Latest Construction Headlines
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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...
RLI Sets Record Year; Exits Construction Market
Jan 26 2006 // Peoria, Illinois-based RLI Corp. recently reported record 2005 net earnings, while at the same time announcing the company’s decision to exit the construction market. RLI said that net earnings were $107.1 million...
Texas Comptroller Says Construction Commission Favors Builders
Jan 25 2006 // The Texas Residential Construction Commission is acting as a “builder protection agency” and has no power to force homebuilders to repair construction defects in new houses, according to state Comptroller...
Mass. Man Sentenced to Jail for Perjury, Workers’ Comp Fraud
Jan 24 2006 // A Gloucester, Massachusetts man has been sentenced to jail for committing perjury in relation to a workers’ compensation scheme, Attorney General Tom Reilly announced. Timothy Hayes, 39, pleaded guilty this month to...
Nevada Court Cancels Construction
Jan 23 2006 // A multimillion-dollar construction defects award was erased by a unanimous Nevada Supreme Court decision that held the case had been improperly given class-action status by a lower court judge. The high court ruling favors...
Calif. Hands Down Convictionsfor Violating Contractor Licensing Laws
Jan 22 2006 // Fraud Roundup Ventura County, Calif., District Attorney Gregory Totten reported that the office’s Consumer and Environmental Protection Division recently obtained two convictions for violation of the California...
Aon Construction Services Group Names Shaw Director, Surety
Jan 19 2006 // Aon Construction Services Group reported the appointment of Phil Shaw as director, Surety. In this role, Shaw will be responsible for primary account management duties on commercial and contract accounts for the Dallas...
How Producers Build Up Construction Insurance Business
Jan 5 2006 // Insurance producers land new accounts every day. But successfully building a solid block of business from one new account does not happen every day, particularly in the field of construction insurance. Dave Sinclair of...
