Contractor Insurance Fields in Public Records

What you get

Each market page identifies its public source, newest published record, and available fields before you subscribe.

Two named government sources, with observation date, record window, and field limits visible.

Historical insurer and expiration fields are labelled as published—not as a certificate or current-status finding.

No policy-number display, score, ranking, contractor directory, or contact surface.

A source-dated NYC selected-firm record can be checked before a research trial is considered.

Two documented public-record sources

This guide records what two government publishers exposed when we observed their public datasets on August 28, 2026. It is a field inventory, not a contractor ranking, an insurance registry, or a coverage-checking service.

Publisher and dataset	What the publisher exposes	Observed record window
NYC DOB NOW: Electrical Permit Applications ↗	Electrical filing, firm and DOB-license fields plus general-liability, workers’-compensation, and disability insurer-name and expiration-date fields as filed. Policy numbers are not reproduced in PermitGrab’s research view.	4,936 filings dated July 29–August 27, 2026. General-liability carrier and expiration fields were present on 4,936 of 4,936 rows at observation.
Washington State L&I: Contractor License Data – Insurance ↗	Contractor-license number, insurer, expiration, and cancel-date fields in the publisher’s current insurance roll.	77,007 rows at observation. Insurer was present on 77,007 rows; an expiration was present on 76,881; a cancel-date field was populated on 2,388. Those are publisher fields, not PermitGrab status determinations.

These observations can change as the publishers backfill, amend, add, or remove records. The dates and counts above are tied to the stated observation, rather than presented as a permanent coverage claim.

What a filing or roll field cannot establish

An expiration date recorded on an older filing is not proof of current coverage.
A populated or blank publisher field is not a pass/fail, eligibility, authority, underwriting, or prequalification decision.
A cancel-date field is shown as published; it is not interpreted here as a present coverage conclusion.
Neither source is represented as national, complete, or a substitute for a certificate of insurance or the relevant official process.

A bounded way to use the record

Start with a firm or licence your team already knows from its own workflow.
Keep the publisher, record date, and named role attached to the field you are reviewing.
Use the applicable authority, carrier, certificate, and internal process to confirm any consequential current fact.

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Frequently asked questions

Real questions contractors have asked us. If yours is not here, email [email protected].

Does this page verify that a contractor is insured?

No. It documents historical fields that two government publishers expose. Those fields do not establish current coverage, eligibility, authority, or an underwriting outcome.

Are these the only jurisdictions that publish contractor insurance fields?

No. This guide documents two sources we examined. It does not claim a complete national inventory of insurance-related public records.

Why are the counts dated?

Government datasets can be amended, backfilled, or replaced. Counts and field fill are stated at the observation date so a reader can distinguish the source record from a permanent coverage claim.

What should a team use for a consequential coverage decision?

Use the appropriate official authority, carrier, certificate, and internal qualification process. A public filing or roll is not a substitute for those checks.