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Texas Supreme Court Limits Insurance Exclusions for Builders, Contractors
Jan 20 2014 // The Texas Supreme Court issued a key ruling on Jan. 17 that impacts the liability insurance coverage that builders and general contractors carry. Writing for the court, Justice Phil Johnson denied an insurance...
Pioneer Programs Adds Excess Liability to Contractors’ Choice Program
Jan 13 2014 // Pioneer Programs Insurance Solutions has expanded its specialty program, Contractor’s Choice, to now include excess liability. According to Carole Fleischman, managing director of Pioneer Programs, it can now offer...
Construction’s Growing Role in Renewable Energy
Jan 13 2014 // California isn’t just a warm place to live, which is often the case even in winter, but it turns out the state is considered a “judicial hellhole.” The American Tort Reform Foundation issued its annual...
Construction Obstruction
Jan 13 2014 // Skilled Labor Shortage and Lax Safety Could Injure Construction Insurance Market For agents and brokers serving the contractors and subcontractors market that barely scraped by during the recession, the year 2013 brought...
N.J. Contractor Pleads Guilty to Providing False Insurance Certificate
Jan 9 2014 // A southern New Jersey man has admitted he provided a false insurance certificate and worked as an unregistered contractor following Superstorm Sandy, even after authorities revoked his registration Monmouth County...
Democrats Question Government Contracts to Firms with Safety, Labor Violations
Dec 17 2013 // The federal government awards billions of dollars in contracts each year to companies that routinely violate safety, health and wage regulations, according to a report that calls for stricter measures to hold federal...
Florida Arrests 9 Contractors on Workers’ Compensation Charges
Dec 9 2013 // Florida CFO Jeff Atwater announced the arrests of nine men as a result of a two-day undercover operation in Manatee County focusing on unlicensed contractors that failed to provide workers’ compensation...
Washington Navy Yard Shooting Victim’s Family Files Suit in Florida
Dec 6 2013 // The family of a woman slain during the mass shooting at the Washington Navy Yard is the first to file a lawsuit against the U.S. government and defense contractors over the slaughter that left 12 dead, alleging that...
Schinnerer Launches Energy Program on Admitted Basis in Eight States
Dec 2 2013 // Underwriting manager Victor O. Schinnerer & Co. is now offering its energy program on an admitted basis in Texas, Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Minnesota, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Tennessee. The program provides a...
U.S. Labor Dept., N.Y. Agencies Team Up to Target Misclassification of Employees
Nov 26 2013 // Officials from the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division, the New York State Labor Department and the New York State Attorney General’s Office recently signed memoranda of understanding to work...
XL Group, America Contractor’s Insurance Group Partner to Improve Contractor Quality
Nov 20 2013 // XL Group has partnered with the American Contractor’s Insurance Group (ACIG), construction industry owned insurance organization, to provide data and analytics for construction clients. The goal is to drive...
Mississippi Firms Want City, Road Contractor Held Liable for Lost Business
Nov 19 2013 // Four businesses on a busy Hattiesburg Street are suing Hattiesburg city government, claiming a street improvement project has cost them customers. The project on Hardy Street began Oct. 30, 2012, according to The...
Construction’s Comeback
Nov 18 2013 // There’s a new norm in the construction market — a new normal when it comes to measuring growth and opportunity. Construction has made a comeback in certain market segments, said Cam Dickinson, senior vice president...
Streamline Coverage through a Controlled Insurance Program
Nov 18 2013 // Construction sites can be a flurry of activity. In addition to focusing on quality construction and completing projects on time, site owners must be sure risk management measures are sufficient. A Controlled Insurance...
New Programs, Flexibility Help Contractor Segment Rebuild
Nov 18 2013 // Those that specialize in the contractors and builders segment say a lot has changed in this class since 2007. The recession forced the insurance industry to be flexible and creative when it came to insuring this class,...
Is Obamacare Headed for Death Spiral?
Oct 23 2013 // Another week has passed, which apparently means that it’s time for another terrifying article from Sharon LaFraniere, Ian Austen and Robert Pear on the federal health-care exchanges. Federal contractors have...
For Some Sandy Victims, Flood Insurance Payouts Fall Short
Oct 21 2013 // Many homeowners who got slammed by Superstorm Sandy are finding their flood insurance checks are nowhere near large enough to cover their repairs, and consumer advocates put some of the blame on errors by the multitude of...
States Going After Employers Who Misclassify Workers as Independent Contractors
Oct 18 2013 // When construction slowed during the recession, some companies hired workers and wrongly designated them as independent contractors to avoid paying insurance, taxes, fair wages and overtime. Danny Odom, chief operating...
ACE Construction Practice Launches Catastrophe Services Through ESIS
Oct 18 2013 // ACE USA has launched catastrophe claims servicing capabilities specifically designed for the construction industry through ESIS Inc., a risk management services company owned by the ACE Group. The new offerings provide an...
Time Running Out to Fix Obamacare Glitches: Experts
Oct 11 2013 // The Obama administration has a little over a month to fix the technology problems crippling its online health insurance marketplace, or jeopardize the goal of signing up millions of Americans in time for benefits under...
