All the headlines from our Construction Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jun 7 2018 // Investigators say two construction workers have died after a safety cable snapped and they fell down an elevator shaft in St. Louis.The accident happened on June 4 at a century-old, 10-story building downtown that’s...
Jun 6 2018 // USI Insurance Services (USI), an insurance brokerage and consulting firm, has named Danette Beck as its National Construction Practice leader. Beck will be responsible for growing USI’s construction practice, which...
Jun 4 2018 // An analysis by a Tennessee newspaper has found that a decline in safety inspections and ignored safety rules have led to an increase in worker deaths during Nashville’s housing boom.Citing state and federal...
May 29 2018 // A construction worker has died after falling out of an elevator on the 19th floor of a structure being built in North Carolina’s largest city.Charlotte-Mecklenburg police said 24-year-old Juventino Mata-Hernandez was...
May 25 2018 // QBE North America is continuing its inland marine product expansion with the launch of The Solution for Builder’s Risk, a comprehensive policy offering with coverages tailored for construction projects.Features of...
May 24 2018 // Allianz Group’s specialist corporate insurer Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS) has expanded its Project Cargo offering through a direct partnership with its Engineering division.The new collaborative...
May 10 2018 // XL Catlin’s North America Construction insurance business has established an underwriting hub in San Francisco, Calif. with the addition of Charles Marmolejo as executive underwriter and relocation of senior...
May 10 2018 // An analysis by a Tennessee newspaper has found that a decline in safety inspections and ignored safety rules have led to an increase in worker deaths during Nashville’s housing boom.Citing state and federal...
May 7 2018 // PIA Management Services Inc. has hired Bradford J. Lachut as director of Government and Industry Affairs for the five PIA state affiliates managed by the Glenmont, N.Y.-based group.Lachut previously served as PIA’s...
Apr 25 2018 // Insurance broker Willis Towers Watson announced three senior appointments within its Corporate Risk and Broking segment to strengthen its broking platform.These appointments are part of the company’s ongoing...
Apr 20 2018 // David Copperfield testified this week that he didn’t know until he was sued that a British tourist claimed to have been seriously injured while taking part in an illusion during a performance on the Las Vegas Strip...
Apr 19 2018 // Ensurance UK Ltd., the niche construction and engineering managing general agent (MGA) and Lloyd’s coverholder, has launched a combined construction liability product, backed by Faraday Syndicate 435 at...
Apr 18 2018 // Arthur J. Gallagher in Jericho, N.Y., (AJG) has added four professionals from SterlingRisk in Woodbury, N.Y., to its Construction Practice Group for Long Island.Joseph A Santospirito Jr. has been named area senior vice...
Apr 16 2018 // Houston officials have approved a rule for new homes and other buildings in the city’s flood plains that will require them to be elevated higher off the ground to avoid floodwaters.The regulation comes more than...
Apr 12 2018 // XL Catlin has added a Course of Construction (COC) coverage option to its Platinum Property insurance program to help businesses in the U.S. and Canada address construction risks associated with their property expansion...
Apr 9 2018 // A worker helping build the Boston area’s new casino has died.A spokesman for Wynn Boston Harbor said in a statement that the 56-year-old male worker died operating an excavator on site. The Middlesex District...
Apr 6 2018 // Two Utah construction companies have agreed to pay $1.2 million to settle a whistleblower’s lawsuit alleging abuse of a federal program that helps small businesses.The U.S. Attorney’s Office says the Salt Lake...
Apr 2 2018 // Federal officials have cited a New Jersey firm for a fatal construction accident that killed a former heavyweight boxing champ who was defeated by Larry Holmes.The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has proposed...
Mar 29 2018 // A man involved in the design of the world’s tallest waterslide into has been indicted along with two others in connection with the death of a 10-year-old boy at the Schlitterbahn Waterpark in Kansas City, Kansas.John...
Mar 23 2018 // Delegated authority specialist and Lloyd’s broker Endeavour Insurance Services has launched a subcontractor deductible buyback program for large construction wraps designed to support local contractors in the...