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The New York New York, state, United States
New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of
 State Builders Association Board is six to eight weeks away from writing their own liability insurance to fill the need for affordable coverage for contractors.

New York State is the only state that has the "absolute liability" clause in its labor law labor law, legislation dealing with human beings in their capacity as workers or wage earners. The Industrial Revolution, by introducing the machine and factory production, greatly expanded the class of workers dependent on wages as their source of income. .

The law, the construction industry says, has caused liability insurance premiums to skyrocket in the last few years. In 2002, The New York State Builders Association Board of Directors approved the formation of a NYSBA NYSBA New York State Bar Association
NYSBA New York State Brewers Association
 Liability Insurance Reciprocal Company and named Marsh USA as the lead consultant for the project.

Aimed at providing relief to builder members throughout the state who have faced liability insurance unavailability in addition to skyrocketing costs, this move would allow builders to take the issue of insurance out of the traditional marketplace, which has grown increasingly unstable.

Although approval by the NYS 1. Is not. See Nis.  Insurance Department is still pending. the Superintendent of Insurance has long encouraged this as a possible solution to the liability insurance crisis The liability insurance crisis in the United States of America refers to a volatile economic period during the mid-1980s. During these years, until about 1990, rising insurance premiums and an unavailability of coverage for several types of liability led to a crisis that has been  the building industry has faced over the past few years.
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Title Annotation:New York State Builders Association Board
Publication:Real Estate Weekly
Article Type:Brief Article
Geographic Code:1USA
Date:Apr 21, 2004
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