Alfred Zarlengo is an Account Executive in the Professional Liability department at Van Gilder Insurance Corporation, a privately held insurance brokerage firm. Zarlengo specializes in design professionals and environmental consultants, and is a member of the Professional Liability Agents Network (PLAN), which contributed information for this article. Alfred may be reached at azarlengo@vgic.com.
You wouldn’t go to your dentist for oral surgery without asking exactly what procedures he or she will be performing and what it will cost, would you? Unfortunately,, this is exactly the trap that many architectural and engineering consultants fall into – neglecting to provide a specific list of services that they will perform as part of their contract. …