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Repeat Plaintiffs, Non-Profits Target Businesses for ADA Compliance
Nov 7 2016 // Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Title III lawsuits are up 63 percent over 2015, according to law firm Seyfarth Shaw. ADA Title III prohibits businesses open to the public from discriminating on the basis of...
Jaramillo to Lead Beazley’s Latin America Construction and Engineering Group from Miami
Oct 14 2016 // Beazley, a provider of specialist construction and engineering insurance, has appointed Santiago Jaramillo as construction and engineering focus group leader for Latin America. Jaramillo will work out of the...
OSHA Proposes 18 Changes to Safety Standards to Reduce Employer Costs
Oct 12 2016 // The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is proposing 18 changes to the agency’s recordkeeping, general industry, maritime and construction standards. The agency estimates that proposed revisions could save...
Record Construction Pace in South Dakota’s Sioux Falls Not Easing
Oct 11 2016 // The record pace of construction in Sioux Falls isn’t letting up. The Argus Leader reported that the city has permitted $573.4 million in construction through September, up from $546 million over the same period last...
Why Claims Under Americans with Disabilities Act Are Rising
Oct 7 2016 // Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Title III lawsuits are up 63 percent over 2015, according to law firm Seyfarth Shaw. ADA Title III prohibits businesses open to the public from discriminating on the basis of...
Marsh Hires Maryland-Based Hewett to Construction Practice
Oct 5 2016 // Global insurance broker Marsh has hired David Hewett as a U.S. contract surety leader in its construction practice. In this newly created role, Hewett will work closely with Marsh’s surety practice to deliver...
New Jersey Rules in Favor of CGL Coverage for Faulty Subcontractor Work
Sep 19 2016 // New Jersey has joined several other U.S. states in deciding that if a subcontractor’s defective work damages parts of a general contractor’s project, the damages are covered under the general contractor’s...
Filling the Gap in Contractors Professional and Pollution Liability
Sep 6 2016 // Coverage Part A of the Commercial General Liability (CGL) policy is limited in scope, extending coverage to claims arising out of only bodily injury (BI) and/or property damage (PD). Couple Part A’s limited scope...
New Jersey High Court Rules in Favor of CGL Coverage for Subcontractor Faulty Workmanship
Aug 31 2016 // New Jersey has joined several other U.S. states in deciding that if a subcontractor’s defective work damages parts of a general contractor’s project, the damages are covered under the general contractor’s...
Typhoon Lionrock Makes Landfall in Japan, Bringing Landslides, Floods & Deaths
Aug 31 2016 // With strong winds, drenching rain, high surf, and coastal flooding, Typhoon Lionrock made landfall in the Tohoku region of Japan Tuesday evening local time, near the city of Ofunato in Iwate Prefecture, according to an...
Would-Be Drone Pilots Flock to Take First U.S. Licensing Test
Aug 29 2016 // Thousands of would-be drone pilots are racing to get licensed under new U.S. regulations that have opened an aerial stampede. More than 3,300 have signed up to take the test on Monday, the first day it’s available,...
Caltrans Settles Lawsuit over Construction Site Death
Aug 26 2016 // The California Department of Transportation has settled a wrongful death lawsuit brought by the parents of a 24-year-old woman who was killed by a drunk driver while working on a nighttime paving project. Attorneys for...
Las Vegas Scaffolding Collapse Kills Construction Worker
Aug 25 2016 // Officials say a Las Vegas construction worker has died after a scaffolding collapse. Las Vegas Fire & Rescue says the scaffolding collapsed at a Tivoli Village construction site on Monday afternoon. One man fell with...
EPIC adds Williford to National Energy Construction Practice in Alabama
Aug 24 2016 // EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants, a retail property, casualty insurance brokerage and employee benefits consultant, has added risk management and insurance professional Jim Williford to the firm’s National...
Dakota Access Pipeline Owners Sue Protesters
Aug 17 2016 // Developers of a $3.8 billion, four-state oil pipeline sued in federal court on Aug. 15 to stop protesters near an American Indian reservation in North Dakota from interfering with the project, alleging the safety of...
Ironshore Launches Coverage for Construction Project Owners
Aug 9 2016 // Ironshore Specialty Casualty has introduced Owners Protective Professional Indemnity (OPPI) coverage for specific construction projects. Ironshore’s OPPI product indemnifies the project owner for first party loss...
$1M in Pipeline Construction Equipment Damaged in Iowa, Arson Suspected
Aug 3 2016 // Machinery located at three oil pipeline construction sites in central Iowa was found extensively damaged by fire on Aug. 1 in what the company building the pipeline called a shameful act. There’s little doubt the...
Greenlight Re Seeks Recovery in Mortgage Market After Construction, Vehicle, Florida Losses
Aug 3 2016 // David Einhorn’s Greenlight Capital Re Ltd., the reinsurer seeking to reverse underwriting losses, is pushing into the mortgage-guaranty market after being burned by fraudulent claims on property policies in...
California Jury Awards $16.3M to Family of Construction Worker
Jul 29 2016 // A Los Angeles jury has awarded $16.3 million to the family of a construction worker who fell to his death at a wastewater treatment plant. City News Service says the Superior Court panel this week found for Rosa Gonzalez...
Brokers Assess Current Construction Insurance Market: Thumbs Up
Jul 29 2016 // Amid ups and downs, the construction market has nevertheless enjoyed steady growth over the past four years. Now construction insurance specialists believe the market is really heating up. The competition has carriers...
