Latest Contractors Headlines
All the headlines from our Contractors Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aon Construction Services Group Adds Four
Nov 29 2007 // Aon Corp. announced that Michael R. Szot, Jim Reilly, Gary L. Stevens and Micah Chen have joined Aon Construction Services Group, all to be based in Los Angeles. “These individuals instantly enhance our profile...
N.Y. City Fire Department, Contractors Form Joint Job Safety Council
Nov 21 2007 // New York City fire department officials and construction contractors have formed a joint advisory council to lay down stringent safety rules for job sites, aimed at forestalling such mishaps as the fire that killed two...
Residential Woes Continue Over EIFS
Nov 18 2007 // ‘Synthetic stucco’ still difficult insurance market for contractors despite changes The use of the exterior insulation finishing system (EIFS), also referred to as “synthetic stucco,” in...
Construction Litigation Puts Agents at Risk
Nov 18 2007 // When contractors get sued, sometimes agents get caught in the middle Construction is an inherently dangerous activity. Hundreds if not millions of dollars are at stake with each project, and if something goes wrong,...
Contractor Arrested on Katrina Fraud Charge in Miss.
Nov 8 2007 // A Massachusetts contractor has been arrested on a felony fraud charge related to Hurricane Katrina recovery on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Daryle Arthur Jager, 47, of Somerville, Mass., is accused of taking $7,000 from a...
National Contractors Insurance Company, Inc.
Nov 1 2007 // NCIC, a Risk Retention Group, Secures AM Best Rated A- (Excellent), Class Viii, Reinsurance for its Contractor General Liability Program This is a real reinsurance program, not some unspecified excess of loss being used by...
Calif. AG Sues Drywall Contractor
Nov 1 2007 // Citing the threat of a “shadowy, underground economy,” California Attorney General Edmund G. Brown Jr. sued the Brinas Corp., a Los Angeles drywall contractor that unlawfully forced its employees to work...
HCC Appoints Pessin President of American Contractors Indemnity
Oct 30 2007 // Houston-based HCC Insurance Holdings Inc. promoted Adam S. Pessin to president of the company’s American Contractors Indemnity Company (ACIC) subsidiary. ACIC is headquartered in Los Angeles. Before joining the...
Cambridge General Offers Holiday Lights and Decorations Contractors Program
Oct 24 2007 // Cambridge General Agency is now accepting applications for its holiday lights and decorations contractors program, the newest addition to its contractors program in California. The company said with the holiday season just...
6 Florida Contractors Cited for Workers’ Comp Violations
Oct 16 2007 // Investigators from the Florida Department of Financial Services, Bureau of Workers’ Compensation Compliance report that they issued six stop work orders during a surprise enforcement sweep last week. Enforcement...
Families of Slain Iraqis Sue Military Contractor Blackwater
Oct 16 2007 // Families of Iraqis who died in a shooting involving Blackwater USA contractors in Baghdad have sued the company, saying the firm violated U.S. law and fostered a culture of lawlessness among its employees. The suit filed...
Tapco Underwriters Adds Specialty Contractors Program in Texas
Oct 16 2007 // Burlington, N.C.-based TAPCO Underwriters Inc. (TAPCO) has introduced a specialty contractors program, offering monoline general liability coverages to agents in Texas, the company announced. TAPCO opened its Texas...
Appalachian Underwriters Launches Contractors GL Program in Calif.
Oct 16 2007 // San Diego-based Appalachian Underwriters Inc. has a contractors general liability market available in California through independent agents. This program is backed by an admitted,A.M. Best Co. “A”-rated...
Sloan Mason Offers Contractor’s Pollution Liability
Oct 3 2007 // Sloan Mason has a provision of competitive contractor’s pollution liability (CPL) for oilfield diving and sub-sea contractors of all types. The program is available nationwide. For full underwriting review and the...
A policyholder bonanza: Texas Supreme Court decides Lamar Homes
Sep 24 2007 // The Supreme Court also disagreed with the district court’s common sense ruling that faulty workmanship that damages the property of a third party is a covered “occurrence,” whereas faulty workmanship that...
New Ore. law affects group contractor liability insurance
Sep 24 2007 // Oregon has implemented a new law aimed at making group contractor liability insurance more available. HB 2751 implements one of the recommendations of the The Construction Claims Task Force, and adds group contractor...
N.Y., N.J. Port Authority to Require Contractors to Provide Health Coverage
Sep 21 2007 // The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has initiated a policy requiring parking lot, landscaping, cleaning and other contractors it uses to carry health insurance for their employees. The stated policy will require...
Framing Contractor Ordered to Pay Calif. SCIF $291,444
Sep 21 2007 // San Diego County Superior Count Judge David Danielsen has ordered framing contractor Christopher Nicol to pay $291,440 in restitution to California’s State Compensation Insurance Fund. Nicol, 38, owner of BC Framing,...
Texas AG Warns Against Price Gouging After Hurricane
Sep 18 2007 // Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott warned Gulf Coast residents to be wary of price gouging, charity scams and other fraudulent attempts to bilk consumers in the aftermath of Hurricane Humberto. The AG released the warning...
Some Mississippi Coast Homeowners Plagued by Black Mold
Sep 12 2007 // Despite cleanup efforts, some Jackson County, Miss., homes still have mold festering behind walls and under leaky windows two years after Hurricane Katrina. “It’s growing. It’s in the vents and the walls....
