All the headlines from our Contractors Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 29 2023 // The California Labor Commissioner’s Office cited farm labor contractor M.G. Luna, Inc. of Parlier and growers Madera Persimmon Growers Inc. of Madera and Willems Farms Inc. of Kingsburg $1,926,531, for wage theft...
Aug 29 2023 // A federal workplace safety investigation has found that a Farmersville, Texas construction contractor could have prevented the loss of a 23-year-old employee by following required safety procedures for operating a mobile...
Aug 24 2023 // Florida authorities this week charged a south Florida contractor with underreporting his payroll by almost $6 million, cheating his workers’ compensation insurer out of more than $350,000 in premiums.Miguel Porras,...
Aug 22 2023 // WOODBRIDGE, N.J., August 22, 2023 – Recognizing the critical role of Workers Compensation in the cost structure and strategy of Utility Contractors, NIP Group is excited to announce the nationwide expansion of its...
Aug 8 2023 // The Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Division fined Hillsboro contractor Arm & Hammer Construction Inc. $66,420 for multiple violations of workplace safety rules.In one violation, the company repeatedly failed to...
Jul 27 2023 // A south Florida contractor faces significant jail time after he was arrested for vastly underreporting his payroll to his workers’ compensation insurer.Hector Gutierrez-Morales, owner of HG & AKE Construction...
Jul 24 2023 // Whether a half-inch granite protrusion on a crosswalk under repair is sufficient to support a negligent claim is a matter for a jury to decide, not a court granting summary judgment for a contractor doing work for a...
Jul 13 2023 // WOODBRIDGE, NJ, July 13, 2023 — NIP Group, a leading specialty insurance provider, is excited to announce the relaunch and expansion of its renowned TreePro® program. With the inclusion of small and very large Workers...
Jul 11 2023 // WOODBRIDGE, NJ, July 11, 2023 — NIP Group, a specialized insurance and risk intermediary, is proud to announce the development of UtilityPro® a new national insurance program tailored specifically for utility...
Jun 28 2023 // Individuals from two construction companies in California’s Bay Area were arraigned on charges of conspiring to misclassify workers to avoid paying workers’ compensation insurance, payroll taxes and insurance...
Jun 19 2023 // A new report from an insurer with a high concentration of general contractors in its commercial lines business recognizes the high-risk nature of the construction industry and offers insights that contractors and their...
May 31 2023 // SFR Services, a Florida restoration firm made famous by its volume of claims litigation and its charges that United Property & Casualty Insurance Co. had instructed desk adjusters to alter their estimates, now finds...
May 26 2023 // Inszone Insurance Services acquired Specialty Contractors Insurance Services. Specialty Contractors Insurance Services has predominantly served business owners and contractors. It is headquartered in Sacramento,...
May 25 2023 // Attorneys for a group of workers who believe their jobs cleaning up a massive coal ash spill in Tennessee led to a slew of illnesses, including fatal cancers, have reached a settlement with the contractor who organized the...
May 8 2023 // An investigation found that a spill of about 1,300 gallons of fire suppressant at a fuel facility in Hawaii was caused by a maintenance contractor improperly installing an air vacuum valve, U.S. military officials...
May 8 2023 // The California Division of Occupational Safety and Health cited Meeder Equipment Co. of Rancho Cucamonga and referred D&D Construction Specialties Inc. of Sun Valley for criminal prosecution in two separate cases of...
May 8 2023 // Two excess insurers may be liable for the more than $20 million that ExxonMobil Corp. paid to settle lawsuits filed by a contractor’s employees who were badly burned while working at an Exxon refinery, the Texas...
May 4 2023 // This post is part of a series sponsored by IAT Insurance Group.Battling back from the Great Depression, the Hoover administration passed the “Buy American Act” in 1933. The basic premise of the law was...
Apr 27 2023 // A Houston-area contractor’s repeated failure to follow federal workplace safety procedures during excavation operations contributed to a worker’s death near Manvel in October 2022, a federal workplace safety...
Apr 21 2023 // The California Division of Occupational Safety and Health cited Meeder Equipment Co. of Rancho Cucamonga and referred D&D Construction Specialties Inc. of Sun Valley for criminal prosecution in two separate cases of...