All the headlines from our Construction Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 10 2018 // Federal safety officials have cited an El Paso, Texas, construction company for failing to protect its employees from trench collapse hazards.El Paso Underground Construction, a pipe-laying company, faces $190,642...
Jul 30 2018 // Insurance broker Lockton has added Brian Hearst as senior vice president and construction manager for the Mountain West region.Hearst has nearly 30 years of experience in construction broking, underwriting, risk management...
Jul 26 2018 // CRV Precast Construction LLC (CRV) and six of its employees have been indicted for misclassifying workers as lesser-skilled, underpaying them and falsifying information about payroll and employees, including a worker who...
Jul 25 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...
Jul 23 2018 // Brokers who specialize in the construction industry love their clients and are very committed to keeping up with their needs. Ask them, “So what’s new?” and the conversations inevitably veer off in...
Jul 19 2018 // Philadelphia Insurance Companies’ (PHLY) has launched a new Pool and Spa Contractors Program in response to increased demand for pool construction.The PHLY comprehensive package product includes coverage for pool and...
Jul 18 2018 // EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants has tapped Josh Close as client services coordinator in the firm’s Birmingham, Ala.-based national energy construction practice, reporting to EPIC Principal Brian Tanner.Close...
Jul 13 2018 // International Risk Management Institute Inc. has opened registration for the 38th IRMI Construction Risk Conference.The IRMI conference is set for Nov. 4 through Nov. 7 at the Marriott Marquis in Houston, Texas. Roughly...
Jul 13 2018 // Willis Towers Watson has launched tailored cyber insurance coverage for the construction industry.CyCon was developed in close cooperation with specialty cyber insurance provider NAS Insurance Services and is available...
Jul 5 2018 // Holmes Murphy has joined forces with privately owned Cobb Strecker Dunphy & Zimmermann Inc. (CSDZ), based in Minneapolis.Holmes Murphy said the merger is its largest to date and strengthens the firm’s depth in...
Jun 28 2018 // Authorities say three people were hurt, one critically, at a Manhattan construction site when a mini crane rolled over and fell from the fourth floor to the street below.Officials said it happened Monday morning while...
Jun 20 2018 // In a private waterfront resort on the northern tip of Key Largo, nestled between tropical forest and the Caribbean, Eric Soulavy is marketing luxury for the age of climate change: Coastal homes that are all but hurricane...
Jun 18 2018 // Over the past five years, Nationwide processed more than 10,000 workers’ compensation claims due to a multitude of accidents from construction-related businesses. One of the most common — and costly —...
Jun 18 2018 // In the quality assurance world, the days of clipboards, pencils and punch lists have gone the way of green eye shades and buggy whips. Today’s quality assurance is based on sophisticated, digitally generated business...
Jun 18 2018 // Brokers who specialize in the construction industry love their clients and are very committed to keeping up with their needs. Ask them, “So what’s new?” and the conversations inevitably veer off in...
Jun 15 2018 // XL Catlin’s North America Construction insurance business has teamed up with construction tech start up, TradeTapp, to provide Subcontractor Default Insurance (SDI) clients with access to the platform that helps...
Jun 14 2018 // Underwriting performance in global engineering insurance has deteriorated over recent years – on declining premiums and rising claims in some construction sectors due to poor quality control, according to Swiss Re in its...
Jun 12 2018 // Woodland Hills, Calif.-based Venbrook Insurance Services has named Dan Costello vice president of construction. Costello previously was associate vice president at Bolton & Co. Before that he was an account executive...
Jun 12 2018 // Fire officials in Maryland say a construction worker has died after falling down an elevator shaft.WBAL reported that the accident occurred in Cockeysville, Md., which is outside of Baltimore. Michael David Zeller was...
Jun 8 2018 // A North Dakota civil construction company operating in Minot will pay $59,000 to settle a sexual harassment and constructive discharge lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).The...