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4 Common Business Issues When Evaluating Wrap-Up Programs
Nov 16 2015 // As the cost of commercial, public entity and residential construction continues to increase, owners and developers are seeking inventive ways to reduce insurance costs while maintaining effective coverages for the parties...
The Rebound Continues as Contractors & Builders Expect to Grow Again in 2016
Nov 16 2015 // The Rebound Continues as Contractors & Builders Expect to Grow Again in 2016 Builders and contractors can expect another year of steady growth in 2016 and so can the insurance specialists that serve this rebounding...
Kentucky Court: Mine-Safety Laws Don’t Apply to Subcontractors
Nov 12 2015 // Kentucky’s mine-safety laws and regulations didn’t apply to a subcontract worker who died while installing a massive garage door on a building at a mine site in Muhlenberg County, the state’s Supreme...
Fatal Dallas Construction Site Fall Leads to $400K Fine for Contractors
Nov 11 2015 // A fall from a third-story balcony in Dallas killed 44-year-old Jorge Carrion Torres as he worked on the exterior of an apartment complex on May 14, 2015. As a result the federal Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health...
Georgia Roofing Contractor Accused of Insurance Fraud
Nov 10 2015 // A Macon, Ga.-based roofing contractor was arrested for insurance fraud and damage to property, according to Georgia Insurance Commissioner Ralph Hudgens. Law enforcement officers from Hudgens’ Fraud Division and the...
North Dakota Roofing Contractor Fined $105K in Worker Safety Probe
Nov 3 2015 // Federal labor officials say a North Dakota roofing contractor has been cited as a result of a worker safety investigation. The U.S. Department of Labor says inspectors found Fargo-based Lorz Construction failed to provide...
Louisiana Supreme Court Says Grocer Not 100% Liable for Slip and Fall
Nov 2 2015 // In a decision handed down in mid-October, the Louisiana Supreme Court reversed an appeals court decision assigning 100 percent liability to a grocery store in a customer slip and fall case. Louisiana’s Third Circuit...
Owners of Home Destroyed by Wyoming Landslide File Suit Against Contractor
Nov 2 2015 // The owners of a home destroyed in a landslide in Jackson, Wyo., have filed a lawsuit saying construction work made the hillside below their house unstable. Jeremy and Sara Budge are seeking compensation from construction...
3 Years After Sandy, Thousands of Storm Survivors Still Can’t Go Home
Oct 30 2015 // Three years ago, Superstorm Sandy slammed the New Jersey shore, destroying homes, splintering boardwalks, wrecking businesses and displacing thousands of people. Three years later, several thousand still cannot get back...
Louisiana Supreme Court: Grocer not 100% Liable for Slip, Fall
Oct 23 2015 // In a decision handed down in mid-October, the Louisiana Supreme Court reversed an appeals court decision assigning 100 percent liability to a grocery store in a customer slip and fall case. Louisiana’s Third Circuit...
Owners of Home Destroyed by Wyoming Landslide File Suit Against Contractor
Oct 23 2015 // The owners of a home destroyed in a landslide in Jackson have filed a lawsuit saying construction work made the hillside below their house unstable. Jeremy and Sara Budge are seeking compensation from construction and...
Unlike Uber, On-Demand Office Service Cleans Up with Employees
Oct 16 2015 // It’s scorching on the streets of Midtown Manhattan as Afonso Oliveira strides around the lunch-break crowds, unbent beneath his 45-pound, $350 industrial backpack. He is carrying everything that might be needed to...
Lessons from the Gold King Mine Contamination
Oct 5 2015 // On Aug. 5, 2015 an environmental contractor acting under the EPA’s authority breached a bulkhead at the entrance to the Gold King Mine in Southwestern Colorado. As a result, 3 million gallons of heavy metal laced...
Wisconsin Contractor to Pay $140K to Settle Age Discrimination, Retaliation Suit
Sep 22 2015 // Stack Bros. Mechanical Contractors Inc. of Superior, Wis., a heating and plumbing contractor in northern Wisconsin and northern Minnesota, will pay $140,000 and furnish other relief to settle an age discrimination and...
Labor Department’s 6-Part Test for Classifying Employees, Independent Contractors
Sep 21 2015 // The U.S. Department of Labor has issued a blog post with new guidance on classifying workers as employees or independent contractors under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FSLA), an issue that has attracted renewed...
Will Uber Employee Status Ruling in California Impact Its Business Model?
Sep 21 2015 // A California Labor Commission ruling in June that an Uber driver is an employee and not a contractor opens the door to more scrutiny over the rideshare giant’s business model, but that was just the proverbial tip of...
Construction Defect Analysis for Occurrence and Manifestation Occurrence Form Policies
Sep 21 2015 // The commercial general liability (CGL) policy is the standard insurance policy used for construction liability risks. Because of this, a question often arises as to whether or not the policy that’s in force when the...
Texas Associates Insurors Adds Steanson in Austin
Sep 14 2015 // Texas Associates Insurors added J.D. Steanson as its newest risk and insurance advisor, specializing in commercial contractor, home construction contractor and trade contractor risk assessment. Steanson is a member and has...
California Employment Department Rules Former Uber Driver Was Employee
Sep 10 2015 // Uber has lost another legal round in the dispute over whether its drivers are independent contractors or employees, an issue that threatens the core of the ride-hailing company’s business model. The California...
Energi of Canada Launches P&C Program for Energy Construction
Sep 10 2015 // Energi of Canada has launched a new property & casualty program for energy construction. The new energy construction program offers risk management services and insurance coverage for contractors in the following...
