Real Estate/Development
May 11, 2012
Green a growing insurance factor
Insurance carriers are increasingly offering policies covering the cost of returning buildings to green standards and lawyers are bracing for court battles over insurers' duties to cover certain types of sustainable construction.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
As lawyers increasingly advise developers on projects with such environmentally sustainable features as moisture-sensing irrigation systems and solar heating, questions of liability have followed closely behind.
To cover themselves, builders are turning to "green" insurance policies to ensure their construction stays environmentally friendly and to protect against problems that...
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