All the headlines from our Contractors Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 17 2018 // Glatfelter Public Practice (GPP), a division of Glatfelter Insurance Group, has expanded its Independent School Bus Contractor insurance program to eight additional states, bringing the total number of states it is...
Apr 12 2018 // Police have arrested a New Jersey contractor who they allege took nearly a quarter-million dollars from clients but never started the promised work. The Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office says 56-year-old Peter...
Apr 5 2018 // With over 900 items on the Florida legislative docket and only 60 days to consider them, it’s not surprising that many bills simply die in committee or are never seriously considered. Add to that a tragic event right...
Mar 23 2018 // Delegated authority specialist and Lloyd’s broker Endeavour Insurance Services has launched a subcontractor deductible buyback program for large construction wraps designed to support local contractors in the...
Feb 19 2018 // A U.S. judge in San Francisco earlier this month said a former Grubhub Inc. delivery driver was an independent contractor and not the company’s employee in the first case of its kind against a “gig...
Feb 19 2018 // By Joe Dunn, Angel Mendez, and Scott W. DunnAgribusiness clients are acutely aware of the high premiums they pay for workers’ compensation, premises liability, health insurance and the steps they can take to mitigate...
Feb 16 2018 // A blood disorder led to the unlawful firing of three laborers at a Texas-based petro-chemical contractor, federal officials say.the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has charged in a lawsuit that...
Feb 14 2018 // QBE North America has formed a strategic program underwriting alliance with Huntersure LLC, to offer its professional liability coverage for small to mid-size architectural, engineering and contractor businesses nationwide...
Feb 9 2018 // A U.S. judge in San Francisco on Thursday said a former Grubhub Inc. delivery driver was an independent contractor and not the company’s employee, in the first case of its kind against a “gig economy”...
Feb 2 2018 // A federal appeals court on Wednesday rejected a lawsuit that sought to hold Twitter liable for the deaths of two U.S. contractors in Jordan three years ago in an attack for which the Islamic State group claimed...
Jan 30 2018 // Starr Companies has launched its new product, Enviro-Wrap insurance, in Canada. The coverage provides wrap-up liability and contractor’s pollution liability for construction project specific placements, covering...
Jan 17 2018 // You may have figured out that I like to watch the insurance news. I mean, I work for the company that produces my favorite insurance news (Insurance Journal) and I don’t say that just because I work here. I was an IJ...
Jan 17 2018 // An unlicensed home improvement contractor whose false promises left an elderly Massachusetts woman’s home in ruins and others temporarily homeless is heading to prison.The Salem News reports that 49-year-old Jaime...
Jan 10 2018 // Criminal manslaughter charges have been filed against the owner of a Seattle, Wash.-area construction.The King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office filed second-degree manslaughter charges against Phillip Numrich,...
Jan 2 2018 // XL Catlin’s North America has launched a new product from its marine insurance business specifically designed for marine contractors in the U.S. The new XL Catlin’s marine contractor insurance includes...
Dec 28 2017 // A contractor who performed work on Superstorm Sandy-damaged homes pressured customers into signing contracts and then performed shoddy work it failed to correct, state prosecutors alleged Tuesday.State Attorney General...
Dec 18 2017 // Some building companies that installed dangerous cladding on social housing blocks across Britain are now winning new contracts following the Grenfell Tower blaze to remove their original work and install panels that can...
Dec 15 2017 // Solvang, Calif.-based Westcap Insurance Services, LLC has expanded its admitted program for contractors to now include Arizona domiciled risks. Westcap also announced increased limits and other product enhancements to the...
Dec 5 2017 // Hub International Limited (Hub), a global insurance brokerage, has acquired the assets of Contractor’s Services Inc. (CSI) and Surety Services LLC (SS). Terms of the acquisitions were not disclosed.Headquartered in...
Nov 30 2017 // The hurricane season is officially over, but it didn’t go by without leaving a major mark on Florida and its insurance industry. Hurricane Irma, a name most in the state won’t soon forget, first hit the Florida...