Latest Contractors Headlines
All the headlines from our Contractors Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Hurricane contractors: Working without a safety net
Jan 1 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 1 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 1 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...
Burns & Wilcox Offers New Contractors’ Environmental Market
Dec 26 2005 // Burns & Wilcox has launched a new environmental program with ACE Westchester Specialty Group Environmental for environmental contractors and consultants. Rated “A+” by A.M. Best, ACE Westchester Specialty...
Hull & Co. Adds Contractors Market
Dec 21 2005 // Hull & Co., Stockton, Calif., has added another company to its array of contractors markets. The new market is Best’s rated “A,” IX and writes both general contractors and artisans. Key features...
Bliss & Glennon Adds New Market for Calif. Residential Contractors
Dec 21 2005 // Redondo Beach, Calif.-based Bliss & Glennon has a new market for residential contractors in California. This market is non-admitted and rated “A- VIII” by AM Best’s. This market will entertain both...
Marin County Contractor Pleads Guilty
Dec 18 2005 // A licensed general contractor and owner of a Marin County, Calif., roofing company has pled guilty to workers’ compensation insurance premium fraud, unemployment insurance fraud and filing false income tax...
News Briefs
Dec 18 2005 // Alaska President Declares Alaska Major Disaster Following Fall Weather The head of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has reported that President George W. Bush has...
Okeechobee, Fla. Building Contractor Apprehended for Workers’ Comp Fraud, Grand Theft
Dec 12 2005 // Okeechobee building contractor Merle Dee Johnson has been bonded out of the Okeechobee County Jail after being arrested by Florida investigators for allegedly committing workers’ compensation fraud and grand theft....
Lemac Offers New Market for Residential Contractors in Calif.
Dec 12 2005 // Los Angeles-based Lemac & Associates has added a new market for residential contractors in California. This is a non-admitted market for contractors including wrap-ups for single family and multi-family projects,...
The Four C’s of Risk Management for Oil and Gas Operator – Managing Contracts
Dec 5 2005 // Editor’s note: This is the second article in a series on risk management for oil and gas operators. The first article appeared in the Aug. 22, 2005, issue of Insurance Journal West region edition on page 66. In the...
San Diego Contractor Ordered to Pay $37,669 in Restitution to State Fund
Dec 5 2005 // A San Diego County Superior Court has sentenced Valley Center, Calif., businessman John Presley to three years formal probation and ordered him to pay $37,669 in restitution to California’s State Compensation...
San Diego Contractor Ordered to Pay $37,669 in Restitution to State Fund
Dec 4 2005 // A San Diego County Superior Court has sentenced Valley Center, Calif., businessman John Presley to three years formal probation and ordered him to pay $37,669 in restitution to California’s State Compensation...
The Four C’s of Risk Management for Oil and Gas Operator – Managing Contracts
Dec 4 2005 // Editor’s note: This is the second article in a series on risk management for oil and gas operators. The first article appeared in the Aug. 22, 2005, issue of Insurance Journal West region edition on page 66. In the...
Contractors Slow to Sign Up Under Idaho’s Proof of Insurance Law
Nov 28 2005 // Less than 10 percent of Idaho home builders and contractors have signed up for the state’s new contractor registration list that takes effect in January. The new law requires contractors who do more than $2,000 worth...
NAMIC Concerned about Oregon’s Single Construction Liability Insurer
Nov 23 2005 // The National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC) has announced it is concerned about Oregon’s Construction Claims Task Force (CCTF) decision to designate a “single private insurer” to...
The Four C’s of Risk Management for the Oil and Gas Operator – Contracts
Nov 21 2005 // (Editor’s note: This is the second in a series of articles on risk management for oil and gas operators. The first appeared in the Aug. 22, 2005, issue of Insurance Journal–Texas/South Central.) In the first...
Excess/Umbrella–California Contractors
Nov 21 2005 // Nuts & Bolts: SIU LLC is offering a new excess/umbrella market for contractors available in California. Dollars: Deductibles are $10,000; minimum premiums are $1,500; and the policy limits are $5...
Residential General Contractors Liability
Nov 21 2005 // Nuts & Bolts: Jack Nebel Companies is now offering residential general contractors liability in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin. Policy limits are $5 million/$5 million. The carrier is the...
Case Law Watch
Nov 21 2005 // Eaton v. Continental Casualty Co. (California Court of Appeals, 2nd District, Sept. 15, 2005) Ruling: The court held that the insured’s suit against an excess insurer was not barred by the four-year statute of...
