Painters Who Provide COIs for NYC Co-ops and Condos

What Your Building Will Ask For

A COI is a short document from our insurance broker showing that Paint Squad NYC is insured. Your managing agent compares it to the building’s requirements sheet. Here’s what they look for:

• The right names, spelled exactly right. Usually the co-op corporation or condominium and the managing agent, and in many buildings you as the unit owner or shareholder.
• The right certificate holder. Usually the co-op or condo, care of the managing agent.
• Your address and unit in the description.
• Current dates that cover the whole job.
• Anything else on the sheet. Buildings often specify coverage amounts and endorsements. We work from your building’s sheet, not a generic template.

One Riverdale co-op’s 2024 alteration packet, for example, asks for each contractor’s certificate to name the co-op corporation, the managing agent, and the shareholder with their unit number, with the co-op and managing agent as certificate holder. Your building will have its own version.

Names Have to Match Exactly

This is where most certificates go wrong. “The building at 123 Main St” isn’t a legal name. “Hudson View Owners Corp.” or “The Board of Managers of Hudson View Owners Corp. Condominium” is. A misspelled managing agent or a missing “Inc.” can be enough to get a certificate sent back. We copy every name exactly as the building provides it.

How We Handle Your Building’s COI Request

1. Forward us the building’s insurance requirements, or connect us with the managing agent. We need the requirements sheet, not just a building name.
2. We review it and flag anything unusual right away, before anything is issued.
3. We have the certificate issued with the exact names, certificate holder, and project address the building asks for.
4. You and the managing agent receive it promptly, so it doesn’t hold up approval.
5. We keep it on file for your building, so the next job moves even faster.

Why Managing Agents Sign Off on Our Paperwork

• We’re insured, and our COIs match the sheet. No round trips over a wrong name.
• We know how buildings work. We’ve worked with co-ops, condos, boards, and managing agents, and we know what they expect.
• The COI comes with a clear scope and a detailed proposal. Management sees exactly what we’ll do, where, and when. See what goes in a full co-op board approval package.