Latest Contractors Headlines
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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...
Contractors Backlogged With Work Orders, Predict a Long Wait for Repairs
Nov 20 2005 // South Florida roofing contractors, who were already overloaded and backlogged with work orders from previous hurricanes, say they are having difficulties facing nearly impossible demands in Dade and Bro-ward counties after...
The Four C’s of Risk Management for the Oil and Gas Operator – Contracts
Nov 20 2005 // In the first article of this series we discussed the importance of the retail broker reading, studying and comprehending the various contracts that control the oil and gas operator’s world. There are two areas of...
Actions and Proceedings
Nov 20 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...
Sloan Mason Offering New Contractors GL Capability for Calif., Nev.
Nov 17 2005 // San Diego-based Sloan Mason is now offering highly competitive GL coverage with an AM Best ‘A IX’ rated carrier, for contractors, as follows: * Plumbers, electricians, concrete pumping, painters, HVAC and many...
Moody Offers Colorado Roofing Workers’ Comp Program Dividend
Nov 8 2005 // Moody Insurance Agency, which specializes in insurance, risk management and bonding services for contractors, has announced a $313,800 dividend — an increase of $99,399 over last year’s dividend — for 19...
WILMA VICTIMS TOLD TO USE CAUTION
Nov 7 2005 // Attorney Gen-eral Charlie Crist has advised Florid-ians to use extra caution when hiring workers to help clean up the damage caused by Hurricane Wilma. He warned victims of water damage and downed trees to be alert for...
Sewer and Water-Main Contractors Program
Nov 7 2005 // Nuts & Bolts>Nuts & Bolts: Sloan Mason Insurance Serivces is providing WC/GL/Auto/UMB for sewer and water main contractors. Utility contractors can perform work in new tract developments, as well as usual public...
News Briefs
Nov 6 2005 // ALABAMA Vesta Reinsurance To Cover Wilma Vesta Insurance of Birmingham, issued a statement saying it has complete reinsurance coverage for Hur-ricane Wilma claims in Florida. “As previously disclosed, Vesta’s...
