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title: "Does Builders Risk Cover Completed Work?"
description: "Builders risk may stop covering completed work at acceptance, occupancy, or another policy milestone."
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# Does Builders Risk Cover Completed Work?

Builders risk may stop covering completed work at acceptance, occupancy, or another policy milestone.

Builders risk may stop covering completed work at acceptance, occupancy, or another policy milestone. The cited ISO form uses those cutoffs, so arrange permanent property insurance before handover and confirm how punch-list work affects the end date. Construction property coverage is temporary by design; it is not necessarily a replacement for ongoing building insurance after handover. Project milestones can occur in stages, so verify how partial completion or phased occupancy affects each building or section. Ask for the effective transition date to permanent property coverage, any extension option, and whether punch-list work keeps builders risk in force. Get the answer in the policy or endorsement. After the builders risk cutoff, the owner’s commercial property or homeowners policy should be ready to insure the completed structure and installed equipment. Arrange that effective date before acceptance or occupancy, not after a certificate is requested. Ask whether punch-list work remains covered, whether partial handover changes the cutoff, and which insurer is responsible for each phase in writing.

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## Related Coverage

- [Builders risk](https://spot.insure/coverage/builders-risk)

## Sources

1. [Builders Risk Coverage Form](https://assets.touchpointmarkets.com/e8/58/dec27c1b462c8227b4693fb8ac81/ih-00-70-05-17-builders-risk-coverage-form.pdf). Insurance Services Office, Inc.; hosted by Touchpoint Markets; IH 00 70 05 17, A.1.c and A.2 pp. 1–2; A.3 and A.4 pp. 2–5; A.5 and A.6 pp. 5–8; B.2–3 pp. 10–11; C–E pp. 12–13; copyright 2017, illustrative specimen. Accessed 2026-09-25.
2. [Builders Risk Application Tip Sheet](https://go.usassure.com/rs/381-ISO-510/images/us-assure-builders-risk-application-tip-sheet.pdf). US Assure; General policy application tips, items 5 and 8, p. 1. Accessed 2026-09-25.

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