All the headlines from our Contractors Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 7 2005 // Nuts & Bolts: Trinity E&S Ins. Services Inc. of Bermuda Dunes, Calif., has expanded its in-house contractors liability program to include the states of Nevada, Arizona, Oregon and Washington. The program,...
Mar 3 2005 // The Washington Department of Labor and Industries has put Skanska USA Building Inc. on notice that it will lose its certificate to self-insure if it doesn’t improve the way it manages workers’ compensation...
Mar 1 2005 // ACE USA, the U.S.-based retail operating division of The ACE Group of Companies, announced that its ACE Environmental Risk unit has launched a web-based underwriting facility that enables brokers to access Contractors...
Feb 23 2005 // M.E. James Surplus Lines Ins. Agency has a general liability program for commercial and residential roofing contractors.The coverage is a Limited Claims-Made form offering up to five years prior acts coverage and up to a...
Feb 21 2005 // Back to Earth and Up to Albany for N.Y.’s Excess & Surplus MarketplaceAfter setting records in 2004, the excess and surplus market in New York is expected to calm down this year, as the tremors from the Sept. 11...
Feb 17 2005 // ProBuilders Specialty, a risk retention group managed by NationsBuilders Insurance Services, has entered a number of the New England states to offer contractors’ general liability coverage. The program will be...
Feb 16 2005 // United Contractors Insurance Company Inc.—a new risk retention group domiciled in the District of Columbia—will offer general liability coverage to California contractors and artisans in commercial and residential...
Feb 13 2005 // Bermuda Dunes, Calif.-based Trinity E&S Insurance Services Inc., announced it has expanded its in house contractor’s liability program to include the states of Nevada, Arizona, Oregon and Washington. Coverage is...
Feb 7 2005 // Nuts & Bolts: Axiom Specialty Insurance Services is now offering primary products and general liability targeting manufacturers, distributors and commercial sub-contractors. Recently bound accounts include sheet metal...
Jan 27 2005 // California-based Trinity E&S Insurance Services Inc., has expanded its in-house contractor’s liability program to include the states of Nevada, Arizona, Oregon and Washington. Coverage is underwritten by an...
Jan 24 2005 // More than 80 percent of small and large commercial property/casualty accounts and 90 percent of medium accounts found their insurance premiums either stable or down by as much as 20 percent during the fourth quarter of...
Jan 24 2005 // E&S Industry Returns to Familiar GroundNeither wind, nor rain nor the dark cloud of standard carriers returning to the marketplace will keep excess and surplus insurance writers from maintaining profitability. From...
Jan 3 2005 // Nuts & Bolts: Coronado Insurance Whole-sale Services Inc. is offering general liability for contractors. The program targets framers, roofers, concrete contractors and general contractors.Dollars: Policy limits of $2...
Jan 3 2005 // Nuts & Bolts: Coronado Insurance Wholesale Services Inc. expanded their range of products by offering general liability for contractors. The program targets framers, roofers, concrete contractors and general...
Dec 20 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: Yates and Associates Insurance Services extended their services in the form of an Artisan Contractor Program. Occurrence and claims made forms available, CG2010 10/93 A/I form available. Blanket...
Dec 7 2004 // Northern California contractors and unions representing carpenters, laborers and operating engineers have formed a labor-management trust to administer a collectively bargained workers’ compensation carve-out...
Nov 22 2004 // An unlicensed, uninsured contractor was arrested after Florida insurance fraud investigators made a surprise inspection at a St. Lucie County subdivision. Vicente Parra Martinez, 34, owner and sole officer of P.M.V....
Nov 22 2004 // Gov. James McGreevey signed legislation removing “inaccurate and ineffectual” provisions from the Contractor’s Registration Act, one day before the act was set to go into effect on Nov. 9. The move...
Nov 22 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: Lionheart Insurance added a new facility for swimming pool contractors.Dollars: Limits for general liability up to $1 million with a $1,000 deductible. Minimum premium is $3,500. Carrier: Rated...
Nov 19 2004 // ACE USA, the U.S.-based retail operating division of The ACE Group of Companies, announced that it is enhancing its Defense Base Act (DBA) product offerings to create a responsive, comprehensive approach for small to...