Jim Sams | Claims Journal Insurers and consumer advocates are conveying conflicting messages as both try to focus public attention on smoke damage claims. Mercury Insurance issued a press release Friday warning that an unidentified California public adjuster has been duping homeowners into submitting fraudulent smoke and ash damage claims by promising to recover “thousands of dollars.”… Continue reading Insurers, Consumer Groups Telling Different Stories About Smoke Damage Claims
Month: August 2022
Q&A: Construction Regulation and Compliance in USA
Michael S. Zicherman and Robert S. Peckar | Peckar & Abramson Regulation and compliance Licensing procedures Must foreign designers and contractors be licensed locally to work and, if so, what are the consequences of working without a licence? Licensing requirements vary from state to state and even within a state. Architects and engineers typically require… Continue reading Q&A: Construction Regulation and Compliance in USA
Managing Construction Claims Risk In The Age Of Gen Z And The Great Resignation
Tim Soefje | Freeman Mathis & Gary Construction and design professional firms that ignore how to effectively manage their workforce during this Great Resignation and post-Covid remote-work era will likely experience a significant increase in professional liability and construction defect claims. In late 2021, the nation’s “quit rate” reached a 20-year high and hasn’t really… Continue reading Managing Construction Claims Risk In The Age Of Gen Z And The Great Resignation