All the headlines from our Construction Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 22 2025 // Global insurance broker Marsh USA filed suit against competitor Aon and a former Marsh team leader for allegedly poaching key members of Marsh’s construction surety team who resigned and moved to Aon last month.A...
Apr 9 2025 // Allianz Commercial, headquartered in New York City, expanded its U.S. construction team with five new hires who will join Allianz Commercial’s Master Builder’s Risk team by mid-April.Kristen Hoskinson was...
Mar 31 2025 // Contractors insurance groups say worker injuries are being faked at an unprecedented rate across New York’s construction sites in hopes of receiving workers’ compensation benefits and liability insurance...
Mar 21 2025 // Marsh, headquartered in New York City, appointed Fran Curran as U.S. surety leader and Todd Schweitzer as U.S. construction claims leader.Based in Philadelphia, Curran is a 24-year veteran of Marsh who most recently served...
Mar 20 2025 // A new report identifying commercial litigation waves likely to pick up steam in 2025 highlights one particular theme that could further lengthen the tail of general liability claims for insurers writing policies for...
Jan 29 2025 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at the re/insurer Canopius Group and the broker Evolin.A summary of these new hires follows here. Patel Named Chair of Canopius Managing Agents, Succeeding...
Jan 29 2025 // A worker died Tuesday after a house under construction in Massachusetts collapsed. According to local police, Mario Diaz Obando, 29, of Fall River, died when the house being built on Vine Street in Weymouth collapsed. Diaz...
Jan 15 2025 // Clayco, a Chicago-based builder led by billionaire Bob Clark, is positioning itself to grab for more of the boom in data centers.The company is starting a new unit called Clayco Compute to sharpen the focus on data centers...
Jan 15 2025 // A Hopkinton, Massachusetts man was sentenced on Jan. 10, 2025 in federal court in Boston for defrauding the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and Travelers Insurance Co. over wages he paid to employees of his two construction...
Dec 13 2024 // A Massachusetts construction business owner was sentenced to 18 months in prison for an employment tax scheme and making a false statement at an Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) hearing about a...
Nov 18 2024 // LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Firefighters in Kentucky’s largest city rescued a construction worker on a demolition team who fell into a void Thursday and became trapped in rubble, requiring a tedious, hours-long...
Nov 13 2024 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at the broker Price Forbes and the MGA Altea Insurance.A summary of these new hires follows here. Price Forbes Taps BMS’s Morgan for Global Construction...
Oct 28 2024 // More than 100 people were arrested late last week in storm-ravaged Pinellas County, Florida, charged with looting homes and working as unlicensed contractors, two weeks after Hurricane Milton forced many residents to...
Oct 22 2024 // U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced a $180,000 settlement with All Point Construction LLC in Allen Park, Michigan to resolve alleged violations of the federal lead renovation, repair and painting...
Sep 19 2024 // Families of immigrant construction workers killed when Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed after it was hit by the cargo ship Dali plan to challenge the attempt by the ship owner and operator to limit...
Sep 18 2024 // A U.S. Department of Labor investigation has recovered $77,206 in back wages for five workers employed on a federally funded construction project after finding one subcontractor failed to pay prevailing wages and fringe...
Aug 26 2024 // This post is part of a series sponsored by Trucordia.In the world of construction, navigating the diverse landscape of insurance programs can feel as complex as coordinating a large-scale project itself. With many...
Aug 16 2024 // A home builder is not covered under the property damage coverage in its commercial liability policy for construction defects for which it was responsible.A three-judge panel of the Massachusetts Appeals Court has held for...
Aug 14 2024 // This post is part of a series sponsored by Trucordia.The construction industry is a complex ecosystem with various stakeholders—each facing unique challenges, particularly when it comes to insurance needs. Having spent...
Aug 12 2024 // Boston police reported that a construction worker fell to his death while working on restoring Emerson College’s Cutler Majestic Theater on Friday, August 9.Police were called to the scene on Tremont Street at 12:45...