Dale Barton Agency

05/19/2023

Supply chain woes, worker shortages, already high premiums for electric vehicles and a growing incidence of unsafe driving are all exerting pressure on the industry to raise premiums.

02/16/2022

Captive owners expand coverages in hard market

The hard commercial insurance market has led to a significant expansion of captive use over the past several years with owners increasingly using the vehicles to cover risks that were previously excluded, captive experts say.

02/13/2022

https://www.stoel.com/legal-insights/article/every-construction-project-comes-with-risk,-but-it

Originally published as an Op-Ed by the Oregon Daily Journal of Commerce on January 20, 2022. Here are some ideas about how contractors can manage risk through a construction contract. These ideas may be useful to owners as well. One foreseeable risk is breach. If a contractor’s work is defective,...

02/13/2022

https://www.lowenstein.com/news-insights/publications/articles/seven-tips-for-mediating-complex-insurance-coverage-disputes

Access the profiles of the more than 350 Lowenstein Sandler lawyers who provide critical legal counsel to clients in virtually every sector of the global economy...

04/27/2017

Top 10 Construction Contract Issues

http://www.natlawreview.com/article/mitigation-construction-defect-litigation-top-10-construction-contract-issues

04/18/2017

April is Distracted Driving Awareness Month
https://www.phly.com/Campaign/DriveSafe.aspx

Philadelphia Insurance Companies (PHLY) is offering a free, online distracted driver training course to help educate students to be safer behind the wheel.

04/14/2017

Occurrence-Based Insurance Policies and Claims-Made Insurance Policies – There’s a Crucial Difference
http://www.myconstructionexpert.com/blog/occurrence-based-insurance-policies-claims-made-insurance-policies-theres-crucial-difference/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+AdviseConsultInc+%28Advise+%26+Consult%2C+Inc.%29

04/10/2017

OSHA Delays Silica Rule for Construction Industry
http://www.natlawreview.com/article/osha-delays-silica-rule-construction-industry

05/31/2016

Cyber Liability/Data Breach Coverage: Cyberattacks can cripple the construction industry

Companies in the construction industry need to guard against cyber intrusion.

11/24/2015

Traveling this Thanksgiving? Be sure to pack a winter survival kit for your car before heading out. Find out some of the things you should include: http://travl.rs/1Taefg4

11/24/2015

A few Do's and Don'ts for the beginning of your week. What are you doing to stay safe?

11/02/2015

Report: Dodge Analytics predicts 2016 construction activity

Office, shopping center, warehouse and hotel construction will increase 11% in 2016, up from the 4% gain estimated for 2015, with office development resuming its historical role as the leader in the commercial building upturn...