UK Parliament Calls in Surveyors to Test for Dangerous Concrete September 6, 2023 By Alex Wickham Tests are being carried out to determine whether the UK Houses of Parliament contain the form of crumbling concrete that...
Manhattan Crane Collapse Linked to Owner, Operator With Past Safety Violations July 31, 2023 By JAKE OFFENHARTZ As authorities continue to investigate a crane collapse that rained thousands of pounds of steel debris onto a busy Manhattan...
New York City Construction Crane Catches Fire, Collapses and Crashes July 27, 2023 By JAKE OFFENHARTZ and Karen Matthews A towering construction crane caught fire high above the West Side of Manhattan on Wednesday morning, causing its long arm...
Risk Strategies Acquires Castle Rock Capacity in New York July 26, 2023 National specialty insurance broker Risk Strategies has acquired Castle Rock Capacity, a property/casualty insurance broker with a specialty in the...
Fire Fears After UK’s Grenfell Disaster Set Back Wood Building, With Insurance as Factor April 27, 2023 By Olivia Rudgard To get fire department approval for their six-story London office project made of strong engineered wood known as mass timber,...
French Building Collapse Kills at Least 6; Gas Explosion Suspected April 12, 2023 French investigators are treating the deaths of at least six people who were killed when a building collapsed in the...
Building Explodes and Collapses in Marseille, France April 10, 2023 By Elaine Ganley and Bishr El Touni More than 100 firefighters worked against a ticking clock to extinguish flames deep within debris to save up to 10...
UK Builders Face Ban Unless They Commit to Repairing Unsafe Cladding March 15, 2023 By Marion Dakers Eleven property developers could be barred from the industry unless they sign a UK government contract to repair unsafe cladding...
Britain Proposes Reforms for Insuring Apartment Blocks After Deadly Grenfell Tower Fire September 21, 2022 Britain’s financial watchdog has proposed reforming how apartment blocks are insured after the deaths of 72 people in the Grenfell...
People Moves: AXA XL Names Ensurance’s Burgess as U/W, Construction, UK & Lloyd’s; Aon strengthens M&A and Transaction Team With 3 Hires July 25, 2022 This edition of International People Moves details appointments at AXA XL and Aon. A summary of these new hires follows...