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IronBuilt Increases Capacity Limits for Construction Risks
Dec 8 2010 // IronBuilt, the specialty construction unit of Ironshore Inc., has increased its limits of up to $25 million in umbrella/excess, wrap-up and project specific liability capacity. IronBuilt offers construction risk protection...
DeHut joins Elliott, Powell, Baden & Baker’s Construction Team
Dec 8 2010 // Construction insurance specialist Tina DeHut has joined Elliott, Powell, Baden & Baker’s Construction Insurance team. DeHut brings with her nearly 20 years experience insuring commercial contracting risks...
MJ Insurance Adds Brodie, Moore
Dec 7 2010 // Indianapolis, Ind.-based independent agency MJ Insurance announced it has added Tamra Brodie as marketing underwriter in the Employee Benefits Division and BJ Moore as a property and casualty producer in the Construction...
Inside the Disaster Blaster
Dec 5 2010 // Industry’s $40M Research Center May Someday Lead to Lower Catastrophe Claim For those who question the intelligence of insurance companies, here’s a new industry development that should answer those questions...
Inside the Disaster Blaster
Dec 5 2010 // Industry’s $40M Research Center May Someday Lead to Lower Catastrophe Claim For those who question the intelligence of insurance companies, here’s a new industry development that should answer those questions...
Crop Bounty Spurs Construction Boom at Midwest Grain Elevators
Dec 3 2010 // A construction boom has been under way at grain elevators across the Great Plains, where farmers have grown more corn and opted to keep more of the grain to meet the demand from ethanol plants. Storage capacity at the...
Zurich Expands Property Portfolio Protection for Construction Businesses
Nov 30 2010 // Zurich has expanded its its Property Portfolio Protection (P3) for the construction industry. P3, an alternative to ISO forms, offers Zurich’s rates and language that includes more than 36 additional coverage...
Inside the Disaster Blaster
Nov 14 2010 // Industry’s $40M Research Center May Someday Lead to Lower Catastrophe Claims For those who question the intelligence of insurance companies, here’s a new industry development that should answer those questions...
Inside the Disaster Blaster
Nov 14 2010 // Industry’s $40M Research Center May Someday Lead to Lower Catastrophe Claims For those who question the intelligence of insurance companies, here’s a new industry development that should answer those questions...
Group: New York City Building Industry Still Slowing
Nov 14 2010 // A business group says the economic downturn is still having an effect on New York City’s construction industry – a key driver for commercial insurance spending in the region. The New York Building Congress says...
Insurance and Going Green
Nov 14 2010 // What to Know About Green Commercial Building Insurance Read the news lately and it feels like everything ā from cars to grocery bags ā has gone green. While recent events, such as 2009’s Copenhagen Climate Change...
Inside the Disaster Blaster
Nov 14 2010 // Industry’s $40M Research Center May Someday Lead to Lower Catastrophe Claim For those who question the intelligence of insurance companies, here’s a new industry development that should answer those questions...
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Nov 1 2010 // Juan Andrade stepped down as Commercial Markets president at The Hartford to join Ace as president of the insurers’ Global Personal Lines and Small Commercial Insurance division. He will assume the new position with...
London Broker Oxygen Strengthens Construction Specialty Team
Oct 29 2010 // London-based Oxygen Insurance Brokers announced that it has “further strengthened its broking and risk management services to architects, engineers and surveyors with the appointment of two new senior brokers, part...
Virginia Tech Gets $825K to Research Home Construction Safety
Oct 27 2010 // Two Virginia Tech professors have been awarded an $825,000 federal research grant aimed at reducing falls on residential construction sites. The grant from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health will...
Group: New York City Building Industry Still Slowing
Oct 27 2010 // A business group says the economic downturn is still having an effect on New York City’s construction industry — a key driver for commercial insurance spending in the region. The New York Building Congress says...
AAIS Introduces New Policies for Builders’ Risk, Installation Floaters
Oct 12 2010 // A national property/casualty advisory organization has developed several new policy forms insurers can use for writing the builders’ risk and installation floater classes of inland marine insurance. The American...
Study Finds Louisiana Making Substantial Efforts to Improve Building Codes
Sep 27 2010 // Louisiana has developed and implemented a more comprehensive and stronger building code than Mississippi and Alabama, according to a recent study conducted by the Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS). The...
Schinnerer Develops New Coverage for Design, Construction Industry
Sep 21 2010 // Victor O. Schinnerer & Company, Inc. has developed project specific professional liability coverage for firms entering into integrated project delivery (IPD) contracts. The new IPD policy includes professional...
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Sep 20 2010 // K&K Insurance, based in Ft. Wayne, Ind., named Todd Bixler president and CEO. Bixler joined K&K Insurance in 1986 as controller, responsible for financial reporting and accounting operations. His subsequent...
