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Week of June 14, 2004

Front Page

* Harvard Report Predicts Higher Housing Production Ahead as More Households Are Formed
* Benefits of Good Planning in ‘Building Community’
* Federal Judge Yanks 'No Surprises' Certainty From Habitat Conservation Plans
* Housing Snapshot

President's Message

* You Can Help Solve the General Liability Insurance Problem

Housing and Economics

* Existing-Home Sales Headed for Yet Another Record, Economist Predicts

Business Management

* Take a Page From Big Builders: Use Customer Feedback to Build Your Business
* NAHB Members Urged to Watch the Mail for Liability Insurance Survey

Seniors Housing

* Seven Rules for Powerful Pre-Marketing to Active Adults
* New Marketing Categories Added to Seniors Housing Council Awards

Multifamily

* Upscale Lofts Put Problematic Site on the Right Side of the Tracks

Small Builders and Remodelers

* Remodelers Are Setting Up Shop in Cyberspace to Reach New Customers

Design

* Design Trends to Watch: 'Friends' Entries, More Courtyards
* Best in American Living Awards Entry Deadlines Near

Sales and Marketing

* Call for Entries for The Nationals to Open Soon

Member Dividends

* CGA Will Turn Your Associate Into a Beneficial Partner

Building Quality

* NAHB Research Center Certifies Two Builders for Commitment to Quality
* Competition Opens for EnergyValue Housing Awards

Housing Finance

* Home Buyers in Charlotte Can Boost Qualifying Income by Riding the Bus

Labor

* Job Corps Graduate Starts His Career With Help From Lowe’s and HBI

Building Products

* Merchandising Program Provides Upgrading Opportunities for Surface Materials

Building News Coast To Coast

Association News & Events

* 1976 NAHB President John Hart Dies in Indiana
* National Housing Endowment Awards Grants for Housing-Related Initiatives
* Home for Large Family Demolished and Rebuilt in the Most Extreme of ABC-TV’s ‘Extreme Makeovers’
* Six Leaders Named to California Building Industry Hall of Fame
* Sign Up for 2005 Committees and Councils by July 9
* Awards Programs Deadlines
* Calendar of Events

NBN Back Issues

 

You Can Help Solve the General Liability Insurance Problem

Costs for insurance are skyrocketing, and in some markets, builders can’t get coverage at any cost.

This is one of the biggest challenges facing home builders and contractors today, and it is a top issue for our federation.

In response, NAHB has formed a partnership with Marsh, the global risk management consulting firm. In a plan endorsed by the NAHB Board of Directors, our association and Marsh are gathering data from builder, remodeler and trade contractor members to create a comprehensive profile of the home building industry’s risk management needs. Marsh will then use that profile to develop effective new general liability insurance (GLI) products for NAHB members.

The first and most important step is to understand the actual loss experiences of the residential construction industry. Marsh is surveying thousands of NAHB members to learn more about their businesses and their insurance needs. Members will also need to provide Marsh with a letter addressed to their insurance carrier giving the carrier consent to share loss information with Marsh.

Over the next 60 days, NAHB and Marsh will be contacting builder, remodeler and trade contractor members and asking them to complete the survey, put the consent letter on their letterhead and send those materials to: Marsh, c/o Jessica Hatch, 1166 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10036.


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Marsh will use the information gathered from builders, remodelers and trade contractors to develop a sophisticated profile of the residential construction GLI market. This broad understanding of the market will enable Marsh to develop risk-management strategies that improve the coverage, cost and availability of GLI for the home building industry.

We need your help.

If you are a builder, remodeler or trade contractor, then we need you to fill out the survey, put the consent letter on your letterhead and send these materials to Marsh. If you are one of the 44,000 members who receives the GLI mailing, then please complete the survey and consent letter and send these materials to Marsh as soon as possible. If you do not receive these materials in the mail, then I strongly encourage you to go to www.nahb.org/gli. There you will find all the materials from the mail piece.

We need as many builders, remodelers and trade contractors as possible to participate in this effort. Please note that your insurance agent can be an important resource in finding this insurance information.

I want to stress two points: 1) All information in the database will be kept in strict confidence; and 2) Your current insurance agent will have the opportunity to sell new products developed through this initiative.

This is about your business profits. This is about the long-term health of our industry. Taking a few minutes to gather your insurance information and send it to Marsh could be the first step in solving one of our industry’s toughest challenges — and in saving you thousands of dollars in insurance premiums.

Please do your part.
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