All the headlines from our Construction Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 28 2013 // The Hartford has enhanced its Construction Group capabilities by bring together its underwriting, claims management and loss control facilities and adding construction underwriters in key markets across the U.S. These...
Mar 25 2013 // Swett & Crawford Wholesale has appointed Anthony “Tony” Mastrolia as executive vice president of Construction. Mastrolia brings to Swett & Crawford 35 years of experience in insurance and construction...
Mar 25 2013 // Insurance Journal examined industries experiencing changes and expansions during the past year. Here are the top 10 market sectors that just might deliver hot opportunities for agents and brokers in the property/casualty...
Mar 11 2013 // Two years after the triple calamities of earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster ravaged Japan’s northeastern Pacific coast, debris containing asbestos, lead, PCBs — and perhaps most worrying — radioactive waste...
Feb 11 2013 // Addison, Texas-based Mullis Newby Hurst LP (MNH), which specializes in construction insurance and surety bonds, has hired Raleigh Roussell as vice president of construction marketing to create new opportunities for the...
Feb 6 2013 // Bipartisan legislation filed yesterday in the House of Representatives promises to renew the federal terrorism reinsurance program and the debate about whether the backup program is necessary.Introduced by Reps. Michael...
Jan 31 2013 // It has not been easy being an insurance agent specializing in the homebuilders insurance market during one of the worst economic recessions in U.S. history. Survival in the recession meant change and a lot of hard...
Jan 8 2013 // Insurance broker Willis North America has appointed Bill Gilliam as senior vice president, construction practice, in its Willis of Texas office.Willis of Texas Inc., with 120 associates, serves clients from its office in...
Dec 9 2012 // The federal government is poised to expand flood zones and push for increases in building elevations along the New Jersey coast in the wake of flooding from Hurricane Sandy.The Federal Emergency Management Agency was...
Dec 7 2012 // Liberty International Underwriters has promoted Chaman Aggarwal to the newly-created position of senior vice president, USA Construction. In the position, Aggarwal is responsible for LIU’s U.S. construction product...
Dec 6 2012 // South Carolina’s high court has left intact a state law that requires a builder’s general liability policy to cover damages from faulty workmanship, but ruled it cannot be applied retroactively to claims filed...
Dec 5 2012 // After four years of one of the most challenging construction markets, construction insurance experts are beginning to see signs of a slow recovery with some of their contractor and builder accounts.The current...
Dec 4 2012 // Willis North America has made a series of appointments in its construction practice to serve clients in the expanding default insurance marketplace. The following individuals comprise Willis’ Default Insurance Group,...
Nov 19 2012 // Edgewood Partners Insurance Center named Dolores Glass as a principal in their San Ramon, Calif. construction practice. Glass will be responsible for expanding EPIC’s business with contractors and others in...
Nov 14 2012 // American International Group, Inc. has introduced OSHA Counsel Assist (OSHA Assist), an enhancement to general liability programs for construction clients that provides policyholders with legal support and additional...
Nov 8 2012 // According to catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide, at 10:35:50 UTC on Nov 7, 2012 an earthquake estimated at a magnitude of 7.4 occurred at a depth of 41.6 km (25.9 miles) about 15 miles off the coastal town of...
Nov 5 2012 // San Francisco, Calif.-based Edgewood Partners Insurance Center named Neil Willian as an account executive to its Northern California construction practice.Willian will provide client program leadership, including overall...
Oct 30 2012 // New York City evacuated neighbors of a nearly completed, 90-story luxury apartment building on Monday after the top of a construction crane collapsed in high winds, prompting fears the crane’s boom could crash to the...
Oct 29 2012 // Construction in Joplin, Mo., since the tornado is approaching three-quarters of a billion dollars.Since May 22, 2011, about $715 million in construction has been started in Joplin, according to the latest building permit...
Oct 25 2012 // The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Williams Brothers Construction Co. Inc. with one repeat and one serious violation at a work site on Loop 610 in Houston, Texas....