Latest Construction Headlines
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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...
Insurance Skills Center Hosts Two Contractors Conferences
Mar 31 2006 // The Insurance Skills Center will be hosting a Contractors Conference in Fresno, Calif., and in Las Vegas to provide specialized contractors information on how to: size up the construction market; build a construction book;...
Construction, Insurance, Banking Industries To Meet and Develop Moisture Management Standards
Mar 31 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...
Abram Interstate Offers Dwelling Under Construction/Course of Construction Policy
Mar 28 2006 // Abram Interstate Insurance Services Inc. in Rocklin, Calif., is offering a Course of Construction Policy in California and Arizona. Coverage is written on a Homeowners HO-3 Form, which includes a C.O.C. endorsement. The...
Florida Lists How to Obtain Wind Insurance Incentives
Mar 28 2006 // Tips about how to obtain wind insurance incentives have been issued by the Florida Department of Financial Services on the department’s website. According to DFS, Floridians may be entitled to discounts on insurance...
Why are construction managers difficult to insure?
Mar 20 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...
Controversy Brews Between Insurers and Construction Contractors in Wis.
Mar 7 2006 // A controversial settlement between Milwaukee’s Miller Park stadium district and a construction contractor has left excessive and unjustified legal bills, according to insurance companies left on the hook for those...
Cavignac & Associates Holds OSHA Construction Seminar in San Diego
Mar 7 2006 // San Diego-based commercial insurance brokerage firm Cavignac & Associates recently held the first of two sessions of its new Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) 10-Hour Construction Safety Training...
Why are construction managers difficult to insure?
Mar 6 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...
State Police Cameras Track Speeders in Ill. Construction Zones
Feb 28 2006 // Cameras set up along specific Illinois highway construction zones will allow the Illinois State Police to track speeders and subsequently send violaters a ticket in the mail along with their photograph as proof. In March...
Ill. AG: Home Improvement in Top 10 Consumer Complaints
Feb 13 2006 // Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan reported that for the first time in the history of the Illinois Attorney General’s Top 10 Consumer Complaint list, complaints related to gasoline pricing topped the list of...
Harvesting value: revaluation revolution comes to farms lines
Feb 6 2006 // Is the valuation revolution coming to farm insurance? For several years now, residential and commercial property insurance specialists have been employing new automated systems to refine their calculations of the value of...
Spotlight: Farm & Ranch
Feb 5 2006 // Harvesting value: revaluation revolution comes to farm lines Bringing changes to valuations has been complicated because farm are such unique collections of structures Is the valuation revolution coming to farm...
Aon Construction Group Appoints White Managing Director in San Francisco
Feb 1 2006 // Aon Construction Services Group has appointed Cary White managing director. He will be responsible for producing and managing insurance accounts for both contractors and homebuilders, and be based in San Francisco. White...
