All the headlines from our Contractors Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 4 2013 // A contractor at the Hanford nuclear plant in Washington has agreed to pay $1.1 million to settle a lawsuit filed by the Justice Department claiming the company used federal money to lobby for new government customers for a...
Apr 4 2013 // Connecticut authorities recently issued “stop work” orders to 27 firms working at construction project sites in Stamford for misclassifying workers during the period of Jan. 9 to March 14.Connecticut Department...
Apr 3 2013 // Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster is suing a southwest Missouri company for allegedly dumping tornado waste from Joplin into an abandoned mine shaft.Koster on April 1 announced the suit against Bryan Weldon and Weldon...
Apr 1 2013 // A workers’ compensation auditor and four coal company contractors in West Virginia have pleaded guilty to federal charges in a multimillion-dollar fraud scheme.Federal prosecutors said that Arville Sargent pleaded...
Mar 22 2013 // A federal judge conducting a trial to assign fault for the nation’s worst offshore oil spill dismissed claims against a BP contractor and the company that made a key safety device on the drilling rig that exploded in...
Mar 15 2013 // The New York City Council has approved new safety rules and procedures this week concerning the city residents’ home elevation projects following Superstorm Sandy.The city council said these rules were prompted in...
Mar 12 2013 // New Jersey Attorney General Jeffrey Chiesa announced the creation of a “Statewide Sandy Fraud Working Group” to serve as New Jersey’s clearinghouse for investigations and prosecution of criminal and civil...
Mar 11 2013 // A recent survey shows that most registered Texas voters support the licensing of roofers in the state.According to the survey by the Insurance Council of Texas (ICT), when asked if roofing contractors should be licensed in...
Mar 8 2013 // One of the contractors charged with cleaning up the nation’s most contaminated nuclear site has agreed to pay an $18.5 million civil and criminal penalty related to a time card fraud scheme. U.S. Attorney Michael...
Mar 6 2013 // New Jersey inspectors have found 124 unregistered contractors doing work on homes damaged by Superstorm Sandy since January.Investigators with the state Division of Consumer Affairs in Atlantic, Ocean and Monmouth counties...
Mar 1 2013 // A former TVA contract safety manager wants to fire his lawyer as he awaits sentencing on a fraud conviction.The Chattanooga Times Free Press reported Walter Cardin told U.S. District Court Judge Curtis Collier at a hearing...
Feb 25 2013 // Editor’s note: This is the first of a three-part series to explain insurers’ requirements for building updates and to help agents advise clients on mitigating risks inherent in older buildings. Later articles...
Feb 20 2013 // A recent survey shows that most registered Texas voters support the licensing of roofers in the state.According to the survey by the Insurance Council of Texas (ICT), when asked if roofing contractors should be licensed in...
Feb 12 2013 // ACES Commercial Insurance Services, Inc., a managing general agency offering specialty commercial insurance products now has in-house binding authority for small artisan contractors in California. The program is...
Jan 31 2013 // It has not been easy being an insurance agent specializing in the homebuilders insurance market during one of the worst economic recessions in U.S. history. Survival in the recession meant change and a lot of hard...
Jan 28 2013 // Maine has recently adopted a new, uniform standard for who can be classified as an “independent contractor” for worker’s comp and other employment-related cases.The change went into effect on Dec. 31,...
Jan 9 2013 // The Kentucky Associated General Contractors Self Insurers’ Fund said it will return $16.5 million in dividends to its members in March. This disbursement is the largest in workers’ compensation fund’s...
Jan 4 2013 // Buffalo, N.Y.-based insurance wholesaler Russell Bond & Co. Inc. recently acquired Independent Garage and Towing Contractors Services Inc. (IGTC), also of Buffalo. IGTC is a nationwide insurance purchasing group...
Jan 3 2013 // Maine has adopted a new, uniform standard for who can be classified as an “independent contractor” for worker’s compensation and other employment-related cases. The change went into effect on Dec. 31,...
Jan 3 2013 // Philadelphia Insurance Cos. (PHLY) a property/casualty and professional liability insurance company for niche markets, has launched insurance coverage specifically designed to protect restoration contractors. These...