All the headlines from our Contractors Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 25 2006 // In the next 10 years, the construction business will need to fill more than 180,000 jobs. As the rush to fill these positions advances, workers’ compensation professionals will be challenged along with the...
Sep 25 2006 // Despite the softening property/casualty market, commercial insureds who find liability insurance unavailable or unaffordable, as well as those who desire stability and control of their liability programs, continue to...
Sep 25 2006 // In the next 10 years, the construction business will need to fill more than 180,000 jobs. As the rush to fill these positions advances, workers’ compensation professionals will be challenged along with the...
Sep 25 2006 // Despite the softening property/casualty market, commercial insureds who find liability insurance unavailable or unaffordable, as well as those who desire stability and control of their liability programs, continue to...
Sep 12 2006 // W. R. Berkley Corporation announced that Berkley Specialty Underwriting Managers LLC has formed a new division that will offer specialty insurance products for environmental contractors, consultants and site specific...
Sep 11 2006 // Hull & Co is offering a new custom home builders program in California. The company will entertain risks with 20 starts per year or less. Remodelers and renovations are acceptable. Occurrence or claims made and...
Sep 8 2006 // National Contractors Insurance Company, Inc., a Risk Retention Group (NCIC) specializes in general liability insurance for the licensed general and artisan contractor. Minimum Premium for most artesian classes and markets...
Sep 6 2006 // The owner of a San Diego area roofing company has been ordered to pay $119,000 in restitution to California’s State Compensation Insurance Fund as part of the sentencing in a workers’ compensation insurance...
Sep 4 2006 // bh:Auto LiabilityAmerican Freedom Insurance Co. v. Uriostegui (Ill. App., 1st Dist., July 13, 2006) Ruling: Insured’s regular use of auto barred coverage under non-owned auto policy. The court considered whether an...
Sep 4 2006 // News CurrentsOne year later: Gulf Coast agents & Katrina recovery How 3 Mississippi Gulf Coast agents, their families and communities are progressingLast October, Insurance Journal spent two days in Mississippi...
Sep 4 2006 // Throughout many states in the U.S., there has been an incredible increase in the number of professionals involved in or related to real estate. When thinking about real estate risks, the first to come to mind are real...
Sep 4 2006 // More than a decade ago, law firms specializing in construct defect litigation sprang up in California and the West. Construction defect cases in the building industry became all too common, and construction insurance...
Sep 4 2006 // Washington State’s current business and occupation (B&O) tax laws operate under a unique structure that can confuse even the most astute insurance agent or company. Harbored within this structure is the question...
Sep 4 2006 // Understanding the surety processThe surety underwriting process is often looked upon with disdain by insurance agents. It is frequently considered to be a futile exercise wrought with frustration, delays and non-responsive...
Sep 4 2006 // Washington State’s current business and occupation (B&O) tax laws operate under a unique structure that can confuse even the most astute insurance agent or company. Harbored within this structure is the question...
Sep 4 2006 // More than a decade ago, law firms specializing in construct defect litigation sprang up in California and the West. Construction defect cases in the building industry became all too common, and construction insurance...
Aug 31 2006 // National Contractors Insurance Company, Inc., a Risk Retention Group (NCIC) specializes in general liability insurance for the licensed general and artisan contractor. Minimum Premium for most artesian classes and markets...
Aug 30 2006 // San Diego Superior Court Judge David Danielsen has ordered the owner of a San Diego area construction company to pay $475,563 in restitution to the State Compensation Insurance Fund as part of his sentence for committing...
Aug 25 2006 // Abacus Insurance Brokers, Inc., a Los Angeles-based retail and wholesale insurance brokerage that distributes traditional and specialty insurance products online through the Abacus Program Management Platform (APM), is now...
Aug 24 2006 // San Diego Superior Court Judge Timothy Walsh has ordered the owner of a San Diego construction company to pay $456,061 in restitution to California’s State Compensation Insurance Fund in a workers’ compensation...