If YOU PURCHASE NY CONSTRUCTION LIABILITY INSURANCE AFTER JUNE 13th, 2011 PLEASE CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING : For Certain Construction & Demolition Permitees if you don’t amend your NY Construction General Liability Insurance policies you will not recieve your permits. 1. Permitee must have NY Construction General Liability limits […]
At Metropolitan Risk Advisory we are always looking for innovative programs to help our construction firms, and real estate owners maximize and efficiently deploy their resources. This is yet another example of what we believe. The NYC Cool Roofs Program Info offers a unique opportunity for small construction firms to market and educate their real estate […]
According to the American Institute of Stress U.S. businesses lose a whopping 13.4 million days of worker productivity annually. What’s an even more telling statistic , and more costly is that between 60% to 80% of workplace injuries are workplace stress related. According to David Campbell the keynote speaker for the 6th Annual Disability Management Coalition , […]
For those of you late to the dance, this is part 3 of the issue. We suggest you click on the two previous posts to understand exactly what the issue is. This latest post is our potential solution: Click On: New York City Department of Buildings Issues Rule Change As It Relates To NY Commercial […]
Last year I was contacted by a gentlemen from the New York City Department of Buildings polling me for what the potential impact would be to the NYC Builder Developer if they mandated certain limits of NY Construction General Liability. Let say that their first draft was much, much worse than what they came out […]
Many people today are suffering with the burden of heavy medical bills for pre-existing health conditions. Most insurance plans refuse to cover these patients. Many people are not aware that there is hope; affordable insurance plans that offer low premiums and complete coverage has recently been attainable. However, there are a few strict conditions and […]
Firing an employee happens often and this recession has caused employers to fire many employees. Some cases involve an employee filing a lawsuit for unjustified termination. New York State employers are more protected by wrongful termination litigation than most states because of its ‘at will’ presumption. Ways to stay out of court after firing an […]
The Department of Buildings issued new rules changing NY Construction General Liability (GL) insurance requirements for construction and/or demolition. The new rule will be effective on June 13, 2011. Evidence of new specific project insurance requirements will be required when pulling the permit at that time. The following factors will determine the insurance requirements: Tower Crane If […]
A cement truck driver fell and injured himself while climbing down from his truck after checking the cement to be delivered at the construction site. Although the man was one hundred feet away form the site, he was protected by the Labor Law. Ordinarily, the Labor Law does not protect workers from incidents that happen […]