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 HousingZone.com's Mold and Insurance Forum
is designed to teach you, the residential construction professional,
about mold and insurance issues affecting the industry through
interviews by our staff and through an active discussion among our
audience.
Has your liability insurance premium doubled or tripled in the
last few years? Has your company implemented creative risk-management
strategies to limit mold claims? Make your voice heard -- we want to hear from you.
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Ross Sklar, CEO of SEI Chemical, Northridge, Calif., discusses why mold has become such a high-profile problem over the last five years, how builders can reduce their chance of mold liability, and the importance of using environmentally friendly methods for mold prevention and remediation.
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Glenn Fellman, Executive Director, Indoor Air Quality Association, discusses the organization's Certified Mold Remediator program, the benefits of being certified and how the industry has dealt with fly-by-night mold remediation companies.
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Michael Sivage, CEO, Sivage Community Development, Albuquerque, N.M., discusses the history of the NAHB's General Liability Insurance Task Force and reasons builders' insurance costs have risen in recent years.
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Glenn W. Strong, Sea Hawk Enterprises, Inc., Aptos, Calif., discusses what builders are doing correctly to prevent mold in their homes and how mold issues are driving up insurance costs.
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David Fetveit, President, Indoor Environmental Standards Organization, talks about the IESO's direction, how the mold hysteria has affected the construction industry, and his role in introducing mold legislation at the federal and state levels.
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Alejandra Soto, Spokeswoman, Insurance Information Institute, New York, discusses the impact mold claims have had on insurance costs for contractors and homeowners in recent years, as well as the spread of "right-to-cure" laws across the country.
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BJ Spanos, Managing Editor, Aerias, Atlanta, a Web site that covers indoor air quality issues, discusses important mold-related legislation and research from 2003 and what's ahead for mold legislation in 2004.
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J. Kevin Shane, Vice President and Environmental Practice Leader, Marsh, discusses risk management strategies for builders and the current and future state of the insurance market.
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Avoiding Gotcha!
From Professional Builder magazine
Because of the rising risk of lawsuits, builders are stigmatized by the
insurance industry. Is there a way to avoid soaring premiums?
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