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Insurers value the track record of European-based highway builders and operators, and are welcoming this business.

The temporary temperature control offered by desiccant dehumidification systems is one way to preserve construction projects that remain unfinished because of the soft real estate market.

Building contractors and owners are attracted to the design-bid approach. To its new exposures? Not so much. Contractors need to ensure their insurance program can protect them.

What happens to insurance coverage when developers fail to complete commercial and residential construction projects and insurance carriers don't want anything to do with the risk?

A listing of some of the nation's top construction/real estate development companies and key metrics about their operations.

A checklist for both insureds and carriers when it comes to partially completed properties and lots.

When you are negotiating a lease, this is an ideal time to try to get not only the best deal on the monthly rent, but use this as an opportunity to also maximize the risk management protection you receive from the landlord.

Trouble with the economy as a whole is not cause to trigger business-interruption insurance in the case of partially completed construction projects.

Few acronyms have had so much power to instill fear in land owners and real estate lenders as CERCLA. Suddenly, CERCLA's lender "safe harbor" provisions and how they affect the foreclosure process and lender liability have become important again.

The shovels are poised and they may actually start digging soon. The Obama administration's stimulus money will possibly bring new business to P/C carriers, as well as new risks to all involved.

Three elements matter most when it comes to environmental issues in bankruptcy; understanding one's exposures, assessing the alternatives for resolving environmental liability and coming up with solutions for managing those liabilities.

A listing of some of the nation's top environmental services companies, their risk managers, brokers, captives and risk management programs.

Before carbon emissions become a huge liability for companies, water risk could dry up business in an existential way.

Construction is going green, with buildings that are designed to use less energy, conserve water and lower carbon emissions. While the environmental benefits are clear, there may be some unforeseen risk when the roof of the building is a lawn.