Latest Construction Headlines
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Energi of Canada Launches P&C Program for Energy Construction
Sep 10 2015 // Energi of Canada has launched a new property & casualty program for energy construction. The new energy construction program offers risk management services and insurance coverage for contractors in the following...
Construction Contractors in Texas Fined $88K for Safety Violations
Sep 8 2015 // Federal safety officials have cited two contractors at a construction site in Austin, Texas, for safety violations. Hensel Phelps Construction Co. and CVI Development LLC were cited by the U.S. Department of Labor’s...
BHSI Enters Australia Construction Insurance Market; Appoints Team Execs
Sep 8 2015 // Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Company (BHSI) announced it is providing comprehensive insurance and services for the construction industry in Australia and named a team of executives to oversee key areas of its...
Company in Minnesota Vikings Stadium Fatality Had Safety Citations
Aug 28 2015 // The subcontractor involved in a fatal accident at the Minnesota Vikings stadium construction site has received nine citations for worksite safety violations in the past five years, according to public records. A Berwald...
Courts Need a Better Appreciation of the Principles of Depreciation
Aug 21 2015 // Post-World War II, the United States experienced a simultaneous boom of babies and buildings. To keep pace with the need for new development, homes literally could be ordered out of a Sears catalogue. The true expense of...
Willis Appoints Clarke CEEMEA Region Construction Industry Leader
Aug 19 2015 // Willis Group Holdings plc has appointed Charles Clarke as regional leader of Construction in the Central and Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa (CEEMEA) region. Clarke joined Willis in 2011 and is currently leader of...
Marsh Names Aon’s Marino to Head U.S. Construction Practice
Aug 17 2015 // Insurance broker Marsh said David Marino has joined the firm to lead its U.S. Construction Practice, Marino brings to Marsh 20 years of insurance and construction industry experience. David Marino He joins the firm from...
New York Forms Task Force to Probe Corruption in Construction Industry
Aug 6 2015 // New York’s building boom has spurred the formation of a task force to probe corruption in the construction industry after a worker was killed earlier this year. The task force of prosecutors and inspectors was...
Starr Names AIG’s Conway as Senior VP for Specialty Casualty
Aug 5 2015 // Dan Conway has joined global insurer Starr Companies as senior vice president for Specialty Casualty. Conway will assume overall responsibility for the Construction, Excess Construction and the Defense Base Act (DBA)...
Texas Company Fined $424K for Trench Collapse
Jul 29 2015 // One minute he was working in the 8-foot trench below ground. The next, he was being buried in it. His co-workers came to his rescue, digging him out with their bare hands. Moments after they pulled the injured man to...
Gallagher Buys 65% of ARM Re, Colombian Energy & Construction Specialist
Jul 20 2015 // Arthur J. Gallagher ā the international division of Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. ā has extended its investment in Latin America with a 65 percent shareholding in independent Colombian energy and construction...
Opioid Abuse Rises in Construction, Manufacturing Sectors: CNA
Jul 20 2015 // CNA recently issued two new reports that examine the growing prescription opioid abuse epidemic and its effect on the U.S. workforce, focusing on the construction and manufacturing industries, which are particularly at...
AIG Launches Risk Management Service for Builders of Luxury Homes
Jul 16 2015 // AIG Private Client Group, a division of American International Group, Inc., has introduced a risk management and mitigation service for residential construction projects with budgets of $5 million or more. As part of its...
Labor Department’s 6-Part Test for Classifying Employees, Independent Contractors
Jul 16 2015 // The U.S. Department of Labor has issued a blog post with new guidance on classifying workers as employees or independent contractors under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FSLA), an issue that has attracted renewed...
California Bill Would Require Disclosure of Construction Settlements
Jul 15 2015 // Construction companies will have to disclose building defects such as those that could have contributed to a deadly balcony collapse in Berkeley under a state legislative proposal . The bill by two Northern California...
W.R. Berkley Forms Construction Professional Liability Unit; Bustamante to Head
Jul 14 2015 // W. R. Berkley Corp. announced the creation of Berkley Construction Professional Liability Underwriters to provide professional liability, pollution liability and protective coverages for contractors and project owners...
Walsh to Lead Construction Practice at Oswald Cos.
Jul 10 2015 // Oswald Companies, based in Cleveland, Ohio, appointed Tim Walsh to the position of director of Construction Practice, Property & Casualty. He will be based at Oswald’s Detroit office and oversee the full...
Judge Won’t Budge on Start of Minnesota Levee Construction
Jun 26 2015 // Construction of a ring levee that’s related to a Red River diversion project around the Fargo and Moorhead, Minn., area must remain on hold, a federal judge from Minnesota has ruled. U.S. District Judge John Tunheim...
Florida Busts Major Workers’ Comp Fraud Scam Involving Multiple Shell Companies
Jun 16 2015 // Six Central Florida insurance fraud arrests that break down an elaborate Central Florida workers’ compensation insurance fraud scheme were made this week, according to an announcement by Florida Chief Financial...
Additional Insured Endorsements in Construction
Jun 15 2015 // To get on a job, contractors often have to show proof of insurance and name the individuals hiring them as additional insureds on the contractors’ commercial general liability (CGL) policies. By doing this, the...
