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Builders' Risk Insurance – An Often-Misunderstood Coverage

Posted by The ALS Group on Feb 21, 2024 2:17:14 PM

When a company starts a construction or renovation project the subject of Builders’ Risk inevitably comes up. It could be when the Construction Management Agreement (CMA) is being drafted or when reviewing lender insurance requirements, but it is bound to happen.

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Topics: Insurance

Navigating the Cybersecurity Landscape in 2024: Priorities, Risks, and Resilience

Posted by The ALS Group on Feb 7, 2024 9:13:59 AM

As we launch 2024, we, once again, recognize the escalating significance and pressing demand for treating cybersecurity as a priority, for organizations, individuals, and governments alike. Cyber insurance underwriters continue to look for their insureds (or prospective insureds) to have a myriad of IT security controls in place to mitigate various cyber exposures. One particular emerging technology that is giving the risk management and insurance industry reason for concern is Artificial Intelligence (AI).

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Topics: Cyber Risk

Crane Collapse Incidents and Lessons for Risk Management in Construction

Posted by The ALS Group on Jan 16, 2024 11:53:43 AM

While there is a bit of a pause in the construction development activity these days, there is some recent news out of New York and Texas regarding crane safety.

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Topics: Construction and Development

What is your Snowstorm Response Plan

Posted by The ALS Group on Dec 13, 2023 3:17:05 PM

US weather patterns continue to be unpredictable and the Northeast is getting its first taste of snow, so I thought it would be good to reinforce how important it is to have a comprehensive storm response plan.

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Topics: Seasonal & Weather

Thanksgiving- Roast Your Turkey- Please

Posted by The ALS Group on Dec 12, 2023 12:14:04 PM

Thanksgiving is just around the corner. We all know this is a time for getting together and enjoying a meal with family and friends.

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Topics: Holiday

Hired and Non-Owned Automobile Coverage - "but I have no autos"

Posted by The ALS Group on Nov 7, 2022 6:25:02 PM

An often misunderstood insurance coverage that is very important for a business, is Hired and Non-Owned Automobile ("HNOA") coverage. Most of the time, the company that is considering such coverage doesn’t think it has exposure to this particular risk since they do not own any automobiles. This could not be further from the truth... Recently, there was a tragic accident in NYC Times Square, where a delivery vehicle on its way to a jobsite fatally injured a pedestrian

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Topics: Insurance

L&L Secures Financing Package for 425 Park Avenue

Posted by The ALS Group on Dec 22, 2021 3:02:38 PM

The ALS Team congratulates, our client, L&L Holding Company on completing $9111.4 million financing on the iconic 47-story office tower at 425 Park Avenue.  The finance package, obtained through a consortium of lenders led by Blackstone Real Estate Debt Strategies, replaces 425 Park’s original construction loan and will cover the final stages of the project, including full lease-up, prior to being replaced by permanent financing.  

We are proud to have had the opportunity to support risk management needs of L&L Holding Company on this project! 

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Topics: Client Event

CISA/FBI Holiday Cyber Advisory

Posted by The ALS Group on Nov 23, 2021 1:57:29 PM

As air travel for the upcoming Thanksgiving weekend spiked to pre-pandemic levels and AAA estimates over 53 million people will hit the road this holiday, the Cybersecurit

y & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and FBI issued an advisory yesterday, warning critical infrastructure partners that malicious cyber actors tend to strike during holiday weekends.

“Although neither CISA nor the FBI currently have identified any specific threats, recent 2021 trends show malicious cyber actors launching serious and impactful ransomware attacks during holidays and weekends.”

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Topics: Cyber Risk

Additional Insured Vs. Named Insured on a Liability Insurance Policy

Posted by The ALS Group on Nov 16, 2021 2:12:16 PM

General Liability insurance covers various parties, and this includes named insureds and additional insureds. As risk managers, many people ask us about the difference between additional insureds and named insureds and how it affects them, which we highlight in this blog.

What is a Named Insured?

In a liability insurance policy, the named insured is the policyholder covered under the policy. The policyholder is covered for their legal liability that results in damages as a result of an occurrence. Many liability policies issued to a businesses will cover one named insured, usually, the corporation itself, but there is an opportunity to cover other related entities the insured would like and extend the coverage.

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Topics: Construction and Development

Effective Email Risk Management

Posted by The ALS Group on Nov 10, 2021 9:30:00 AM

Email has been a part of our everyday life for quite some time now. These days with some restrictions imposed on face-to-face interaction, email has become an effective way to communicate. As a result of this the number of emails sent and received daily has been steadily increasing each year. According to Campaign Monitor an average person sends and receives 121 business emails per day. While, this is an effective way to communicate, handling such an amount of emails can become a challenge if one does not have a strategy of how to manage them. Managing incoming emails and ensuring that emails you send are effective is important in this digital age.

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Topics: Risk Management

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We manage more than a quarter billion dollars of premiums for a diverse range of clients around the globe. 

Our areas of expertise include:

  • Enterprise Risk Management (ERM)
  • Cyber Security & Cyber Liability Insurance
  • Construction Management
  • Customized Risk Management Assessments (RMAs)

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