All the headlines from our Construction Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 18 2008 // Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Wednesday endorsed dozens of procedural changes to improve fire safety and coordinate oversight at construction sites, responding to the failures that led to a fatal fire last summer at a ground...
Jul 11 2008 // An engineering report says a construction problem more than 20 years ago caused the May collapse of a part of a parking deck in Charlotte, North Carolina.The Charlotte Observer reported July 10 the four-story parking deck...
Jul 2 2008 // The Alabama Insurance Underwriting Association (AIUA), commonly known as the Beach Pool, is implementing new discounts to help coastal Alabama policyholders reduce their insurance premiums for windstorm coverage.The Beach...
Jun 30 2008 // Aon Corp. reports that Mark Reagan, former chairman of the Willis Construction practice, has joined Aon Construction Services Group as managing director. Reagan will be responsible for supporting the international practice...
Jun 26 2008 // New York City officials told Congress this week that they are tightening requirements on tower construction cranes after a spate of recent accidents there, as well as others in Las Vegas and Miami.Robert LiMandri, the...
Jun 19 2008 // XL Insurance (“XLI”), the global insurance operations of XL Capital Ltd (NYSE:XL) , launched a new green building product to encourage customers who experience a property loss to rebuild using resource...
Jun 19 2008 // Willis Group Holdings Limited appointed Gerry McCarthy as senior vice president, and regional director of construction and real estate claim teams of Willis of New York Inc.McCarthy’s responsibilities include...
Jun 18 2008 // New York contractors will now have to submit detailed plans for worker safety harness systems at high-rise construction sites. The city’s Department of Buildings told contractors Monday about the new requirements in...
Jun 17 2008 // San Diego based Coronado Insurance Wholesale Services has added online features to its admitted general liability program, Freedom. Freedom online features include online quoting, underwriting, and policy issuance, ISO 12...
Jun 16 2008 // In the wake of construction crane accidents in the past three months that claimed 11 lives, industry groups have called for nationwide safety standards.An industry council agreed on a set of standards in July 2004 but the...
Jun 16 2008 // Golden Eagle Insurance, a Liberty Mutual Agency Markets regional company, appointed Pete McPartland president and CEO.McPartland comes from General Casualty in Sun Prairie, Wis., where he led insurance operations for QBE...
Jun 16 2008 // Two recent events remind the insurance industry of the importance of understanding the relationship of a worker at a construction site and protecting the insured when the construction worker has a “problem.” In...
Jun 16 2008 // Following legislative reforms, the slowing economy and soft market conditions, workers’ compensation insurance carriers are eager to build their business in California. But agents and brokers need to take care when...
Jun 16 2008 // Within the broader construction industry sector, heavy and civil engineering construction (NAICS 237) is an often overlooked segment. Yet the segment generates more than $7.6 billion in all lines premium annually and is...
Jun 16 2008 // It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.” Charles Dickens probably was not referring to the insurance industry’s soft market, when he wrote “A Tale of Two Cities,” but his words ring as...
Jun 13 2008 // New York City has received more than $497 million of claims for personal injury, property damage and wrongful death due to a construction crane collapse on Manhattan’s East Side on March 15, the city comptroller said...
Jun 11 2008 // Contractors are the target of nearly 2,000 mold-related lawsuits annually according to a 2003 report from toxlaw.com. When accused or sued for injuries and damages resulting from mold, contractors look to their commercial...
Jun 11 2008 // Lloyd’s asks: “How safe are cranes? And will the recent spate of accidents involving them increase rates for policyholders?” A major indication of a booming construction industry is the number of cranes...
Jun 11 2008 // Marsh’s London office announced that it has acquired the assets of The Nielsen-Wurster Group’s Construction Claims & Dispute Resolution business.“As part of the transaction, more than 30...
Jun 9 2008 // In the wake of three construction crane accidents in the past three months that claimed 11 lives, industry groups on Thursday called for nationwide safety standards.An industry council agreed on a set of standards in July...