Latest Construction Headlines
All the headlines from our Construction Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Caltrans Settles Lawsuit over Construction Site Death
Aug 26 2016 // The California Department of Transportation has settled a wrongful death lawsuit brought by the parents of a 24-year-old woman who was killed by a drunk driver while working on a nighttime paving project. Attorneys for...
Las Vegas Scaffolding Collapse Kills Construction Worker
Aug 25 2016 // Officials say a Las Vegas construction worker has died after a scaffolding collapse. Las Vegas Fire & Rescue says the scaffolding collapsed at a Tivoli Village construction site on Monday afternoon. One man fell with...
EPIC adds Williford to National Energy Construction Practice in Alabama
Aug 24 2016 // EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants, a retail property, casualty insurance brokerage and employee benefits consultant, has added risk management and insurance professional Jim Williford to the firm’s National...
Dakota Access Pipeline Owners Sue Protesters
Aug 17 2016 // Developers of a $3.8 billion, four-state oil pipeline sued in federal court on Aug. 15 to stop protesters near an American Indian reservation in North Dakota from interfering with the project, alleging the safety of...
Ironshore Launches Coverage for Construction Project Owners
Aug 9 2016 // Ironshore Specialty Casualty has introduced Owners Protective Professional Indemnity (OPPI) coverage for specific construction projects. Ironshore’s OPPI product indemnifies the project owner for first party loss...
$1M in Pipeline Construction Equipment Damaged in Iowa, Arson Suspected
Aug 3 2016 // Machinery located at three oil pipeline construction sites in central Iowa was found extensively damaged by fire on Aug. 1 in what the company building the pipeline called a shameful act. There’s little doubt the...
Greenlight Re Seeks Recovery in Mortgage Market After Construction, Vehicle, Florida Losses
Aug 3 2016 // David Einhorn’s Greenlight Capital Re Ltd., the reinsurer seeking to reverse underwriting losses, is pushing into the mortgage-guaranty market after being burned by fraudulent claims on property policies in...
California Jury Awards $16.3M to Family of Construction Worker
Jul 29 2016 // A Los Angeles jury has awarded $16.3 million to the family of a construction worker who fell to his death at a wastewater treatment plant. City News Service says the Superior Court panel this week found for Rosa Gonzalez...
Brokers Assess Current Construction Insurance Market: Thumbs Up
Jul 29 2016 // Amid ups and downs, the construction market has nevertheless enjoyed steady growth over the past four years. Now construction insurance specialists believe the market is really heating up. The competition has carriers...
OSHA, State Probe New York’s Latest Crane Collapse
Jul 24 2016 // State and federal officials are investigating what caused a huge construction crane to collapse across the Tappan Zee Bridge north of New York City, an accident that somehow caused no serious injuries but added to a list...
Chubb Launches Biogas & Solar (Cleantech) Insurance Solution in UK & Ireland
Jul 22 2016 // Chubb has launched a new insurance proposition for biogas and solar plants, projects or facilities, in the UK and Ireland as it continues to expand its cleantech offering. Biogas and solar are playing an increasing role in...
Miraculously, No One Seriously Hurt in Crane Collapse onto Tappan Zee Bridge at Noon
Jul 21 2016 // Most of the lanes of the Tappan Zee Bridge north of New York City have reopened after a crane collapsed across the entire width of the bridge on Tuesday, but transportation officials were still advising motorists to plan...
CNA Appoints Childs as VP of Underwriting for Construction
Jul 21 2016 // CNA has appointed Rick Childs to the post of vice president of underwriting for the company’s construction segment. In this role, he will partner with product line managers, risk control, claims and the worldwide...
Nearly $1M in Stolen Construction Equipment Found in Chicago Home
Jul 18 2016 // Chicago police are asking people who’ve had construction equipment stolen in recent months to report to a West Side district station to identify items allegedly found in a man’s home. Police say investigators...
Construction Firm Sentence for New York Worker’s Death: Pay for Public Announcements
Jul 15 2016 // A construction company convicted in the death of a worker in a New York trench collapse has been sentenced to fund a series of worker safety public service announcements. But an attorney for Harco Construction LLC told a...
Identifying True Insurance Needs Based on Realistic Rebuilding Costs
Jul 11 2016 // This post is part of a series sponsored by CoreLogic. Because the reconstruction cost to rebuild a home is generally higher than the original cost to build that same home, the topic often leads to difficult conversations...
Construction Worker Electrocuted on University Campus in West Virginia
Jul 8 2016 // Officials say a construction worker has died after being electrocuted while working at a site on the campus of Shepherd University. Shepherd University officials said in a news release that the man was killed on campus on...
Construction Zone Crashes in Utah Kill 67 in 5 Years
Jul 6 2016 // State data shows a total of 67 people have been killed in Utah construction zone crashes in the last five years. The transportation department data also shows 288 people were seriously injured over the same period, the...
Hard Hat Saved Life of Construction Worker at Syracuse Site
Jun 30 2016 // Police said a worker’s hard hat likely saved his life after he was hit by a falling steel beam at a suburban Syracuse, New York construction site. Officials told The Post-Standard of Syracuse that officers responded...
Neon Names Dolonen as Marine & Offshore Construction U/W
Jun 23 2016 // Specialist Lloyd’s insurer Neon, formerly known as Marketform, has appointed Mireille Dolonen as Marine & Offshore Construction underwriter. With over 20 years of experience in the Marine & Offshore...
