Insurers & Contractors Trying to Nail Down Proper Coverage

If you're placing coverage for contractors, there are three factors that determine what obstacles you will encounter: location, location, location. The real question is whether it will stay that way or whether contractors will find themselves wrestling with coverage problems imported from other jurisdictions that have little or nothing to do ...

Features

Editor's Note: Good News/Bad News Story

$2.7 Billion PPG Asbestos Settlement Puts New Pressure on Insurers

WTC Claims Dispute Spills Over

NBIS Contracts Program to Build Upon

Fake Stucco Trouble: EIFS Related Claims Constrict CGL Markets

WCIRB Studies WC Claim Frequency Decline

Coverage Already in Place Can Help Protect Travel Plans

Insurers Look to Wipe Clean Toxic Mold Claims

AIA and NAII Oppose California's SB 1763

Parting Shots: For Safeco: Opportunity is Where You Create It

Departments

Fraud Roundup

• Driver Wanted
• A Full-Service Cleaner
• Coffee Anyone'
• Don't Quit Your Day Job
• Buyer Beware
• Auto Fraud and Theft

Newsbriefs

• CALIF. DMV HIT WITH INSURERS' LAWSUIT
• CALIF. COMMISSIONER APPROVES PURE PREMIUM RATE INCREASE
• CALIF. WORKERS' COMP TRENDS INCREASE
• WASH. L&I REFUNDS WORKERS' COMP PREMIUMS
• INSURERS DAMAGED BY SPRING STORMS
• ACORD HONORS COMPANIES AT 2002 CONFERENCE
• SHIELDS, BARNES FEATURED AT IIABA

Ratings

• Western Specialty Rated 'R'
• Zenith Nat'l Ratings Fall
• Oil Ins. Ltd. on Watch Negative
• State Farm Downgraded
• St. Paul Cos., Subs. on Watch Negative
• S&P Rates Travelers P/C Pool
• XL Financial Assistance 'AAA' Ratings Affirmed