Construction Defects Burning a Hole through the Residential Contractors Market

Whether real or imagined, the threat of construction defects litigation has burned through the residential contractors liability insurance market like a California wildfire. Over the past couple of years, contractors and their agents across the nation have been left to sift through the ashes for coverage for an industry that is otherwise ...

Features

Editor's Note: Summertime Blues

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Legal Beat

• The Guaranty Fund System: A Vital Safety Net

Newsbriefs

• WIS. SUPREMES OK MED-MAL CAPS:
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• CONSUMER GROUPS KNOCK MICH. INSURERS' 'DISHONESTY' ON CREDIT SCORING:
• PCI: MICH. BAN OUT OF STEP WITH OTHER STATES:
• ISO: INSURERS TO PAY OUT $1.65 BILLION FOR Q2 CAT CLAIMS:
• SURVEY: PRICING SURPASSES TERRORISM AS TOP CONCERN:

People & Places

• People and Places

Ratings

• Atlantic Mutual Cos. Downgraded

On The Street

• Is IT Happiness Just Around the Corner, or are Agents Waiting for Godot'