Latest Contractors Headlines

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

Golf, Politics, and Insurance

Jul 19 2004 // Summer is just flying by us, and I hope you are enjoying every minute! We here at Insurance Journal are very busy in planning for our upcoming issues. In fact, as we put this issue to bed, production starts right up again...

Fla. Contractor Pleads Guilty to Grand Theft

Jul 12 2004 // Florida Attorney General Charlie Crist announced that White Construction Company, a major road builder headquartered in Chiefland, Fla., has pled guilty to six counts of Grand Theft. As a result of the plea agreement,...

Specialty Trade Contractors

Jul 5 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: Construction Insurance Solutions (CIS), a new group of territorial program administrators, introduced a program for specialty trade contractors involved in commercial and residential construction. The...

Comprehensive Liability for Specialty Trade Contractors

Jul 5 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: Construction Insurance Solutions (CIS) has a new program for specialty trade contractors involved in commercial and residential construction: air-conditioning, concrete, electrical, excavators and land...

General Contractors Commercial and Apartments

Jul 5 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: Anderson & Murison Inc. has a program for general contractors doing commercial and apartments. No dwelling or condos. Blanket additional insured. Per project aggregate. Waiver of subrogation. This...

Environmental Multiline for Contractors & Consultants

Jun 21 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: Arch Insurance Group introduced an environmental multiline policy which offers insurance for environmental contractors and consultants requiring multiple coverages in one integrated policy. The new...

Specialty Trade Contractors

Jun 21 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: Construction Insurance Solutions (CIS), a program brand administrator, has a new program for specialty trade contractors involved in commercial and residential construction: air-conditioning, concrete,...

Environmental Multi-Line for Contractors and Consultants

Jun 21 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: Arch Insurance Group, a division of Arch Capital Group Ltd., introduced an environmental multi-line policy, which offers insurance for environmental contractors and consultants requiring multiple...

Comprehensive Liability – Specialty Trade Contractors

Jun 21 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: Construction Insurance Solutions (CIS), a program brand administrator operating through program territorial managers Norman-Spencer, McKernan Agency Inc. (NSM), RISC Insurance Specialist and Arthur J....

General Liability Program for Artisan Contractors

Jun 21 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: Anderson & Murison Inc. has a general liability program for artisan contractors. Twenty-seven specific classes qualify, including air conditioning contractors, carpentry-interior, electrical,...

Environmental Multi-Line for Contractors and Consultants

Jun 21 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: Arch Insurance Group, a division of Arch Capital Group Ltd., introduced an environmental multi-line policy, which offers insurance for environmental contractors and consultants requiring multiple...

Florida Wraps Up Workers’ Comp Compliance Sweep

Jun 20 2004 // Florida’s Chief Financial Officer Tom Gallagher announced the completion of a sweep of construction sites across Florida to verify that employers are complying with state workers’ compensation insurance...

Government to Pay Out Millions for WC Claims in Iraq

Jun 18 2004 // Mounting deaths and injuries to American civilian contractors in Iraq could cost the U.S. government millions of dollars for hundreds of workers’ compensation claims. U.S. law requires all government contractors and...

Ky. A.G. Warns Residents About Fly-by-Night Storm Chasers Following Recent Weather

Jun 9 2004 // Recent storms in Kentucky have resulted in wide spread wind and flood damage affecting many consumers. Attorney General Greg Stumbo is warning residents needing repair work done quickly to repair storm damaged homes and...

Environmental Multi-Line for Contractors, Consultants

Jun 7 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: Arch Insurance Group introduced an environmental multi-line policy for environmental contractors and consultants requiring multiple coverages in one integrated policy. The new policy provides a broad...

New Program for Specialty Trade Contractors Launched

Jun 2 2004 // A new group of territorial program administrators has introduced a program for specialty trade contractors involved in commercial and residential construction. The group, Construction Insurance Solutions (CIS), is...

Group Aims to Create Network of Independent Mitigation and Cleaning Contractors

Jun 1 2004 // Instead of just complaining about shrinking market share, one group of independent cleaning and restoration contractors said it is seeking to take control of its destiny. The recently formed Independent Mitigation and...

Best Releases Latest Version of Underwriting Guide

May 21 2004 // A.M. Best Co. announced the release of the “second flow” of its 2004 Underwriting Guide. The publication is aimed at helping insurance underwriters and risk managers gain a better understanding of industrial...

Arch Introduces Environmental Multi-Line Policy

May 18 2004 // Arch Insurance Group, a division of Bermuda-based Arch Capital Group Ltd., has introduced an Environmental Multi-Line Policy (EMP), which offers insurance for environmental contractors and consultants requiring multiple...

Construction Liability Costs Hurt Oregon Contractors

May 18 2004 // Soaring construction liability insurance premiums are causing contractors to raise house prices and even leave the business, builders say. Insurance rates for contractors doing commercial construction also have surged, but...