All the headlines from our Construction Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Dec 22 2022 // Tennessee officials are halting nearly all construction-related lane closures on interstates and state highways for Christmas and New Year’s holiday travelers. The Tennessee Department of Transportation says the...
Dec 16 2022 // QBE Europe Launches Warranty & Indemnity ProductQBE announced the introduction of Warranty and Indemnity (W&I) insurance in Europe for the first time to further support customers. The new product reflects an...
Dec 13 2022 // SAN ANTONIO (AP) – Crews have found the body of a fourth person who died in an explosion at a San Antonio construction company and investigators worked Monday to determine the cause and origin of the blast. The blast...
Nov 15 2022 // QBE North America Appoints Coppola Chief Underwriting OfficerQBE North America has appointed Laura Coppola as chief underwriting officer. Coppola joins the company with more than 25 years of technical underwriting...
Oct 20 2022 // Iroquois adds Regional Manager Gonzalez in TexasJo Gonzalez joins Iroquois as a regional manager for Texas, where she will further expand Iroquois’ presence by partnering with independent insurance agencies and...
Oct 17 2022 // Canopius Hires Liberty Mutual’s Johnson as CUO U.S. and BermudaCanopius Group, a global specialty re/insurer, announced it has hired Coleman V. Johnson as its chief underwriting officer US and Bermuda. Johnson joins...
Sep 27 2022 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at AXA XL Insurance and Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI).A summary of these new hires follows here. AXA XL Taps SCOR’s Croese for Energy...
Sep 12 2022 // Boost Insurance Appoints Emy Donavan as Chief Underwriting OfficerBoost appointed Emy Donavan as chief underwriting officer. She will oversee the company’s program underwriting, product development, and portfolio...
Sep 2 2022 // State police say the body of a worker was found in the rubble of a collapse at a construction site in Pennsylvania.Trooper Megan Frazer said the body of the 30-year-old man was found at about 9:45 p.m. Tuesday at the site...
Aug 9 2022 // The two small houses are going up on the back half of a lot just off a busy street, not far from downtown Fargo.“These homes are identical in blueprint, they’re 13 by 23, with 12 foot ceilings, there’s a...
Aug 5 2022 // This post is part of a series sponsored by Old Republic Surety.Why do surety underwriters ask so many questions of construction contractors? We have answers for you to share with your construction insurance clients. And if...
Aug 4 2022 // A New Jersey construction company and its principal have been charged with willfully violating federal workplace safety regulations at a Poughkeepsie, New York construction site where a wall collapsed, killing a worker in...
Jul 28 2022 // A construction worker at a North Carolina airport was electrocuted, according to a California-based company for whom he worked.The Charlotte Observer reports Rosendin Electric, a company based in San Jose, California,...
Jul 25 2022 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at AXA XL and Aon.A summary of these new hires follows here. AXA XL Names Ensurance’s Burgess as Sr. U/W, Construction, UK & Lloyd’sAXA XL...
Jul 18 2022 // A construction worker in suburban Detroit died last Friday after a bulldozer struck him, police said.A man was standing outside his dump truck around 11 a.m. while a bulldozer moved pieces of concrete that had been broken...
Jul 18 2022 // Increased interest in creating more energy efficient, resilient buildings is expected to fuel growth in the green construction industry, particularly as the government looks to spur investment in these projects through new...
Jul 5 2022 // A federal court in Georgia has refused to dismiss a construction company from a lawsuit over wetlands violations, even though the company did not own the property at the time of the alleged dumping of dredge material.The...
Jul 4 2022 // The global community continues to deal with known challenges such as the pandemic, the war in Ukraine, economic turmoil and failing trust in established social institutions. But a report from Swiss Re reminds re/insurers...
Jun 24 2022 // The global community continues to deal with known challenges such as the pandemic, the war in Ukraine, economic turmoil and failing trust in established social institutions. But a report from Swiss Re reminds re/insurers...
Jun 21 2022 // Two construction workers died after a trench collapsed on top of them in the Highland Park neighborhood of St. Paul, and one of their bodies was found 9 feet underground roughly 12 hours later.St. Paul Deputy Fire Chief...