All the headlines from our Construction Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 14 2017 // Liberty Mutual and Ironshore’s dedicated construction practices have introduced an Integrated Primary Wrap Up/Project Specific program offering general liability (GL) and professional liability (PL) protection for...
Sep 13 2017 // A Hugo, Minn., construction company will pay $125,000 to settle a racial harassment lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency reported.The EEOC’s lawsuit charged...
Sep 11 2017 // Two cranes atop high-rise buildings under construction collapsed Sunday in downtown Miami amid strong winds from Hurricane Irma.The cranes were among two dozen such heavyweight hazards looming over the city skyline as the...
Sep 7 2017 // Bad design and construction of the tallest U.S. dam a half-century ago and inadequate state and federal oversight since then led to a disastrous spillway collapse in February, an independent national team of dam safety...
Sep 5 2017 // Pillar Technologies, which uses sensors to capture and distribute risk data on construction sites in real time, has secured $2.75 million in seed funding from XL Innovate, Hyperplane VC and Techstars Ventures.Pillar said...
Aug 18 2017 // New Day Underwriting Managers, a Hamilton, N.J.-based specialty intermediary of environmental and construction-related professional liability insurance coverages, has named Bill Webb assistant vice president in the...
Aug 8 2017 // Authorities say a construction worker was buried alive when a concrete and dirt wall collapsed on him at a commercial and residential development site in New York.Poughkeepsie fire officials tell the Poughkeepsie Journal...
Aug 1 2017 // A highway construction worker has died from injuries he received when he was hit by a truck. Local media report that Walter I. Gonzales-Lopez, a 56-year-old Baltimore resident, died Sunday. He and a co-worker were struck...
Jul 25 2017 // Fire officials say a blaze tore through an apartment complex under construction in Massachusetts.Waltham Fire Chief Paul Ciccone says the complex’s five buildings collapsed in the early Sunday fire. Ciccone says none...
Jul 21 2017 // Castel Specialty, a division of Castel Underwriting Agencies Ltd., has expanded its portfolio with the launch of Castel Construction.London-based Castel Underwriting Agencies, part of Barbican Insurance Group, is a...
Jul 19 2017 // Note: This article originally appeared in the Texas Tribune.Cesar Ovalde has been working in the construction industry for the better part of 15 years. Most of the time, he’s working on large commercial projects, and...
Jul 19 2017 // One of the primary questions that have to be asked about an insurance policy is: who is an insured? Every policy has language that defines and limits who is eligible to find coverage there. On the CGL policy, the question...
Jul 14 2017 // “We’re going to cut a lot of red tape,” President Trump said at a CEO town hall meeting as he unrolled a long, colorful flow chart showing the process required for a state government to obtain the federal...
Jun 27 2017 // “External cladding, made from combustible material can often cause significant fire spread upwards and between buildings, which is a particular concern for areas of high building density.”This now sadly...
Jun 27 2017 // Pen Underwriting* has launched a new product to address the UK construction industry’s wide-ranging, complex risk exposures.Backed by “A”-rated capacity from specialist insurer CNA Hardy, the single...
Jun 22 2017 // Three construction workers were injured in Queens when the roof of a two-story brownstone undergoing renovations collapsed.It happened on 28th Road in Astoria just before 4 p.m. Tuesday. Fire officials say a load of...
Jun 19 2017 // We’re going to cut a lot of red tape,” President Trump said at a CEO town hall meeting as he unrolled a long, colorful flow chart showing the process required for a state government to obtain the federal...
Jun 19 2017 // Water sensors that detect leaks before a lot of damage is done, wearables that track workers’ whereabouts and video cameras that monitor sites — the building industry is gradually adopting these and other...
Jun 16 2017 // Workers building stadiums for next year’s World Cup in Russia have faced repeated abuses and routinely gone unpaid for several months, according to a report by Human Rights Watch.At a stadium in Yekaterinburg, some...
Jun 15 2017 // XL Catlin has launched its new Contractors Pollution Liability Express Program in the US and Canada for small to mid-size construction firms.According to Cathy Cleary, XL Catlin’s executive environmental underwriter,...