All the headlines from our Construction Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 18 2011 // Barbara Zito has been named senior vice president of Marketing at Founders Insurance Co. in Des Plaines, Ill. Founders is a member company of the Utica National Insurance Group of New Hartford, N.Y.Zito is responsible for...
Jul 14 2011 // Lexington Insurance Co., a Chartis company, has introduced LexArchaeology – first party coverage for expenses and construction completion delay resulting from the unexpected discovery at a construction site of...
Jul 1 2011 // The Chartis insurers have doubled their capacity for construction projects from the Global Energy Property unit. With this increase in capacity, insureds will now be able to access up to $250 million of PML (probable...
Jun 29 2011 // Aon Risk Solutions has added David Langman as a senior vice president in its Construction Services Group in Atlanta. Langman will lead strategic efforts in the Southeast region and be responsible for targeted new client...
Jun 27 2011 // While brokers on construction projects have historically focused primarily on owners and contractors, economic uncertainty has created a new focus area — financing entities. In addition to the usual construction risks,...
Jun 22 2011 // Kansas City, Mo.-based independent insurance broker Lockton Companies LLC has expanded its construction and design team with the addition of Karen Erger and Tom Miller.Erger joins Lockton’s Design and Construction...
Jun 22 2011 // The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey can be sued for negligence over the collapse of a World Trade Center building in the Sept. 11 attacks in 2001, a U.S. appeals court ruled Tuesday.The agency is one of the most...
Jun 20 2011 // While brokers on construction projects have historically focused primarily on owners and contractors, economic uncertainty has created a new focus area – financing entities. In addition to the usual construction...
Jun 14 2011 // Aon Corp., a global provider of risk management and human resource consulting and outsourcing, announced that Kevin White, president and chief operating officer of Aon Risk Solutions’ Construction Services Group, has...
Jun 9 2011 // Proposed Nevada construction defect lawsuit reforms that were criticized as “window dressing” by the building industry died in the Senate.AB401 sponsored by Democratic Assembly Speaker John Oceguera failed on...
Jun 9 2011 // Willis North America named Keith Jurss as senior vice president, professional liability, Willis Construction Practice. In this role, Jurss will be responsible for leading professional resources for North America within the...
Jun 6 2011 // New Jersey-based New Day Underwriting Managers promoted John Heft to senior vice president and director of its real estate practice. The 20-year industry veteran joined New Day in 2006, and has developed and managed the...
May 26 2011 // Central Massachusetts-based William Palumbo Insurance Agency has named William “Bill” S. Shields leader of its construction risk division. A veteran of the construction industry, Shields began his career at...
Apr 27 2011 // A settlement agreement has been reached with a New Orleans, La.-based supplier of tainted Chinese drywall in the multi-district litigation (MDL 2047) over the product.Interior/Exterior Building Supply L.P. and the...
Apr 18 2011 // Backed by government policy and growing public support, demand for technology that is both clean and sustainable has increased substantially in the United States, Europe, Asia and other parts of the world over the last...
Apr 4 2011 // The Obama administration has officially named Illinois state insurance regulator Michael McRaith to head the new Federal Insurance Office. McRaith, currently the head of the Illinois Department of Insurance, will run the...
Apr 4 2011 // Backed by government policy and growing public support, demand for technology that is both clean and sustainable has increased substantially in the United States, Europe, Asia and other parts of the world over the last...
Apr 1 2011 // Insurers in South Carolina may find themselves on the losing side over a battle to prevent construction defects from being covered under a general commercial liability (CGL) policy.The South Carolina Senate has approved a...
Mar 17 2011 // Marsh has appointed two veteran insurance brokers to its U.S. Construction Practice.Joining the practice are Scott Hull as Managing Director in Birmingham, Alabama, and Karen Reutter as senior vice president in...
Mar 15 2011 // A group of condominium owners in northern Kentucky is hoping a judge’s ruling will give them an opportunity to collect several million dollars from a defunct construction company they say did shoddy work on their...