Legal Expenses Insurance for Construction Businesses
With laws and regulations changing frequently, it can be challenging for construction businesses and their managers to keep up with the latest requirements and understand how they may impact day-to-day operations.
Legal Expenses insurance takes the stress out of addressing a variety of these risks by providing advice and cover for the legal costs of pursuing or defending certain types of legal action. These may include:
- Payment disputes
- Allegations of not complying with a contract
- Contract disputes
- Unfair allegations of faulty workmanship
- Breach of contract
- Debt Recovery
What Can Be Covered
Do for You?
Not all Legal Expenses Insurance policies provide the cover needed for the specific risks faced by construction businesses. Some policies contain construction-related exclusions or may not include important extensions your business requires. As a specialist construction and building insurance broker, Be Covered works with clients to tailor a broader insurance program that includes Legal Expenses cover alongside their other policies.
Legal Expenses insurance can also provide valuable support during events such as an Australian Taxation Office audit, helping cover professional costs for your accountant to respond. If legal proceedings arise from the audit, access to specialist legal support may also be available, depending on the policy.
In addition, businesses may be able to use the policy for matters such as debt recovery, contract disputes and access to legal advice across key business areas including employment and workplace law, commercial matters, and dispute resolution.
Where Can
Disputes Arise?
Even small construction projects involve complex and intertwined supply chains, and while most transactions are completed without thinking, legal disputes can arise from any of those transactions, including:
- Customers
- Suppliers
- Builder / Subcontractor / Tradie
- Property Owner
- Manufacturers
Common Questions Answered
We Have the Building
Industry Covered
Specialist Construction & Building
Insurance Broker
At Be Covered, we take the time to understand your business and arrange insurance that’s tailored to the way you operate. If something does go wrong, our team is on your side with the knowledge, experience and claims support to help navigate even the most complex situations, that’s the Be Covered difference.