Brain Food: Insurance, Bonds & Indemnity 2.0: What Owners Need to Update for 2026
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Event Details
Insurance and bonding requirements are evolving fast—especially with cyber risks, design-assist models, supply chain uncertainty, and large-scale Builder’s Risk claims. This session walks Owners through updated requirements, coverage gaps to avoid, and how indemnity language interacts with risk transfer structures. Perfect for Owners modernizing their contract templates for 2026 and beyond.
- Identify modern insurance requirements for Owner-led projects, including cyber, professional liability, and Builder’s Risk.
- Understand the roles and limitations of bonds, surety instruments, and alternative contract guarantees.
- Detect common gaps in coverage that leave Owners exposed and strategies to close them.
- Evaluate how indemnity provisions align with insurance and bonding requirements.
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Presenter
Carina Kraatz
Carina M. Kraatz is a shareholder at Kitch Attorneys & Counselors in Detroit, Michigan. She focuses her practice in commercial and construction litigation. Ms. Kraatz also leads the Firm’s intellectual property practice, helping her clients with litigation, patent, trademark prosecution, trade secret protection, image misappropriation, copyright, and other infringement issues.