Bruce Palmer’s First 6 Months as President and CEO
The Straight Line Newsletter — Issue #9 This is the ninth issue of The Straight Line, a newsletter that appears several times throughout the year. Articles cover a broad range […]
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New President and CEO Joins Pro-Demnity
The Straight Line Newsletter — Issue #8 The Straight Line Newsletter is a newsletter that appears several times throughout the year. Articles cover a broad range of topics that engage […]
Impact of changes to cap on Claims Expenses
Pro-Demnity will no longer provide unlimited Claims Expenses and defence costs when Excess Insurance is purchased outside the Pro-Demnity program. This change has important consequences for architects purchasing Excess Insurance […]
Copyright and Liability
The Straight Line Newsletter — Issue #7 Recently, a number of new insurers have entered the Canadian professional liability market. As a result, architects are seeing competing marketing efforts by […]
Grenfell Tower Fire: The Ongoing Tragic Story
The Straight Line Newsletter — Issue #6 This is the sixth issue of The Straight Line, a newsletter that appears several times throughout the year. Articles cover a broad range […]
Client-Authored Contracts for Architectural Services
Risk Transfer Concerns with Insurance Implications The following draws on material originally developed by Pro-Demnity and its legal counsel, to assist the RAIC respond to questions arising from a presentation […]
The Muddy Waters of Tendering Law
The Straight Line Newsletter — Issue #5 In This Issue At a recent meeting of the Pro-Demnity Board, Hari Panday was elected as the first non-architect Chair. Hari is a […]
Infrastructure Ontario Supplementary Conditions to OAA Document 600-2013
The most recent IO Supplementary Conditions to an OAA Document 600-2013 were issued by Infrastructure Ontario (IO) in June, 2017. As was the case with the previous amendments to the […]
Alberta Case Holds Lessons for Ontario Architects
The Straight Line Newsletter — Issue #4 This is the fourth issue of The Straight Line, a newsletter that appears several times throughout the year. Articles cover a broad range […]
Revisions to Non-Drained Exterior Wall Exclusion
Revisions to Non-Drained Exterior WallExclusion clarify that: An architect’s design that may have complied with the water ingress coverage requirements in a Pro-Demnity policy but was NOT constructed in compliance […]
Dealing with Substitutions to Your Design
Recent research into claims arising against architects has confirmed that many involve substitutions to the systems and designs provided by the architect or its consultants. Although many substitutions factor in […]
Architects and Others Saved from Asbestos Claims
The Straight Line Newsletter — Issue #3 This is the third issue of The Straight Line, a newsletter that will appear occasionally throughout the year. Articles will cover a broad […]
What Limits Should I Carry?
The Straight Line Newsletter — Issue #2 Welcome to the 14th issue of The Straight Line, now a quarterly. Why quarterly? Because things in general – liability insurance in particular […]