All the headlines from our Contractors Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 27 2015 // Employee-employer relationships regarding workers’ compensation are complicated by the IRS, industrial commissions, the courts and state statute. Each has its own definition or applies a different test to define...
Mar 23 2015 // A new private contractor is being hired to oversee claims processing and loss prevention services for Louisiana’s self-insurance program.The Office of Risk Management announced that Sedgwick Claims Management...
Mar 16 2015 // Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt has charged a Tulsa contractor with two felony counts of embezzlement for fraudulent business practices in rebuilding homes damaged by the May 2013 tornado.The AG’s office said...
Mar 16 2015 // A contractor has been sentenced to five years in federal prison for failing to properly remove asbestos from an old church in Bay City, Mich. The church was converted into a charter school, Bay City Academy. Roy Bradley...
Mar 16 2015 // Upper tier contractors seek to avoid the financial costs that can arise out of bodily injury or property damage to a third party caused by a lower tier (subcontractor) for which they (the upper tier) could be held...
Mar 12 2015 // Uber Technologies Inc. and Lyft Inc. lost an early round of a fight with drivers in lawsuits that could upend the companies’ nationwide business models.The on-demand car services will need to make the case to juries...
Mar 9 2015 // Texas Rep. Kenneth Sheets filed legislation that would establish a voluntary roofing contractor registration program with the Texas Department of Insurance (TDI).Sheets said House Bill 1488, known as the Roofing Contractor...
Feb 26 2015 // Texas state Representative Kenneth Sheets filed legislation that would establishes a voluntary roofing contractor registration program with the Texas Department of Insurance (TDI).Sheets said House Bill 1488, known as the...
Feb 17 2015 // The National Insurance Crime Bureau advised that as the Northeast continues to get pounded by storm after storm, there’s one more threat that Bostonians need to watch out for: shady contractors or “storm...
Feb 5 2015 // San Diego-based Atlas General Insurance Services, LLC, a national multi-line program manager, has launched a contractors general liability and exterior insulation finishing systems (EIFS) program. According to Jill...
Jan 29 2015 // The U.S. Department of Labor is proposing to clarify federal contractors’ requirements to prohibit sex discrimination. The recommended changes would revise the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs’...
Jan 21 2015 // Bolstered by a resurgent economy and renewed optimism, the construction industry is showing signs of significant growth. Payrolls are increasing, more projects are coming online and the scope of work is increasing. Ample...
Jan 21 2015 // Rocklin, CA, January 21, 2015: Builders & Tradesmen’s Insurance Services, Inc. (BTIS) is pleased to announce the expansion of their Victory® General Liability program into 38 states. Victory® General Liability...
Jan 20 2015 // The U.S. Supreme Court turned away three KBR Inc. appeals that aimed to provide military contractors with a broader shield from lawsuits over their activities on the battlefield.The nation’s highest court today left...
Jan 13 2015 // Citizens Property Insurance Corp. has reached settlement agreements with more than 1,650 Florida homeowners to end litigation on sinkhole repair cases that was delaying critical repairs to their properties.As of Dec. 15,...
Jan 13 2015 // Atlas General Insurance Services, LLC, a national multi-line program manager, has partnered with The Rockingham Group to offer three exclusive new programs: general contractors general liability, artisan contractors...
Jan 13 2015 // Builders & Tradesmen’s Insurance Services, Inc. (BTIS) has expanded its Victory General Liability program into Louisiana. The coverage is now available in 38 states. Victory General Liability is an admitted...
Jan 12 2015 // With construction activity picking up steam all across the nation, insurers are expressing concern over how the construction sector will meet the growing demand for qualified labor. Insurers are concerned not only with the...
Jan 12 2015 // Bolstered by a resurgent economy and renewed optimism, the construction industry is showing signs of significant growth. Payrolls are increasing, more projects are coming online and the scope of work is increasing. Ample...
Jan 12 2015 // Rick Keegan, president of the Construction Business Unit at Travelers says that construction specialists must help contractors understand that the changing labor force dynamics require proactive risk management to ensure...