Latest Contractors Headlines
All the headlines from our Contractors Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Contractors in Need of Relief
Jun 23 2003 // With the iffy economy and a plague of insurance problems, building contractors may feel like they’re being persecuted. Fortunately, interest rates have been hovering at historically low rates keeping residential...
Inside the Contractors Market
Jun 23 2003 // If you find placing contractors insurance these days almost as daunting as building the house, condo, apartment or other facility itself, you are not alone. A restrictive market, high minimum premiums and tighter...
GL for Contractors and Roofers
Jun 23 2003 // Nuts & Bolts: American Pacific General Agency Inc. of Woodland Hills, Calif. has a new market for general liability for contractors and roofers. Available by appointment only. Endorsements are available. Dollars:...
Working with Blowouts, Knock-for-Knocks and Other Oil Patch Oddities
Jun 9 2003 // One of the big issues facing small- to mid-size oil and gas operators and contractors these days is the need to determine how much risk they are willing to carry themselves and how much they want to transfer to an insuring...
Working with Blowouts, Knock-for-Knocks and Other Oil Patch Oddities
Jun 9 2003 // One of the big issues facing small- to mid-size oil and gas operators and contractors these days is the need to determine how much risk they are willing to carry themselves and how much they want to transfer to an insuring...
Contractors and Equipment Dealers
May 19 2003 // Nuts & Bolts: CEIS Ltd., a member of the Curley Insurance Group, has introduced a new program for Inland Marine for the construction and equipment dealer industry. The program offers several unique coverages such as...
Contractors and Equipment Dealers
May 5 2003 // Nuts & Bolts: CEIS Ltd., a member of the Curley Insurance Group, has introduced a new program for Inland Marine for the construction and equipment dealer industry. The program offers several unique coverages such as...
John Gross Elected a Director of National Builders
Apr 25 2003 // John Gross has been elected a Director of Las Vegas, Nev.-based National Builders Insurance Services, Inc. (NBIS), the manager and risk sharing partner with Builders and Contractors Insurance Company (RRG). Gross is...
AIG Global Surety, National Indemnity to Provide Surety Facility for Large Creditworthy Contractors
Apr 24 2003 // AIG Global Surety, a division of the property and casualty insurance subsidiaries of American International Group, Inc., and National Indemnity Company (NICO), a member of the Berkshire Hathaway group of insurance...
Builders and Contractors Liability
Apr 21 2003 // Nuts & Bolts: American Pacific General Agency Inc. has available a program for builders and contractors liability. This is an appointments-only program. Dollars: Policy limits of $1,000,000; Deductibles of $2,500;...
S.F. Roofing Contractor Arrested on Three Felony Counts
Apr 10 2003 // Investigators from the California Department of Insurance (CDI) Fraud Division and the Employment Development Department (EDD) arrested a San Francisco roofing contractor on three felony counts of workers’...
ACE Casualty Risk Offers New Products for Environmental Risk Market
Apr 7 2003 // ACE Casualty Risk announced that it would provide broader product and service solutions for the environmental risk market through its environmental underwriting unit–ACE Environmental Risk (AER). The expanded...
Builders and Contractors Liability
Apr 7 2003 // Nuts & Bolts: American Pacific General Agency Inc. has available a program for builders and contractors liability. Dollars: Policy limits of $1,000,000; Deductibles of $2,500; Minimum Premiums of $6,500 for...
Contractor Arrested for Premium Fraud
Apr 7 2003 // Fraud investigators from the CDI Criminal Investigations Branch’s Fraud Division and the San Mateo County District Attorney’s Office arrested Thomas Turner, 57, of Fremont, Calif. The San Mateo County District...
Daley Brother Made $400,000 Brokering City Contractors’ Insurance for Near North, Group Alleges
Mar 17 2003 // A group funded by suburban Chicago mayors who oppose the expansion of O’Hare International Airport says it will release evidence today to show that Cook County Commissioner and mayoral brother John Daley made up to...
PIACT Supports Competition for Municipally Funded Construction Projects
Mar 14 2003 // Steven Imbriaco, government affairs counsel for the Professional Insurance Agents of Connecticut Inc., told the Insurance & Real Estate Committee of the Connecticut General Assembly during a public hearing on Tuesday...
GL for Contractors/Roofers
Feb 25 2003 // Nuts & Bolts: American Pacific General Agency in Woodland Hills, Calif. has a general liability market for contractors and roofers. Endorsements available. Business by appointments only. Dollars: Policy limits –...
Contractor Arrested for Premium Fraud
Feb 24 2003 // Fraud investigators of CDI’s Criminal Investigations Branch’s Fraud Division and the San Mateo County District Attorney’s Office arrested Thomas Turner, 57, of Fremont, Calif. The San Mateo County...
Wash. L&I Cracks Down on Unregistered Residential Wood Framers
Feb 12 2003 // Inspectors from the Department of Labor and Industries (L&I) will be out in force in Pierce, Jefferson, Kitsap and Clallam counties this month, making sure residential wood framers are working safely and are...
Exclusive Agents Feel the Squeeze
Feb 10 2003 // The times they are a’changin’.” Bob Dylan’s 60’s refrain could be the theme song for a new spirit moving through the ranks of the insurance industry’s exclusive (captive) agents. The...
