All the headlines from our Contractors Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 16 2019 // French insurance firm AXA said on Tuesday it provided insurance coverage for two of the contracting firms that were working on Notre-Dame’s restoration prior to the blaze that devastated the cathedral.The fire ripped...
Apr 15 2019 // Uber Technologies Inc., on its way to an initial public offering that some media reports say could raise $10 billion, might not be in the position it is in without insurance.“Our business depends heavily on insurance...
Apr 15 2019 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency wrongly released to a contractor the personal information of 2.3 million survivors of devastating 2017 hurricanes and wildfires, potentially exposing the victims to identity fraud...
Apr 15 2019 // Cal/OSHA has issued serious health and safety citations to Underground Construction Co. Inc. of Benicia, Calif., after two of its employees contracted Valley Fever.The workers were reportedly exposed to the fungal disease...
Apr 10 2019 // Three contractors who worked at a Houston-area chemical plant say in a lawsuit that the company knew that a flammable gas was leaking before a deadly fire erupted but did not order an evacuation.The Houston Chronicle...
Apr 9 2019 // Axa XL’s North America marine insurance business is expanding its inland marine business with a new contractor’s equipment product with a number of new coverages.“Contractor’s need a wider variety...
Apr 5 2019 // Google says it will require staffing companies it works with to pay workers at least $15 an hour and give them health benefits.The company has faced pushback from employees and contract workers for paying contractors less...
Apr 1 2019 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency wrongly released to a contractor the personal information of 2.3 million survivors of devastating 2017 hurricanes and wildfires, potentially exposing the victims to identity fraud...
Apr 1 2019 // The rise of an on-demand economy once threatened to put workers’ compensation insurers in the hot seat, in large part because the question of how the sector could, or should, cover these individuals remained...
Mar 29 2019 // Cal/OSHA has issued serious health and safety citations to Underground Construction Co. Inc. of Benicia, Calif. after two of its employees contracted Valley Fever.The workers were reportedly exposed to the fungal disease...
Mar 25 2019 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency wrongly released to a contractor the personal information of 2.3 million survivors of devastating 2017 hurricanes and wildfires, potentially exposing the victims to identity fraud...
Mar 21 2019 // Cal/OSHA has cited a Bay Area contractor for serious safety violations after a worker was fatally crushed at a San Rafael construction site on Sept. 18, 2018.Investigators determined that West Coast Land and Development...
Mar 14 2019 // As Florida lawmakers weigh reform for the state’s assignment of benefits crisis, the insurance industry and regulators are closely monitoring a case addressing post-loss policy language that is currently before the...
Mar 6 2019 // The contractor that built a pedestrian bridge that collapsed and killed six people last year in Miami is filing for bankruptcy protection. Miami-based Munilla Construction Management said in a press release on Saturday the...
Mar 1 2019 // Companies rebuilding storm-damaged homes in the U.S. Virgin Islands under a federally funded program say they haven’t been paid in months and are threatening to place liens on the houses.The dispute highlights what...
Feb 28 2019 // The push for assignment of benefits (AOB) reform in the 2019 Florida legislative session is in full swing, and the insurance industry and consumer advocates have pulled out all the stops to emphasize their contention that...
Feb 25 2019 // Former California licensed insurance agent, Alan Amir Yousefi, 31, was charged with 10 felony counts including grand theft, insurance fraud and forgery, for allegedly stealing more than $105,000 in insurance premiums from...
Feb 15 2019 // The transportation industry is considered a barometer of the U.S. economy. If freight is trending up, so too is the U.S. economy. But capacity constraints for trucking – including a shortage of qualified drivers, low...
Feb 6 2019 // An Alabama company has paid $82,515 in back wages and fringe benefits to 17 employees following a federal investigation into labor law violations. Al.com reports Marathon Electrical Contractors, based in Irondale, was...
Jan 29 2019 // The Delaware Department of Transportation says a contractor who fell through a trench on a construction site broke both his legs.The News Journal reports that the Carrow Construction crew was digging a trench Friday as...