other things, to declare to customers the insurance and guarantees they have, including limits and “relevant exclusions”. As it stands, it’ll be up to individual builders...
by Ben Rickard | Sep 10, 2015 | Insurance
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ll be aware that legislation has recently been passed that will increase the responsibility of businesses, directors, managers and workers to manage health & safety at work. This legislation is expected to come into...
