Latest Contractors Headlines

All the headlines from our Contractors Topic Page, ordered by recency.

Burn Victim Settles Suit Against IBM, Contractor for $9.5M

Mar 28 2005 // An apprentice technician who received burns on 60 percent of his body after an electrical explosion, settled a lawsuit this week against engineering contract firm Fluor Corp. and technology powerhouse IBM...

Roofing Contractors, Workers’ Compensation Insurance and Profits

Mar 21 2005 // Making the Puzzle Pieces Fit Begin a conversation with any roofing contractor with the words workers’ comp insurance and profits in the same sentence and you’ll probably be met with a confused look. By all...

GL for Roofing Contractors

Mar 21 2005 // Nuts & Bolts: M.E. James Surplus Lines Ins. Agency is offering a general liability program for commercial and residential roofing contractors. The coverage is a limited claims-made form offering up to five years prior...

Calif. Authorities Warn of Getting Soaked by Fraudulent Contractors Following Storms

Mar 10 2005 // As the damage from the recent California storms is tallied, a new peril threatens homeowners — con artists posing as contractors and public adjusters. These criminals come out of the woodwork after disasters, preying...

NEW RRG TO OFFER GL TO CALIF. CONTRACTORS AND ARTISANS:

Mar 7 2005 // United Contractors Insurance Company Inc., a new risk retention group domiciled in the District of Columbia, will offer general liability coverage to California contractors and artisans in commercial and residential...

Contractors Liability

Mar 7 2005 // Nuts & Bolts: Trinity E&S Ins. Services Inc. of Bermuda Dunes, Calif., has expanded its in-house contractors liability program to include the states of Nevada, Arizona, Oregon and Washington. The program,...

Washington Dept. of Labor Fines Contractor over Workers’ Comp Violations

Mar 3 2005 // The Washington Department of Labor and Industries has put Skanska USA Building Inc. on notice that it will lose its certificate to self-insure if it doesn’t improve the way it manages workers’ compensation...

ACE USA Unveils Online Platform for Contractors Pollution Liability Coverage

Mar 1 2005 // ACE USA, the U.S.-based retail operating division of The ACE Group of Companies, announced that its ACE Environmental Risk unit has launched a web-based underwriting facility that enables brokers to access Contractors...

M.E. James Offers GL for Roofing Contractors

Feb 23 2005 // M.E. James Surplus Lines Ins. Agency has a general liability program for commercial and residential roofing contractors. The coverage is a Limited Claims-Made form offering up to five years prior acts coverage and up to a...

Checking in with ELANY’s Dan Maher

Feb 21 2005 // Back to Earth and Up to Albany for N.Y.’s Excess & Surplus Marketplace After setting records in 2004, the excess and surplus market in New York is expected to calm down this year, as the tremors from the Sept....

ProBuilders Enters N.E. Contractors’ Insurance Market

Feb 17 2005 // ProBuilders Specialty, a risk retention group managed by NationsBuilders Insurance Services, has entered a number of the New England states to offer contractors’ general liability coverage. The program will be...

New RRG to Offer GL to Calif. Contractors and Artisans

Feb 16 2005 // United Contractors Insurance Company Inc.—a new risk retention group domiciled in the District of Columbia—will offer general liability coverage to California contractors and artisans in commercial and residential...

Trinity E&S Announces Expansion of Contractor’s Liability Program

Feb 13 2005 // Bermuda Dunes, Calif.-based Trinity E&S Insurance Services Inc., announced it has expanded its in house contractor’s liability program to include the states of Nevada, Arizona, Oregon and Washington. Coverage is...

GL — Manufacturers, Distributors, Sub-Contractors

Feb 7 2005 // Nuts & Bolts: Axiom Specialty Insurance Services is now offering primary products and general liability targeting manufacturers, distributors and commercial sub-contractors. Recently bound accounts include sheet metal...

Trinity E&S Insurance Services Expands In-House Contractor’s Liability Program

Jan 27 2005 // California-based Trinity E&S Insurance Services Inc., has expanded its in-house contractor’s liability program to include the states of Nevada, Arizona, Oregon and Washington. Coverage is underwritten by an...

Broker Survey Shows 4Q Premiums Drop

Jan 24 2005 // More than 80 percent of small and large commercial property/casualty accounts and 90 percent of medium accounts found their insurance premiums either stable or down by as much as 20 percent during the fourth quarter of...

Back to the Basics

Jan 24 2005 // E&S Industry Returns to Familiar Ground Neither wind, nor rain nor the dark cloud of standard carriers returning to the marketplace will keep excess and surplus insurance writers from maintaining profitability. From...

General Liability – Contractors

Jan 3 2005 // Nuts & Bolts: Coronado Insurance Whole-sale Services Inc. is offering general liability for contractors. The program targets framers, roofers, concrete contractors and general contractors. Dollars: Policy limits of $2...

\General Liability – Contractors

Jan 3 2005 // Nuts & Bolts: Coronado Insurance Wholesale Services Inc. expanded their range of products by offering general liability for contractors. The program targets framers, roofers, concrete contractors and general...

Artisan Contractors

Dec 20 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: Yates and Associates Insurance Services extended their services in the form of an Artisan Contractor Program. Occurrence and claims made forms available, CG2010 10/93 A/I form available. Blanket...