Insurance/Legal Matters in Restoration

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September's legislative roundup includes informaiton on timely topics like the Legionnaire's outbreak in New York, mold remediation standards, lead paint.

Restoration & Remediation is teaming up with the Indoor Air Quality Association to bring you this monthly legislative update. 

You’ll recall in July, I explained a problem you may have within your master services agreements – specifically related to additional insureds.

Your insurance agent has very likely set you up to be in breach of contract and to be the insurance company for a really big insurance company on the work you do under master services agreements.

Annissa addresses insurance policy concerns in her 54th video column for R&R.

A lot of restoration firms have their roots in the cleaning business. As such, they are called in to clean up biohazards with regularity.

Over the years, I have had the same question asked numerous times: How do we get paid when both the lender and the property owner are loss payees on the check from the insurance company?

The Ebola virus is the latest threat that bio-remediation professionals will have to combat and it’s been no surprise that I’ve received this question numerous times from restoration and remediation clients of mine.

The effective use of disinfectants as part of our strategy to return contaminated surfaces to a sanitary condition has been known for many years.

Virtually any job that could be associated with a water loss can create a claim for mold damages many years after a project is completed – would you be covered?