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Six Floridians Cheated GCs, Arrested in $15M Workers’ Comp Scam

Feb 13 2006 // A multimillion-dollar workers’ compensation scam that raked in its perpetrators more than $15 million has been cracked by state and local officials who have arrested six men in Boca Raton, Fla. and charged them with...

Insurance Ranks Third on Fla. Attorney General’s List of Common Scams

Feb 8 2006 // Insurance scams, especially hurricane-related complaints, ranked third in a list of top categories of fraud complaints received by Attorney General Charlie Crist’s office in 2005. The top categories on the list,...

Young agent tricks and treats

Feb 6 2006 // Like many of you, I started my insurance career with an empty desk and a phone. Over the years I have learned some tips or ‘tricks’ I have used effectively to generate sales. Cold calling was the first lesson I...

Young agent tricks and treats

Feb 5 2006 // Any activity done ouside the office is always better than doing something in the office. Like many of you, I started my insurance career with an empty desk and a phone. Over the years I have learned some tips or...

LIG Schedules Four One-Day Marine Contractors’ Workshops, Seminars

Feb 2 2006 // Four one-day seminars on commercial marine insurance including a Marine Contractors’ Workshop, navigating interlocking coverages, navigating commercial marine liabilities and navigating marine workers’...

Fla. CPCU Speaker Outlines Certificates of Insurance Terms, Provisions

Feb 2 2006 // “Certificates of Insurance: The Second Most Dangerous Piece of Paper,” including specifics about various insurance contract terms and provisions, and what to do and not to do with certificates of insurance were...

San Diego Roofing Contractor Sentenced for State Fund Fraud

Jan 31 2006 // San Diego County Superior Court Judge David Danielsen has sentenced a roofing contractor to a six month jail term, three years formal probation and ordered him to pay $272,000 in restitution to State Compensation Insurance...

S. Fla. Homeowners Warned ‘Be Wary’ of Hurricane Repair Contractors

Jan 24 2006 // Consumer advocates are warning South Florida homeowners to be wary of contractors who take deposits up front for hurricane repairs or shutter installations. For example, officials said a company called Palms West Shutter...

Fire and Water Restoration Plus Pollution and Mold Liability for Contractors

Jan 23 2006 // Nuts & Bolts: Bonding and Insurance Specialists Agency is offering fire and water restoration contractors general liability plus contractor’s pollution and mold liability. BISA has been writing insurance and...

Calif. Hands Down Convictions for Violating Contractor Licensing Laws

Jan 23 2006 // 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 Contractors State...

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...

Miss. Hurricane Victims Warned: Beware of Contractor Scams

Jan 12 2006 // Hurricane Katrina victims in Mississippi have been warned to beware of scam artists and disreputable contractors and to check contractors out closely before hiring them to do repairs, according to Robert Latham, director...

Okla. AG Warns of Fraud After Fires

Jan 4 2006 // Attorney General Drew Edmondson is warning Oklahomans who lost homes and other property in recent wildfires to beware of being victimized again, this time by fraud. More than 200 homes and businesses have been destroyed by...

Sloan Mason Offering New Market for Calif. Residential Tract Contractors

Jan 3 2006 // California-based Sloan Mason reported access to a new A- VIII carrier, which will provide competitive GL and wrap-up coverage for residential contractors in California. These contractors can perform work in new tract...

Hurricane contractors: Working without a safety net

Jan 2 2006 // For the clean up of New Orleans in the wake of Hurricane Katrina to progress, contractors engaged in this important work must be adequately protected from long-term and uncertain liabilities. As insurance brokers, we at...

Artisan contractors run for liability cover

Jan 2 2006 // Artisan contractors are being squeezed in the insurance market as general contractors and insurers do what they can to transfer and limit their exposures, especially in so-called “pain” states. Artisans are...

Sizing Up The Construction Market

Jan 2 2006 // The list of insurers is hsorter and restrictions longer When he is presented with a construction account at his office on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, Rubin Alspector can quickly determine which insurers might write it. He...

Building up construction insurance, block by block

Jan 2 2006 // Agent Dave Sinclair remembers his first construction account well since it was only about six years ago. It was a plumber contract with a premium of about $70,000. Today Sinclair’s Wallingford, Conn.-based agency...

Hurricane contractors: Working without a safety net

Jan 2 2006 // For the clean up of New Orleans in the wake of Hurricane Katrina to progress, contractors engaged in this important work must be adequately protected from long-term and uncertain liabilities. As insurance brokers, we at...

Hurricane contractors: Working without a safety net

Jan 2 2006 // For the clean up of New Orleans in the wake of Hurricane Katrina to progress, contractors engaged in this important work must be adequately protected from long-term and uncertain liabilities. As insurance brokers, we at...