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Maverick Commercial Offers Program for Calif. Commercial Contractors

Feb 22 2007 // Calabasas, Calif.-based Maverick Commercial Insurance Services has added a new program for artisan contractors, which includes workers’ compensation, general liability and automobile coverage. The program is an...

Marsh UK Names Stacey VP-Construction, Power & Utilities

Feb 19 2007 // Marsh UK announced the appointment of Steve Stacey as Senior Vice President, Client Development, of its Construction, Power & Utilities (CPU) Practice. He joins Marsh from his previous position as a partner at Jardine...

Ariz.’s Construction Industry Sees Surge in Injuries to Latinos

Feb 19 2007 // Arizona’s booming population and a surge in construction activity has led to an outsized increase in the number of Hispanic workers injured or killed in the workplace, with more than one-quarter of the injuries...

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Adds Golden to Houston Team

Feb 16 2007 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. – Houston recently announced the addition of Danny Golden as vice president for Gallagher’s construction niche.Golden has a broad background training in construction, real estate,...

Peerless Combats Construction Equipment Losses with LoJack

Feb 15 2007 // Peerless Insurance, a member of Liberty Mutual Group, has teamed with LoJack Corp., to reduce construction equipment theft and boost recovery.The insurer is making the LoJack for Construction Equipment police-operated...

Commercial clients ‘swallow a bitter pill’ when it comes to cat coverage

Feb 12 2007 // When it comes to property catastrophe insurance coverage, many commercial clients are being forced to swallow a bitter pill in the form of steep prices, new limits on policies, higher deductibles and a shortage in the...

Lessons learned from 2005’s Katrina and 2006’s calm hurricane season

Feb 12 2007 // It’s been more than a year since Katrina made landfall and businesses are still recovering. Then the 2006 Atlantic hurricane season came and went with barely a blip — despite initial projections by some that...

Commercial clients ‘swallow a bitter pill’ when it comes to cat coverage

Feb 11 2007 // When it comes to property catastrophe insurance coverage, many commercial clients are being forced to swallow a bitter pill in the form of steep prices, new limits on policies, higher deductibles and a shortage in the...

Lessons learned from 2005’s Katrina and 2006’s calm hurricane season

Feb 11 2007 // It’s been more than a year since Katrina made landfill and businesses are still recovering. Then the 2006 Atlantic hurricane season came and went with barely a blip — despite initial projections by some that...

Insurance Skills Center Announces New Construction Designation

Feb 9 2007 // Insurance Skills Center is offering a new Certified Construction Insurance Specialist (CCIS) designation designed to provide a professional development program for the construction industry specialist. The three-part...

Fla. Charges 2 Insurance Brokers, 1 Other in Major Workers’ Comp Fraud

Feb 9 2007 // Three Floridians including two insurance brokers have been charged with fraud and conspiracy for allegedly providing hundreds of workers with falsified workers’ compensation insurance certificates to more than 300...

Indiana Insurance, LoJack Offer Anti-theft Devices to Construction Customers

Feb 9 2007 // Indiana Insurance, a member of the Liberty Mutual Group, has partnered with LoJack Corp., which is making its LoJack for Construction Equipment police-operated vehicle recovery systems available to construction customers...

America First, LoJack Offer Recovery Systems to Construction Clients

Feb 8 2007 // Dallas-based America First Insurance, a member of Liberty Mutual Group, announced it has teamed with LoJack Corporation, which is making its LoJack for Construction Equipment police-operated vehicle recovery systems...

Funding Gap Widens in Quest to Fix La.’s Highways

Feb 6 2007 // The Louisiana state highway department is finding itself in an increasing money pinch as repair demands run into rapidly escalating construction costs following hurricanes Katrina and Rita.The gap between construction...

Del. Focuses on Workplace Safety for Hispanic Construction Contractors

Feb 5 2007 // As Delaware’s rural landscape gives way to housing developments, immigrant workers who once took jobs in the agriculture and poultry industries are turning to home construction and landscaping.While reaping the...

Coping with catastrophe

Jan 29 2007 // Ten things agents and brokers can do to help clients obtain adequate cat coverageWhen it comes to property catastrophe insurance coverage, many commercial clients are being forced to swallow a bitter pill in the form of...

Oregon task force aims to improve construction

Jan 29 2007 // Oregon’s Construction Claims Task Force has released a report noting 11 recommendations to help protect homeowners from construction defects and ensure affordable liability insurance for contractors.Highlights of the...

News Currents

Jan 28 2007 // Oregon task force aims to improve constructionOregon’s Construction Claims Task Force has released a report noting 11 recommendations to help protect homeowners from construction defects and ensure affordable...

Oregon Task Force Aims to Improve Construction Environment

Jan 19 2007 // Oregon’s Construction Claims Task Force has released a report noting 11 recommendations to help protect homeowners from construction defects and ensure affordable liability insurance for contractors.Highlights of the...

Okla. Construction Firm to Pay Fines; 3 Sentenced in Conspiracy Case

Jan 16 2007 // The president of an Oklahoma construction company will pay $25,000 in fines, and two of his employees were ordered to serve a one-year deferred sentence after pleading no contest to one count each of conspiracy against the...