Latest Contractors Headlines
All the headlines from our Contractors Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
Calif. Contractor Associations, Unions Form Trust to Administer Workers’ Comp Carve-Out Program
Dec 7 2004 // Northern California contractors and unions representing carpenters, laborers and operating engineers have formed a labor-management trust to administer a collectively bargained workers’ compensation carve-out...
Fla. Contractor Arrested Following Surprise Inspection
Nov 22 2004 // An unlicensed, uninsured contractor was arrested after Florida insurance fraud investigators made a surprise inspection at a St. Lucie County subdivision. Vicente Parra Martinez, 34, owner and sole officer of P.M.V....
N.J. REPAIRS CONTRACTORS' ACT:
Nov 22 2004 // Gov. James McGreevey signed legislation removing “inaccurate and ineffectual” provisions from the Contractor’s Registration Act, one day before the act was set to go into effect on Nov. 9. The move...
Pool Contractors
Nov 22 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: Lionheart Insurance added a new facility for swimming pool contractors. Dollars: Limits for general liability up to $1 million with a $1,000 deductible. Minimum premium is $3,500. Carrier: Rated...
ACE USA Enhances Defense Base Act Coverage
Nov 19 2004 // ACE USA, the U.S.-based retail operating division of The ACE Group of Companies, announced that it is enhancing its Defense Base Act (DBA) product offerings to create a responsive, comprehensive approach for small to...
Schinnerer Publishes Risk Management Guide
Nov 18 2004 // “Contractors often don’t see the need for professional liability coverage for design related claims,” explained Victor O. Schinnerer’s Joe Jones. “They think that their general liability...
Mass. Big Dig Springs Big Leaks; Hunt Commences to Pin Blame for Allegedly Faulty Construction
Nov 12 2004 // Massachusetts Attorney General Thomas F. Reilly said his office wants to know whether water accumulating on the underground roof of the Big Dig tunnels could damage the $14.6 billion roadway project, and who should be...
N.J. Repairs Contractors’ Registration Act
Nov 11 2004 // New Jersey Gov. James McGreevey has signed into law a measure sought by agents and insurers that removes troublesome provisions from the Contractor’s Registration Act. The amendments fix a provision that required...
