All the headlines from our Construction Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Dec 20 2018 // Global insurance broker Marsh announced the appointments of specialty leaders for the UK & Ireland. These appointments will be effective upon closing of the transaction between Marsh’s parent company, Marsh &...
Dec 19 2018 // A construction company whose employee died after falling out of an elevator has been cited for safety violations.WBTV-TV reports that the North Carolina Department of Labor announced that Gilbane Building Company is...
Dec 17 2018 // Authorities say a construction worker was killed and another worker injured when a crane toppled at a marina on Florida’s Gulf Coast. Other construction workers attempted to free the trapped employee Thursday when he...
Dec 12 2018 // Insurance broker Willis Towers Watson has appointed Bill Creedon as Construction Industry leader for North America within its Corporate Risk and Broking segment. Creedon, a 30-year insurance and construction risk industry...
Dec 3 2018 // Local developers in coastal Alabama that utilized Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety’s (IBHS) FORTIFIED Commercial construction standards in the design of a coastal condominium complex have earned the...
Dec 3 2018 // Properties built in wildfire-prone areas could be built to better withstand fire risk without increasing the cost of construction. That’s according to a new study released last month that found negligible cost...
Dec 3 2018 // Rogers & Gray Insurance, a Kingston, Mass.-based independent insurance agency, has hired Ryan Brown to its management team.Brown joins the agency from Safeco, a Liberty Mutual Company, where he was the senior territory...
Nov 28 2018 // Workers’ compensation carrier Texas Mutual Insurance Co. has awarded a $100,000 grant to the nonprofit Construction Career Collaborative (C3) to strengthen the skilled craft workforce in the Greater Houston region.C3...
Nov 21 2018 // Developer Jeff Lamkin knew the risks when he paid $250 million for 63 acres of an island off the Texas coast. But he saw only upside in the quaint little beach town of Port Aransas.Over the next 10 years he built Cinnamon...
Nov 19 2018 // Construction has a major problem: every year, construction sites suffer $11 billion in losses due to damage from fire and water, worker accidents, and theft. In addition, a fifth of all worker deaths in the U.S. –...
Nov 16 2018 // The Travelers Companies has partnered with contractor company Gilbane, and Triax Technologies, a provider of Internet of Things (IoT) construction technology, to explore the potential safety benefits of wearable...
Nov 8 2018 // The Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources has utilized construction standards from the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety’s (IBHS) FORTIFIED Commercial in the creation of new...
Nov 6 2018 // HDI Global Insurance Co., headquartered in Chicago, has expanded its Engineering Lines & Construction Division with several new hires.John Sprague has been appointed senior construction liability underwriter. He will...
Nov 5 2018 // Alliant Insurance Services, a nationwide specialty insurance brokerage firm, has made three additions to its Construction Services Group headquartered in Alpharetta, Ga.Danielle Maxey has joined as account executive. In...
Nov 5 2018 // The Ohio Supreme Court in early October ruled that a general contractor’s commercial general liability policy does not cover the faulty work of a subcontractor.In its consideration of Ohio N. Univ. v. Charles Constr....
Oct 29 2018 // The Ohio Supreme Court in early October ruled that a general contractor’s commercial general liability policy does not cover the faulty work of a subcontractor.In its consideration of Ohio N. Univ. v. Charles Constr....
Oct 22 2018 // Federal officials are investigating a Vermont roofing and construction company whose employee died in a fall at a job site in New Hampshire.The Brattleboro Reformer reports the Occupational Safety and Health Administration...
Oct 18 2018 // More than two-thirds (69 percent) of employees are tired at work, increasing the risk of injuries and incidents on the job, according to the National Safety Council.Many of these fatigued employees work in the...
Oct 15 2018 // JLT Fac, a division of reinsurance broker JLT Re North America, has appointed Joe Ameruoso as head of North America Construction Casualty, Facultative. Ameruoso joins from Starr Insurance Cos. where he was for more than...
Oct 15 2018 // The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited L.L.E. Construction LLC for exposing employees to fall and other hazards at a construction worksite in Bridgeport, Conn....