All the headlines from our Construction Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 13 2014 // An Oregon construction company has been fined nearly $73,000 for repeatedly not protecting its employees from falls.The fine comes after the state’s Occupational Safety and Health Division cited Woodburn-based...
Feb 12 2014 // Southern California’s construction sector continues to gain momentum, making good on positive outlooks issued late last year, and agents and brokers who deal in this segment can’t be any happier – especially...
Feb 3 2014 // On Jan. 17, 2014, the Texas Supreme Court in Ewing Construction Company v. Amerisure Insurance Co. issued another surprising and controversial decision in a construction defect coverage case.For many years the Texas...
Feb 3 2014 // The ACE Group has expanded its ACE Accelerator portal to allow access to construction industry clients. More specifically, the portal will now be made available to risk managers who support specialty and large general...
Jan 29 2014 // A bill that would prohibit drivers from talking on their cellphones while in a construction zone is moving forward in the Wisconsin state Legislature.The Republican-sponsored measure cleared a Senate committee earlier this...
Jan 27 2014 // On Jan. 17, 2014, the Texas Supreme Court in Ewing Construction Company v. Amerisure Insurance Co. issued another surprising and controversial decision in a construction defect coverage case.For many years the Texas...
Jan 13 2014 // California isn’t just a warm place to live, which is often the case even in winter, but it turns out the state is considered a “judicial hellhole.”The American Tort Reform Foundation issued its annual...
Jan 13 2014 // For agents and brokers serving the contractors and subcontractors market that barely scraped by during the recession, the year 2013 brought some improvement and the new year 2014 promises more of the same – provided a...
Jan 9 2014 // Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) is expanding its construction casualty capabilities to include primary casualty insurance. The company now offers primary general liability, excess and umbrella coverage for...
Dec 30 2013 // Vernon Hills police say a worker is dead after he was struck in the head with falling concrete at a mall on the day after Christmas.Police say the 25-year-old man from Palos Park died Thursday. Police say he was one of...
Dec 24 2013 // Federal officials have fined two construction companies for safety violations related to this summer’s collapse of a barn frame at Texas A&M University’s $80 million equestrian complex.The Occupational...
Dec 15 2013 // HM Risk, a St. Louis, Mo.-based property/casualty insurance and employee benefits agency, has appointed Melinda Young as senior account executive. Young has more than 20 years of industry experience. As the leader of...
Dec 11 2013 // The XL Group has appointed Lewis Goodearl as Chief Underwriting Officer UK P&C for its Lloyd’s business. He joins XL from Liberty Mutual Insurance where he was Vice President and Wholesale Manager, responsible...
Dec 10 2013 // Drivers would be barred from talking on their cell phones while in a construction zone under a bill being circulated in the Wisconsin state Legislature.Republican Sen. Jerry Petrowski, of Marathon, emailed the bill on Dec....
Dec 3 2013 // Construction of a steel sea wall could start early next year in one of the Jersey shore towns hardest hit by Superstorm Sandy.Bob Mainberger, Mantoloking’s municipal engineer, tells the Asbury Park Press that the...
Dec 3 2013 // Willis Group Holdings announced the placement of “an innovative derivative-based risk transfer solution to protect Roy Hill Holdings Pty Ltd, an emerging global mining, rail and port venture, against the threat of...
Dec 2 2013 // An insurance company is suing the City of Macon, claiming that a corporate jet crashed because the city improperly built the runway it landed on. The Telegraph of Macon reported that Old Republic Insurance Co. is suing the...
Nov 22 2013 // Authorities say a man was killed after an accident at a construction site in south Reno, Nev. According to the Reno Fire Department, the victim was run over by a water truck Tuesday morning. He was pronounced dead at the...
Nov 20 2013 // XL Group has partnered with the American Contractor’s Insurance Group (ACIG), construction industry owned insurance organization, to provide data and analytics for construction clients. The goal is to drive...
Nov 18 2013 // There’s a new norm in the construction market — a new normal when it comes to measuring growth and opportunity.Construction has made a comeback in certain market segments, said Cam Dickinson, senior vice president...