All the headlines from our Contractors Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nov 18 2007 // The use of the exterior insulation finishing system (EIFS), also referred to as “synthetic stucco,” in construction is nothing new to commercial or residential builders.EIFS, a multi-layered exterior structure...
Nov 18 2007 // Construction is an inherently dangerous activity. Hundreds if not millions of dollars are at stake with each project, and if something goes wrong, contractors often look to their insurance to cover claims. When that...
Nov 8 2007 // A Massachusetts contractor has been arrested on a felony fraud charge related to Hurricane Katrina recovery on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Daryle Arthur Jager, 47, of Somerville, Mass., is accused of taking $7,000 from a...
Nov 1 2007 // NCIC, a Risk Retention Group, Secures AM Best Rated A- (Excellent), Class Viii, Reinsurance for its Contractor General Liability ProgramThis is a real reinsurance program, not some unspecified excess of loss being used by...
Nov 1 2007 // Citing the threat of a “shadowy, underground economy,” California Attorney General Edmund G. Brown Jr. sued the Brinas Corp., a Los Angeles drywall contractor that unlawfully forced its employees to work...
Oct 30 2007 // Houston-based HCC Insurance Holdings Inc. promoted Adam S. Pessin to president of the company’s American Contractors Indemnity Company (ACIC) subsidiary. ACIC is headquartered in Los Angeles. Before joining the...
Oct 24 2007 // Cambridge General Agency is now accepting applications for its holiday lights and decorations contractors program, the newest addition to its contractors program in California.The company said with the holiday season just...
Oct 16 2007 // Investigators from the Florida Department of Financial Services, Bureau of Workers’ Compensation Compliance report that they issued six stop work orders during a surprise enforcement sweep last week.Enforcement...
Oct 16 2007 // Families of Iraqis who died in a shooting involving Blackwater USA contractors in Baghdad have sued the company, saying the firm violated U.S. law and fostered a culture of lawlessness among its employees.The suit filed...
Oct 16 2007 // Burlington, N.C.-based TAPCO Underwriters Inc. (TAPCO) has introduced a specialty contractors program, offering monoline general liability coverages to agents in Texas, the company announced. TAPCO opened its Texas...
Oct 16 2007 // San Diego-based Appalachian Underwriters Inc. has a contractors general liability market available in California through independent agents. This program is backed by an admitted,A.M. Best Co. “A”-rated...
Oct 3 2007 // Sloan Mason has a provision of competitive contractor’s pollution liability (CPL) for oilfield diving and sub-sea contractors of all types. The program is available nationwide.For full underwriting review and the...
Sep 24 2007 // The Supreme Court also disagreed with the district court’s common sense ruling that faulty workmanship that damages the property of a third party is a covered “occurrence,” whereas faulty workmanship that...
Sep 24 2007 // Oregon has implemented a new law aimed at making group contractor liability insurance more available. HB 2751 implements one of the recommendations of the The Construction Claims Task Force, and adds group contractor...
Sep 21 2007 // The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has initiated a policy requiring parking lot, landscaping, cleaning and other contractors it uses to carry health insurance for their employees. The stated policy will require...
Sep 21 2007 // San Diego County Superior Count Judge David Danielsen has ordered framing contractor Christopher Nicol to pay $291,440 in restitution to California’s State Compensation Insurance Fund. Nicol, 38, owner of BC Framing,...
Sep 18 2007 // Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott warned Gulf Coast residents to be wary of price gouging, charity scams and other fraudulent attempts to bilk consumers in the aftermath of Hurricane Humberto.The AG released the warning...
Sep 12 2007 // Despite cleanup efforts, some Jackson County, Miss., homes still have mold festering behind walls and under leaky windows two years after Hurricane Katrina.“It’s growing. It’s in the vents and the walls....
Sep 5 2007 // San Diego, Calif.-based Arrowhead General Insurance Agency Inc. announced the expansion of their Texas product portfolio to include a specialty contractors program offering monoline general liability coverages. The company...
Sep 4 2007 // The lack of familiarity with Federal Acquisition Regulations and government immunities can leave U.S. government contractors exposed to costly lawsuits from customers and business partners, says Chubb Group of Insurance...