The General Agreement of Indemnity a principal executes with its surety is the most--and certainly one of the most--powerful documents in construction. Consider this when executing a General Agreement of Indemnity in order to procure bonds.

In a recent case, the surety sought indemnity from its indemnitors...

A termination for default (for cause) is drastic recourse. It operates as the harshest breach of contract recourse out there. The reason being is that you are saying the other side's breach of the contract is material—goes to the essence of the contract—and forms...

Lately, Florida is NOT playing any games with unlicensed contractors. And the results are harsh. BE WARY.

This is demonstrated in the recent opinion CAM Bradford Homes, LLC v. Arrants, 2025 WL 1715893 (Fla. 5^th DCA 2025).

In this case, an owner hired a contractor to...

If you are a general contractor (or the contractor responsible for hiring subcontractors), please make sure to procure a worker’s compensation and employer’s liability insurance policy.  Also, don’t think you are “fully covered” if you have worker’s compensation through a professional employer’s organization, otherwise known as a PEO....

“In Florida, a party seeking...