October 1, 2021
Learn how much to insure your project on your builders risk insurance policy. Not insuring your project to the correct amount can end up being a huge cost in the event of a claim.
Building Under Construction Insurance
Builder’s Risk insurance is also called Course of Construction Insurance. This coverage is for a specific construction project. Owners, property developers and General Contractors will invest in this project-specific insurance.
In other words, insurance for a building under construction is not the same as general liability insurance. Why? Because it does not include coverage for third-party damages.
5 Top Builder’s Risk benefits
Here are some of the features of Course of Construction coverage:
- It covers a specific project
- It protects against theft, vandalism, flood and weather damage.
- There is no coverage for liability claims
- It does not include Workers Compensation
- You get coverage for theft and vandalism.
So, find out more from the Builder’s Risk Insurance blog.
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Below we’ll tell you more about what is also known as Course of Construction insurance.
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Builder’s Risk Insurance for Painting Contractors — most painting business owners don’t think about it, do you? To be honest, your priority has probably been general liability and Workers Compensation. It’s easy to see why you wouldn’t have factored Builder’s Risk Insurance into the equation.
So the answer is, Yes.
Let’s take a look at where the protection your business gets from Painters Insurance stops, and where Builder’s Risk coverage starts.
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