I attended The Blue Book GC Showcase event in Phoenix on May 11, 2010. It was a great event for marketing and networking with Arizona general and sub contractors. I was able to introduce BBT Commercial to over 30 vendors and participants with great feedback.

Contractors that bid government jobs are required to obtain Bid/Performance Bonds through a licensed insurance agent. Let’s look at what a bond is and why municipalities require a bond.
A surety bond is similar to a bank loan with the surety company acting like a bank. The surety company is agreeing to pay an agreed upon [...]

GRIND MY GEARS
A new day and here we are again. How about that stimulus package? Have you felt it yet? I have not nor have Millions of out of work people. How about those people that had jobs but lost them? Are they back to work? I think not. Did they get there jobs back? [...]

General Contractors (GC) have gotten into a bad habit of automatically requiring their Subcontractors to add the General Contractor as an Additional Insured on the Subcontractor’s Commercial General Liability insurance policy without regard to the negative consequences.
Follow the link below to read the entire published article on eZines.com…
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U.S. Contractors are taken advantage of by their insurance agents at every renewal and new business submission. Why? Majority of Insurance Agents are lazy and their contractor clients take whatever their agent puts in front of them.
Anyone who purchases insurance products from an independent agent should demand quotes from multiple carriers. That’s the agent’s [...]