Liability Layers For Home Inspectors

About this episode

This episode discusses the layers approach to risk management for home inspectors, emphasizing the economic aspects of liability and how to mitigate unmeritorious claims.

Most inspectors think liability is solved by one thing: being right. But lawsuits don’t run on righteousness, they run on economics. If it’s cheap to chase you, even a shaky complaint can snowball. If it’s expensive to fight through your process, most unmeritorious claims die early because the math stops working. We walk through the “layers” approach to home inspector risk management: building practical friction into your inspection agreement, your report language, and your day-to-day workfl...

People in this episode

Host: Ian Robertson

Topics covered

• liability
• home inspection
• risk management
• lawsuits
• inspection agreements

Keywords

• liability layers
• home inspectors
• lawsuits
• risk management
• inspection agreements
• report language
• friction

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