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The Hidden Threat to Your HVAC Business: Is Your Subcontractor Supply Chain Safe?

3 steps to audit your subcontractor network
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Kyle Sincock
June 13, 2026

With strict new EPA rules around the low-GWP transition, a single subcontractor’s expired certification or missing insurance form can trigger heavy fines or halt a job entirely. 


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5 Strategies to Mitigate Risk in Residential HVAC, Plumbing, and Electrical Firms

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Bill Butler
April 27, 2025

From improving fleet safety to optimizing insurance structure, here are smart, practical strategies to reduce exposure — and the total cost of risk.


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What Warranties for Metal Roof Installation Cover

There are four different types of warranties available for metal roof contractors
SNIPS NEWS Editorial Staff
May 9, 2024

A metal roofing warranty is essentially an extension of the installation and is as important as the choice of materials, color or anything else.


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Employee Benefits

HVAC Technician Benefits: the Good, the Bad, and the Why

Benefits may not solve some hiring problems, but they’ll help immensely with retention problems
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Scott Merritt
May 12, 2023
It’s undeniable that HVAC has been hit with a harder-than-normal period for hiring and retention since the pandemic.
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HVAC Contractors Look More Closely at Insurance as Costs Rise

Few business owners check their coverage on a regular basis
Ted Craig
Ted Craig
May 20, 2022
Insurance is an unavoidable expense, but there are steps business owners can take to reduce these costs.
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HVAC Contractors Work with Insurance Providers to Budget Costs.

HVAC Contractors Work with Insurance Providers to Budget Costs

Business owners want a partnership
Ted Craig
Ted Craig
April 10, 2021
Given all that’s happened in the past year, from the pandemic to natural disasters, it’s inevitable that insurance costs will rise.
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Liability Protection and HVAC.

HVAC Groups Seek Liability Protection from COVID Lawsuits

States offer more hope, but patchwork causes problems
Ted Craig
Ted Craig
February 26, 2021
How should employers handle the legal risk of running a business during the pandemic?
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HVAC Contractors Share Health Care Coverage Strategies - The ACHR News

HVAC Contractors Share Health Care Coverage Strategies

Early screening, self-insured plans stay in the mix as contractors balance profit with coverage
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Robert Beverly
May 27, 2019
HVAC contractors want to provide good employee health insurance, but this is rarely simple or inexpensive.
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Ann Sharkshnas

Groh Foundation Promotes Disability Awareness in the Trades

HVAC contractors divided in offering short- and long-term disability benefits
Nicole Krawcke
June 26, 2017
Companies and employees often find some form of protection in short- and long-term insurance plans, and perhaps none are more worthy than disability programs, which are designed to replace some of the wages lost by people who cannot work because of a disabling injury or illness.
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IN GOOD HEALTH:

HVAC Contractors Struggle with Rising Health Care Costs

Many contractors see health care as a necessary cost of doing business
Nicole Krawcke
December 5, 2016

According to an online survey produced by LevelFunded Health, a national health insurance agency, 87 percent of small businesses that offer group health care saw health insurance premiums rise by 25 percent since 2014, with 12 percent experiencing premium increases of 50 percent or higher.


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