
Poole Professional Complimentary Annual Seminar: May 17th, 2017 (Burlington, MA)
Wednesday, May 17th Registration & Continental Breakfast will begin at 7:15 am Program will run from 8:00-10:00 am This year's topics are Document Retention & Cyber Liability, and will qualify for 2 LUs/PDUs plus XL Catlin's 10% premium credit. RSVP & Questions to Kristen Johnson kjohnson@poolepl.com #Engineers #Architects #DocumentRetention #RiskManagement #Seminar


Claim of the Week: What's In Your Scope of Services?
The project at hand involved improvements to a town’s riverside recreation facility and parking area. The architect’s limited role required preparation of schematic layouts, a detailed site plan map and coordination with the town engineer for zoning approval for improvements. The town hired the architect by accepting his proposal for providing limited architectural services. In fact, once accepted, the proposal was signed and became the contract. The insured’s proposal/contr
Poole New York -- Annual Education Seminar -- 2 Dates to Choose From!
Poole Professional-New York invites you to our annual education seminar and networking program. Due to popular demand, we are offering two dates/locations this year. Tuesday May 9th Rochester, NY Location: Oak Hill County Club 145 Kilbourn Road Rochester, NY 14618 Registration & Breakfast - 7:30 am Presentation - 8:00 am Thursday May 11th Albany, NY Location: ACEC NY Office 6 Airline Drive Albany, NY 12205 Registration & Breakfast - 7:30 am Presentation - 8:00 am This year's

Berkley DP Risk Tip- BIM & Electronic Transfer: Whose Data Is It, Anyway?
The production and sharing of electronic data among project team members is prevalent in the design and construction industry. In order to manage the evolving and emerging risks of electronic communication, it is critical to have an electronic data exchange agreement with any party that you are sharing data files with, particularly if Building Information Modeling (BIM) is being utilized. These agreements must define the expectations, responsibility and accountability for use

Poole Professional Complimentary Annual Seminar: May 17th, 2017 (Burlington, MA)
Wednesday, May 17th Registration & Continental Breakfast will begin at 7:15 am Program will run from 8:00-10:00 am This year's topics are Document Retention & Cyber Liability, and will qualify for 2 LUs/PDUs plus XL Catlin's 10% premium credit. Program details to follow RSVP & Questions to Kristen Johnson kjohnson@poolepl.com #Engineers #Architects #DocumentRetention #RiskManagement #Seminar


Claim of the Week(3/29/2017): Onerous Public Contracts
Often, the biggest challenge in taking on a public project isn't the project itself, but the owner—the city, school district, state, etc. In addition to the normal pressures that confront any project, public projects have their own. Pressures like having every politician and taxpayer in town scrutinize the budget, timeline, design and environmental impact. As if that weren't enough to make an A/E question whether public projects are really worth the risk, public entities are


Travelers Webinar: Managing the Risk of Condos and Residential Projects
Wednesday, April 12 at 1:00PM EST Managing the Risk of Condos and Other Residential Projects
Moderator:
Joseph H. Jones, Jr., Esq., AIA, Director of Risk Management, Travelers
Speakers:
Christine E. Drage, Esq. of Weil & Drage
Holly J. Newman, Esq. of DeWitt Register here today! The webinar, open to all Travelers policyholders, has been registered with the AIA for 1 CEU. Residential projects, especially condominiums, can present unique risk for design firms. What are th


Reminder: Vermont Risk Management Seminar on Thursday!
Poole Professional Ltd. is proud to present a complimentary document retention seminar for continuing education credit. March 9th, 2017 Registration: 2:00 PM Program: 2:30-4:30 PM Refreshments served following the program. Sheraton Burlington Hotel & Conference Center 870 Williston Road Burlington, VT 05403 We will be discussing document retention & cyber liability with experts from XL Catlin Design Professional, and Heilmann, Ekman & Associates. The program is registered wit


Claim of the Week(2/24/2017)- Bending the Rules: Large/Long-Time Clients
Anyone who's ever let a favorite niece or nephew sneak an extra slice of birthday cake knows what it's like to play favorites. But when design firms set aside principles of good management or relax their normally stringent contract requirements for the sake of a favorite client, such actions can backfire in a variety of unfortunate ways. In this case, the insured was retained by a long-time client to render an opinion on structural issues prior to acquisition of a large comme

Webinar for Berkley Design Professional Policyholders: A/E Contractual Deal Makers
When: Tuesday, March 14th, 2017 2:00 PM Eastern 1.5 AIA CES LUs / 1.5 PDHs Register Now Professional service agreements are the foundation of your client relationships—and the definitive document referred to in the event of a dispute or claim. This 90-minute webinar will provide you with valuable insights on the most common contractual pitfalls, such as an elevated Standard of Care, payment issues, unfair termination clauses, consequential damages, and the latest trends affec