Latest Construction Headlines
All the headlines from our Construction Topic Page, ordered by recency.
California Construction Worker Arraigned for Workers’ Comp Fraud
Aug 11 2020 // Meliton Hernandez Martinez Jr., 23, was arraigned today at the Merced County Superior Court in California on multiple felony counts of insurance fraud and a misdemeanor count of filing a false police report, after...
Stop-Work Order Issued at Miami Construction Project After 6 Workers Injured
Aug 10 2020 // Construction was halted Thursday at a Miami construction site where six workers were hurt when a load of rebar fell from a crane, officials said. A stop-work order was issued for the Brickell 57-floor property, which is a...
6 Miami Construction Workers Injured in Crane Accident
Aug 7 2020 // Six construction workers were injured Wednesday when a large piece of steel rebar fell from a crane and impaled two workers at a Miami construction site. Emergency crews had to cut through the steel to free some of the...
Girl Killed in Michigan When Construction Equipment Falls Onto Car
Jul 27 2020 // A construction vehicle fell from a trailer onto a car at a suburban Detroit, Michigan, intersection on July 25 and killed a 10-year-old girl inside, police said. The backhoe loader was being pulled by a dump truck that...
Wisconsin Worker Struck by Commercial Truck in Construction Zone Dies
Jul 15 2020 // A construction worker was struck and killed by a commercial truck along a highway in Wisconsin’s Columbia County, according to sheriff’s officials. The 29-year-old man was working in a construction zone on...
Worker Injured at Construction Site Can Sue Under Massachusetts’ Statute of Limitations
Jul 8 2020 // A worker injured at a Massachusetts construction site can sue under the state’s three-year statute of limitations despite being a resident of Connecticut, a Massachusetts Appeals Court has ruled. The decision...
New Florida Laws Address Climate Issues, Require Sea Level Study for Construction
Jul 2 2020 // Republican Florida Ron DeSantis signed a slew of environmental bills in less than 24 hours that address issues ranging from sea level rise to blue-green algae blooms – and even given the state authority to use drones...
AXIS Taps Woolley from GCube as Senior Underwriter, Int’l Construction Team
Jul 2 2020 // AXIS Insurance, the specialty insurance business segment of AXIS Capital Holdings Ltd., announced the hiring of Anna Woolley as a senior underwriter in its International Construction team, effective immediately. In this...
Marsh JLT Special Names Johnson Chair of UK Construction, Infrastructure & Surety
Jul 1 2020 // Marsh, the insurance broker and risk adviser, announced the appointment of Mike Johnson as chairman of the UK Construction, Infrastructure & Surety Practice, Marsh JLT Specialty. Effective immediately, Johnson succeeds...
OSHA Investigating Fatal Wisconsin Construction Accident
Jun 16 2020 // A fatal construction accident in Green Bay, Wisconsin is being investigated by federal regulators. The Green Bay Press-Gazette reports a 52-year-old man was killed Friday morning on the city’s northeast side. Police...
How Construction Companies Can Make the Most of Technology Advancements
Jun 15 2020 // As one of the oldest industries, construction has been notoriously slow to adopt technological advancements and embrace the digital age. However, in the last decade, many innovative technologies have gained traction in the...
Building a Post-Pandemic Construction Market
Jun 15 2020 // The construction industry is one segment of the economy that could emerge from the pandemic stronger. That’s good news for construction insurance experts. But moving forward comes with a few challenges as contractors...
HSB Launches Online Broker E-Trading Platform in Ireland
Jun 10 2020 // Specialist engineering and technology insurer HSB, part of Munich Re, has expanded its e-trade offering by launching HSB Fast Track, its broker online trading platform, in Ireland. The HSB Fast Track e-trade platform is...
N.J. Construction Companies Cited for Safety Hazards Facing $148K in Penalties
Jun 3 2020 // The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited AA&B Builders Inc. and Ebenezer General Construction Excavating for exposing employees to safety hazards on a worksite...
AXA XL Construction Ecosystem Platform Offers Risk Insights for Contractors
Jun 2 2020 // AXA XL’s North America Construction insurance business is launching the Construction Ecosystem, a digital platform that aggregates data to provide AXA XL’s contractor clients with insights to help manage risks...
2 Construction Workers Killed in Mississippi Trench Collapse
May 22 2020 // Rocks crushed two workers to death in a trench collapse at the site of town homes under construction in Mississippi. The workers were in the trench laying pipe for sewer lines when it collapsed Tuesday morning, Starkville...
Not All Homes in Wildfire Zones Are Uninsurable. Here’s How Insurers Can Tell.
May 22 2020 // Fire-risk scores now used by insurance underwriters can sometimes can make it challenging for homeowners to find coverage. Zesty.ai, a California insurtech start-up, is among a handful of firms working to fine-tune...
Construction Company Owner Pleads Guilty After Lying During OSHA Investigation
May 20 2020 // After an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), the owner of a Somerset County, N.J., construction company has pleaded guilty to one count of felony...
Man Dies in Fall at South Dakota Construction Site
May 15 2020 // A 24-year-old man died on May 12 in a fall at a downtown Sioux Fall, South Dakota, construction site, police said. Police were called around 10:45 a.m. about a man injured at the construction site of the First Premier Bank...
D&O Insurance Coverage and Coronavirus: Avoiding Exclusions
Apr 20 2020 // Sometimes an article needs an introduction to put the subject in context for the reader. Sadly, no introduction is needed for the coronavirus. It will have affected everyone who reads this. Some will have suffered...
