Tag: Legislation

For much of the last year, advocates in DC have acknowledged that a comprehensive Farm Bill reauthorization, which includes a wide array of programs such as crop insurance, farm subsidies, forestry, rural housing and infrastructure, and nutrition programs like SNAP (formerly known as food stamps), was highly unlikely to pass in this cycle’s deeply divided Congress, especially given the narrow majority held by Republicans in the House.

General liability insurance, also known as business liability insurance, is pivotal in the construction world as it helps cover claims of bodily injury or property damage. But that may change in Illinois as the state’s Supreme Court held commercial general liability (CGL) policies can provide coverage in Illinois for damage caused by inadvertent construction defects.