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Washington Warns Against Unqualified Contractors
Jan 12 2007 // In the wake of a fierce windstorm that left many Wenatchee, Wash.-area homes damaged, the state Department of Labor and Industries (L&I) is reminding the public to be mindful and not to take shortcuts when hiring...
Blueprint for Contractors Liability: Building the case for contractors … and underwriters
Jan 8 2007 // For a contractor — and his insurance agent — surveying the general liability insurance landscape, the options can seem overwhelming. Trying to navigate through a vast assortment of carriers and coverages is...
Subcontractor default insurance
Jan 8 2007 // Performance bonds or SDI: how they work and what’s the difference The financial health and stability of subcontractors is a constant concern of general contractors. To protect against subcontractor default,...
Contractors not buying into professional liability
Jan 8 2007 // Ames & Gough survey finds as many as 50% of contractors not covered Contractors, project owners, and project finance professionals are increasingly interested in the niche market of contractors’ professional...
10 La. judge says water may be covered
Jan 7 2007 // Ruling against La. Citizens could affect more insurers 10 Survey says party hosts are underinsured Trusted Choice reports 28.5 million need more coverage 12 Miss. AG’s Katrina lawsuit moved Judge rules state court...
8 Drive Insurance from Progressive lowers Colo. auto rates
Jan 7 2007 // Tort system helping to reduce costs 8 Gov.-elects appoint insurance department heads Colorado picks Mayor Morrison, Idaho picks Rep. Deal 8 Calif. workers’ comp reforms working Yet outgoing commissioner says still...
CONTRACTORS AND SUBCONTRACTORS
Jan 7 2007 // N18 Building the case for contractors … and underwriters 10 Wintery West Storms create late-year claims 48 Arson Investigations Science could overturn convictions 56 Enron’s Legacies Ds&Os face increased risk
Contractors not buying into professional liability Ames & Gough survey finds as many as 50% of contractors not covered
Jan 7 2007 // Contractors, project owners, and project finance professionals are increasingly interested in the niche market of contractors’ professional liability insurance (CPLI), according to a recent survey of insurers writing...
BW Insurance Agency Acquires Contractor’s Insurance Services
Jan 4 2007 // Bank of the West’s subsidiary BW Insurance Agency Inc. has acquired Contractor’s Insurance Services Inc., a full-service agency that specializes in providing commercial and personal lines, risk management and...
MJ Hall Offers Residential Homebuilders Program
Dec 29 2006 // M.J. Hall and Co. Inc., a general agent and surplus lines wholesaler, has a new residential homebuilders program. The new homebuilders general liability program is for custom and tract general contractors in Arizona and...
2006: Soft market offers up many new insurance products
Dec 25 2006 // E&O, Professional/Management Liability New P/C Insurance Agents’ E&O Rockwood Programs partnered with certain underwriters at Lloyd’s of London to offer professional liability coverage specifically...
2006 New Markets Report
Dec 24 2006 // E&O, Professional/Management Liability New P/C Insurance Agents’ E&O Rockwood Programs partnered with certain underwriters at Lloyd’s of London to offer professional liability coverage specifically...
Burns & Wilcox Promotes Lyon to Assistant Branch Manager in Sacramento
Dec 20 2006 // Burns & Wilcox, a Farmington Hills, Mich.-based national specialty insurance wholesaler, underwriter and managing general agent, has promoted Ken Lyon to assistant branch manager in the company’s Sacramento,...
N.Y. Drywall Contractor Charged with Workers’ Compensation Fraud
Dec 15 2006 // A New York business owner faces charges of insurance fraud following his arrest by Manhattan District Attorney Robert Morgenthau’s office for allegedly defrauding the New York State Insurance Fund of more than...
Golden Insurance Offers General Liability Coverage for Builders, Contractors, Artisans
Dec 13 2006 // Golden Insurance Co. RRG has extended its primary commercial general liability coverage for builders, general contractors and artisans to $1 million/$1 million beginning in Jan. 2007. Coverage is offered on a claims-made...
Study Shows Using Casual Laborers Costs Homeowners in Long Run
Dec 12 2006 // Homeowners who hire unlicensed contractors believing that will save them money may be penny-wise and pound foolish, according to a survey by Seattle-based Pemco Insurance. In its survey, Pemco found of Washingtonians who...
OSHA Catches Fall River, Mass. Contractor with Unprotected Trench
Dec 5 2006 // A Fall River, Mass., contractor faces $25,950 in fines from the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) after a spot inspection found two employees working in an unprotected...
OSHA Cites Ga. Contractors For Work Site Hazards at Trenches
Nov 22 2006 // A federal work safety agency accused contractors in north Georgia and metro Atlanta last week of allowing employees to work in unsafe conditions in deep trenches at their sites. The Occupational Safety and Health...
Contractors Professional Liability Grows, But Buyers Not Always Buying
Nov 21 2006 // The contractors professional liability insurance market is growing, but many contractors who have a professional exposure are not buying coverage, according to a new survey by Ames & Gough, based in Washington, D.C....
Builders & Tradesmen’s Offers Online Artisan Contractor GL Program
Nov 21 2006 // Builders & Tradesmen’s Insurance Service, Inc. has recently entered into an agreement with an “A” X rated carrier providing an exclusive national program for its online artisan contractor general...
