Dealing with flood damage can be stressful and overwhelming. Besides the physical and emotional toll, the process of filing a claim for flood damage can seem complicated. In California, there are key steps you need to take when filing a flood damage claim. Contact...
If everything were perfect, your subcontractors would always finish your projects on time and according to budget. As a result, you would have no problems, and your clients would be happy with the work. However, you must know how to settle disputes when things go...
A contract is crucial before a construction crew can get to work. In eagerness to start a job, a company may make costly mistakes with a contract. A recent report shows over $48 billion in dispute in construction projects. Preventing contract mistakes helps a company...
A mechanics lien is an important legal tool. It allows a legal path to ensure payment for those who do work to improve a property. It is generally available for any type of permanent work, like building or rehabbing a structure, but not for general maintenance work....
When you buy a home, your mortgage company mandates that you purchase homeowner's insurance. This can protect you if unforeseen events cause damage to your home, including fire, theft or weather events. However, flood damage is not covered by typical homeowners'...
Construction projects are complex undertakings. Many scenarios threaten to complicate plans for completion. When building efforts go wrong, the group backing the work might desire legal action. Not every situation, though, is worthy of litigation. Here are some that...
Your business is your livelihood, and you depend on insurance to protect you if something threatens the viability of your company. Like many other business owners, you may rely on multiple policies, including general liability, product liability, commercial property...
Even after implementing as many proactive strategies as possible to prevent or minimize a construction dispute, some are inevitably bound to form. Construction projects have so many complex regulations, room for disagreement and involve such high sums of money...
Whenever California policyholders make insurance claims, they must face the realities of dealing with their insurers. These businesses deny claims, in part to make it more difficult to get money from them. This is in spite of a contract for coverage. Policyholders can...
In California, insurance companies operate in superior positions when handling claims as compared to the businesses or individuals filing them. Since they control when a claim might be paid and how much they might offer to settle them, the state requires them to act...
