All the headlines from our Construction Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 21 2019 // Insurtechs have been making headlines for several years with how they are changing the insurance business and the threat they pose to traditional insurance distribution. But as these fledgling insurance technology firms...
Oct 18 2019 // The Western District of the Missouri Court of Appeals recently issued opinions that effectively strip any practical effect from a Missouri amendment made to provide certain protections to insurers.In Aguilar v. GEICO Cas....
Oct 17 2019 // Castel Specialty, the London-based division of club-style MGA formation platform Castel Underwriting Agencies Ltd., has entered the construction and engineering market, primarily focused on the UK, North America,...
Oct 14 2019 // A Hard Rock Hotel under construction at the edge of New Orleans’ historic French Quarter collapsed Saturday morning, leaving at least one person dead and three unaccounted for, authorities said.Nearby buildings were...
Oct 14 2019 // Authorities say two workers were accidentally electrocuted at a townhouse construction site in central New Jersey, leaving one dead and the other critically injured.A third worker suffered burns in the accident, which...
Oct 2 2019 // A worker’s death has temporarily halted construction on a $2 billion highway project in downtown Orlando.The Orlando Sentinel reports that the worker died Saturday when a beam fell off some equipment and struck him....
Oct 2 2019 // Better keep your hands off that cellphone if you are driving near a school or through a construction zone in Florida.As of Tuesday, it is against the law to hold a cellphone while driving in those places. Florida earlier...
Oct 1 2019 // San Diego, Calif.-based Cavignac & Associates has named Jacquelyn Sousa an account manager for the agency’s construction practice.Sousa’s scope of responsibilities includes evaluating and addressing client...
Sep 26 2019 // New Hampshire officials say a man was seriously injured after being pinned under a concrete wall in a construction accident.WMUR-TV reports Pelham fire and police officials were able to dig the unidentified man out by hand...
Sep 12 2019 // The Kentucky Labor Cabinet has sent letters to coal and construction companies that might be in violation of a state law that requires a bond to cover employee wages. The Herald-Leader reports that over the last few weeks,...
Sep 9 2019 // An Ohio construction company owner has been sentenced to three years in prison for failing to provide safety equipment when an employee fell from a roof and died.The Akron Beacon Journal reports 53-year-old James Coon was...
Sep 9 2019 // Unlicensed labor broker Salvador Almonte Jr. and insurance broker Steven Asvazadourian have been indicted in New York for an insurance fraud scheme in which they underreported the size of Almonte’s companies and lied...
Sep 2 2019 // An Illinois construction company that waited six years to inform its excess insurer it had been sued cannot expect coverage from that carrier, and it can’t go after the insurance brokerage that sold it the policy, a...
Aug 29 2019 // A construction worker has died and five others were injured in a partial collapse of a building under construction in the Bronx. It happened shortly before noon Tuesday at the four-story construction site at 92 East 208th...
Aug 27 2019 // A Maryland construction company owner has pleaded guilty to engaging in a scheme to defraud a customer out of more than $1.7 million.U.S. Attorney Robert Hur’s office said in a news release that 65-year-old Ivan...
Aug 23 2019 // An Illinois construction company that waited six years to inform its excess insurer that it had been sued cannot expect coverage from that carrier, and it can’t go after the insurance brokerage that sold it the...
Aug 20 2019 // After protesters disrupted construction of an oil pipeline in North Dakota by chaining themselves to construction equipment and pitching tents along the route, oil and chemical companies found a way to keep it from...
Aug 19 2019 // Construction insurance specialists say their insurance market is strong with plenty of capacity and underwriters competing for the best accounts.According to specialists interviewed by Insurance Journal for their...
Jul 31 2019 // The Houston Fire Department says nine workers were taken to hospitals after they were injured when part of the roof of a building under construction collapsed.Firefighters responded to the roof collapse Monday morning at a...
Jul 24 2019 // Strong winds may be to blame for the collapse of a construction crane in New Jersey.The crane came down onto a house and an apartment building across from Rutgers University in New Brunswick on Sunday night. News 12 New...