Latest Construction Headlines
All the headlines from our Construction Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oil Well Discovered at Construction Site for Convenience Store in Okla.
Jun 9 2006 // Construction crews building a convenience store in south Tulsa, Okla., have discovered an abandoned oil well while digging a hole for gas storage tanks. The strange discovery was made recently when the crews broke open the...
Construction Permits in New Orleans Valued at $1 Billion
Jun 8 2006 // New Orleans Mayor C. Ray Nagin recently acknowledged the work of the City’s Department of Safety and Permits and Director Mike Centineo for issuing commercial and residential permits valued at more than $1 billion in...
Moore Joins Benfield’s Offshore Construction Team
Jun 6 2006 // Benfield Corporate Risk has appointed Marina Moore, an offshore construction risk expert, to its growing Energy Team. “Marina brings a wealth of experience of upstream construction risks with her background as a...
Arthur J. Gallagher lacked authority to issue additional endorsements
Jun 5 2006 // A California court has found Arthur J. Gallagher had no authority to issue additional insured endorsements in a high-exposure construction defect litigation. The court ruled California law prohibits the issuance of...
Class Action Suit Filed in New Orleans Against 15 Homeowners Insurers
Jun 1 2006 // A class action lawsuit was filed in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana on May 24, 2006, on behalf of Greater New Orleans Metropolitan Area homeowners insurance policyholders who have...
Aon Construction Services Group Adds Three to San Jose Office
Jun 1 2006 // Aon Construction Services Group has added professionals to its San Jose, Calif., offices. Milena Mikin joins the firm as a marketing specialist; and David Salley and Karen Smith join the firm as relationship...
Arthur J. Gallagher Lacked Authority to Issue Additional Endorsements
May 26 2006 // A California court has found Arthur J. Gallagher had no authority to issue additional insured endorsements in a high-exposure construction defect litigation. The court ruled California law prohibits the issuance of...
Why are construction managers difficult to insure?
May 22 2006 // When building or remodeling a house, homeowners often will turn to their construction manager to assist in overseeing building, recommending and selecting bidders, and securing permits. The construction manager will likely...
Why are construction managers difficult to insure?
May 22 2006 // When building or remodeling a house, homeowners often will turn to their construction manager to assist in overseeing building, recommending and selecting bidders, and securing permits. The construction manager will likely...
Navigators Expands Excess & Surplus Lines Business
May 17 2006 // Navigators Management Company, the principal underwriting agency subsidiary of The Navigators Group Inc., has established a new Primary Casualty Division to be based in Chicago. Christopher Day has joined Navigators as...
St. Paul Travelers to Offer New Products for Fire Sprinkler Contractors
May 8 2006 // St. Paul Travelers announced that a new offering for Fire Sprinkler Contractors has been added to its portfolio of construction insurance products and services. Products available include General Liability, Workers...
Wis. School Mold Case Settled with Builder for $650,000
Apr 24 2006 // Thirty-five students and teachers from a Madison, Wis. school that had to be ripped open and reconstructed to get rid of mold have agreed on a $650,000 settlement from the builder, attorneys say. The plaintiffs reported...
Revised La. Lawsuit Cites ‘Incompetence’ of Federal Government, U.S. Corps of Engineers
Apr 20 2006 // Plaintiffs seeking more than $1 billion in damages in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina are calling the Mississippi River Gulf Outlet a “Hurricane Highway” that allowed a 20-foot storm surge to inundate much...
Grigg Joins Willis Construction-Related Professional Liability Unit in N.Y.
Apr 18 2006 // Willis Group Holdings is expanding its construction practice with the appointment of David Grigg as senior vice president and national director for professional liability. Grigg is based in New York City. In this new...
Mercator Risk Services Appoints Cleary to Head Construction, Real Estate Units
Apr 18 2006 // New York, N.Y.-based Mercator Risk Services, the newly formed, independent wholesale insurance broker, has appointed industry expert John Cleary as senior vice president of its Casualty Construction and Real Estate...
FAIA briefs agents about Florida bills, holds meetings with legislators
Apr 17 2006 // More than 120 of Florida’s independent agents who attended the March 29 and 30 Florida Independent Insurance Agents Legislative “Fly-In” heard Skip Long, Scott Johnson, Laura Pearce and Kyle Ulrich...
Construction, insurance, banking industries to develop moisture management standards
Apr 17 2006 // The PIA Western Alliance will be holding its second Moisture Management Summit in Irvine, Calif. with the goal of writing a public policy based on moisture management standards that have already been developed. The...
John Niedernhofer
Apr 17 2006 // Bob Williford People Barney & Barney LLC, a San Diego-based risk management consulting and insurance brokerage firm, promoted John Niedernhofer and William Peartree to ownership status within the firm. Niedernhofer...
OSHA, State Oversight Questioned Following Boston Scaffolding Accident
Apr 6 2006 // Court rulings have left state inspectors powerless to enforce safety standards at construction sites like the one where three people died this week in a scaffolding accident, forcing Massachusetts to rely on a voluntary...
Case Law Watch
Apr 3 2006 // Auto-Liability Fields v. American Central Insurance Co. (La. App., 2nd Dist., March 8, 2006) Undated named driver exclusion endorsement sufficient to defeat coverage: Lensing was involved in a June 18, 2003, auto accident...
