Latest Contractors Headlines
All the headlines from our Contractors Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
General Contractors
Jan 30 2003 // Nuts & Bolts: Anderson & Murison Inc. has a program for general contractors doing commercial and apartments. No dwellings or condos. Blanket additional insured CG2010 11/85. Per project aggregate. Waver of...
New Market: General Contractors/Commercial & Apartments
Jan 10 2003 // Anderson & Murison Inc. has a program for general contractors doing commercial and apartments. No dwellings or condos. Blanket additional insured CG2010 11/85. Per project aggregate. Waver of subrogation. This is a...
Residential Contractors
Dec 19 2002 // Nuts & Bolts: Lemac & Associates is offering a new market to write residential contractors engaged in the construction of tract homes. The new market does not have a strong appetite for subcontractors involved in...
Environmental Consultants/ Contractors
Dec 19 2002 // Nuts & Bolts: Professional Insurance Resources of Dallas has a new market available for Professional and General Liability for environmental consultants and contractors. Endorsements include waiver from subrogation...
N. Dak. Construction Compliance Task Force Deemed a Success, Program Will Continue
Dec 10 2002 // A report, issued jointly by North Dakota’s Workers Compensation Executive Director and CEO Brent Edison and Secretary of State Al Jaeger, indicates that the inter-agency effort, the Construction Compliance Task...
Builders, Contractors
Nov 20 2002 // Nuts & Bolts: APG Insurance Services is offering a program for GL for builders and contractors. Business is appointments only. Dollars: Policy limits of $1,000,000. Minimum premiums of $3,500 and $10,000 for...
MS/B and Alacrity Services LLC Form Alliance
Nov 14 2002 // Atlanta-based provider of structural loss estimates and direct repair programs for property insurers, Alacrity Services LLC—owner of ptc-NET(TM)—and Marshall & Swift / Boeckh (MS/B), a provider of building cost...
Ohio Insurance Department Provides Claim Tips for Storm Victims
Nov 13 2002 // Ohio Department of Insurance Director Lee Covington has issued a series of “tips” to help property owners filing claims resulting from the devastating tornadoes that struck the state over the...
No Duty to Investigate Before Terminating Agent
Nov 11 2002 // In Texas Farm Bureau Mut. Ins. Co. v. Sears, the Texas Supreme Court addressed what duties an insurance company owes an independent agent when terminating an “at will” relationship. No. 01-0851 (Tex., Aug. 30,...
GL/Contractors & Builders
Oct 22 2002 // Nuts & Bolts: APG Insurance Services is offering a GL program for contractors and builders. Available on an appointment basis. Dollars: Policy limits of $1,000,000; minimum premiums of $3,500. Carrier: BCIC. States...
King v. Dallas Fire: Occurrence From Another Angle
Sep 16 2002 // On August 29, 2002, the Texas Supreme Court issued its revised opinion in King v. Dallas Fire Insurance Company (No. 00-1152, Tex. Sup. Ct., Aug. 29, 2002), withdrawing and replacing its previous opinion of May 30, 2002,...
Garamendi Does Labor Day Visits; Mendoza Meets with Brokers, Contractors
Sep 16 2002 // Democratic Insurance Commissioner candidate John Garamendi joined thousands of workers by participating in a number of Labor Day activities throughout California earlier this month. “I am pleased once again to share...
Travelers Furnishes New CD To Construction Clients For One-Stop Risk Management
Aug 27 2002 // Travelers Property Casualty announced a new version of its “Construction Risk Management Tool Kit” CD-ROM, designed to help improve contractor clients’ loss experience. “We believe it to be one of...
Contractors Meet with Mendoza to Address Concerns over Rising Liability Rates
Aug 27 2002 // A group of 25 insurance brokers and contractors recently met with Republican Insurance Commissioner candidate Gary Mendoza to discuss rising liability insurance rates in the Inland Valley, according to the Los Angeles...
Contractors Protest at Florida Workers’ Comp Commission Meeting
Aug 26 2002 // Florida contractors mounted a protest at a meeting with the Governor’s Commission on Workers’ Compensation, insisting that a new law requiring all workers to be covered by workers’ comp on commercial...
Swimming Pool Contractors
Aug 19 2002 // Nuts & Bolts: Cascade/Amstar is offering a program for swimming pool contractors. Owners and contractors protective is allowed. Endorsements—Contractors application CSL 7012. Call for appointment. Dollars: Policy...
Determining Mold Culpability
Aug 19 2002 // A recent article in The Cincinnati Enquirer perfectly (albeit accidentally) illustrates how vexing the toxic mold issue can be, how stridently companies and industries try to protect themselves from its consequences, and...
Programs, Beacons of Stability in Tumultuous Markets
Aug 5 2002 // Now that the hard market has firmly set, it’s no secret that more and more standard property and casualty insurance carriers are seeking to stem losses by restricting coverage and revamping underwriting habits. As in...
Determining Mold Culpability
Aug 5 2002 // A recent article in The Cincinnati Enquirer perfectly (albeit accidentally) illustrates how vexing the toxic mold issue can be, how stridently companies and industries try to protect themselves from its consequences, and...
