All the headlines from our Contractors Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 23 2022 // From attorneys’ fees to water damage to reimbursement limits in no-fault auto insurance, Florida appeals courts have sided with insurers in several cases in recent days. Here’s a look:Attorney Fees and Another...
Feb 22 2022 // This post is part of a series sponsored by Old Republic Surety.Do you want to build a book of surety business at your agency, but you’re not sure how to get started? Have you been selling surety bonds, but want to...
Feb 22 2022 // Originally posted on Stateline, an initiative of The Pew Charitable Trusts.Inside a partially completed Amazon warehouse here, workers last summer walked on conveyor belts four stories high without safety harnesses,...
Feb 17 2022 // The New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development (NJDOL) has issued stop-work orders to five out-of-state contractors – from Florida, Georgia, and North Carolina – who misclassified workers performing...
Feb 17 2022 // Contractors based in Florida, North Carolina and Georgia have been ordered to stop work in New Jersey and now face penalties for allegedly misclassifying workers.The New Jersey Department of Labor said it had issued the...
Feb 16 2022 // Just when insurers saw signs that last year’s reform legislation may be having an impact on claims litigation, bad news appeared in the inbox Wednesday.CaseGlide, the maker of litigation management software, which...
Feb 15 2022 // Jury selection starts Feb. 15 in a trial to determine if engineering contractors bear responsibility for lead-contaminated water in Flint.Veolia North America and Lockwood, Andrews & Newman, known as LAN, were not part...
Feb 14 2022 // Gov. Phil Scott last week vetoed a bill that proposed creating a framework for registering construction contractors, saying it would hurt small businesses.The Republican said that while he supports protecting the interests...
Feb 2 2022 // It came later than some had expected, but Florida’s Senate Banking and Insurance Committee on Wednesday passed a much-anticipated bill that aims to close gaps left by last year’s insurance reform...
Jan 31 2022 // A Bellingham, Washington, construction company is facing nearly $284,000 in fines for not ensuring safeguards were in place to keep workers from falling off the Beverly Railroad bridge spanning the Columbia River in...
Jan 27 2022 // A courthouse in north Louisiana will be closed indefinitely so that repairs can be made to the building’s main power distribution system.Crews are assessing damage to the Caddo Parish Courthouse’s power grid...
Jan 20 2022 // A Congers, New York, contractor has been arrested after he was indicted on insurance fraud charges for allegedly underreporting his payroll by 89 workers.Anthony Frascone, 51, owner of Alpha-Omega, told his workers’...
Jan 12 2022 // A judge on Jan. 10 refused to dismiss a lawsuit against an engineering company, which is accused of not doing enough to stop the flow of lead-contaminated water in Flint in 2015.Four families are suing Veolia North...
Jan 7 2022 // W.R. Berkley Corp. announced the formation of Berkley Construction Solutions to provide excess liability insurance for contractors throughout the construction industry.Andrew Robinson has been named president of the new...
Jan 4 2022 // On May 24, 2021, inspectors with the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) observed roofing workers at Venue Estates at Smithville Green, a senior community housing...
Dec 30 2021 // A workplace safety investigation into the June death in Neville Island, Pennsylvania, of a 19-year-old roofing worker found two commercial contractors willfully failed to use fall protection systems that might have saved...
Dec 27 2021 // A contractor working at a Caterpillar Inc. foundry in central Illinois fell to his death when he apparently stepped off a ladder at the plant, authorities said.The Peoria County coroner said Scott M. Adams, 50, of East...
Dec 22 2021 // A Kansas contractor faces $223,000 in penalties after a U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration found that the company exposes its workers to asbestos and other workplace hazards. The OSHA...
Dec 21 2021 // A federal inspection at a Warwick, Rhode Island, excavation found two area contractors ignoring cave-in risks and placing their workers in serious danger.On July 8, 2021, a U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and...
Dec 21 2021 // For the fourth time this year, a Florida appeals court has decided in favor of People’s Trust Insurance Co., requiring homeowners to let the carrier’s chosen contractor make the needed repairs.“Yes, this...