Latest Construction Headlines
All the headlines from our Construction Topic Page, ordered by recency.
A Class Act: Understanding the Texas Workers’ Comp Classification System
Oct 25 2004 // Workers’ compensation is a very complicated insurance. I know. I’ve worked for Texas Mutual Insurance Company’s premium audit department for 10 years. Prior to that, I was the director of the...
Ogilvy-Hill Launches Construction Division
Oct 22 2004 // Santa Barbara, Calif.-based insurance brokerage firm Ogilvy-Hill Insurance announced the formation of a new construction division. The company has added 3 staff members to the division. Susan Shipp will serve as vice...
Fla. DFS Reminds Construction Contractors of Workers’ Comp Requirements
Oct 20 2004 // In response reportedly to hundreds of calls from homeowners and construction contractors, both in and out-of-state, concerned about Florida requirements for workers’ compensation insurance coverage, the Florida...
Vermont OSHA Probes Fatal Construction Accident
Oct 5 2004 // The state of Vermont said it will need about 10 days to investigate a construction accident that killed one man and sent a fellow worker to the hospital in Proctorsville. The Vermont Occupational Safety and Health...
Mass. Indicts ‘Big Dig’ Workers for Comp Fraud
Oct 4 2004 // Four men, including three “Big Dig” workers, were indicted last week in Massachusetts in unrelated cases for allegedly receiving workers compensation payments totaling more than $300,000 while holding down...
ACE USA Appoints N.Y.-Based Mayer to Senior VP Post to Lead Construction Practice
Sep 15 2004 // ACE USA, the U.S.-based retail operating division of The ACE Group of Companies, announced the appointment of Frank Mike-Mayer, senior vice president, to lead the ACE USA Construction Group. Based in New York City,...
Washington L&I Sees Dramatic Increase in Recovery of Unpaid Work Comp Premiums
Sep 14 2004 // Three years after it launched an initiative to level the playing field among employers in the construction industry, the Department of Labor and Industries (L&I) has seen a dramatic increase in the amount of unpaid...
Are You Stuck with Your Head in the Sand’
Sep 6 2004 // You have probably seen property values in your community rise considerably over the last several years. As a seasoned insurance agent you know that market value is different than replacement value, but you still have an...
California Brothers and Employee Arrested in Alleged Felony Fraud Case
Aug 23 2004 // Brothers Sam Saeid Afghani, of Agoura Hills, Calif., and Siamac A. Afghani, of Calabasas, Calif., as well as employee Renee Laws, of Encino, Calif., were to be arraigned August 24 for their suspected roles in a fraud case...
CNA Surety Names Tinstman to Board
Aug 16 2004 // Chicago-based CNA Surety Corp. announced that Robert A. Tinstman, executive chairman of James Construction Group, joined its board of directors effective Aug. 11, 2004. Tinstman will replace Ken Miller, who resigned from...
ABD Adds to Redwood City Leadership and Construction Services Unit
Aug 12 2004 // ABD Insurance and Financial Services, a leading provider of global risk management and employee benefits solutions, announced appointments within the company’s property/casualty leadership and construction industry...
Fla. Construction Co. Owner Charged
Aug 9 2004 // An Indian Harbor, Fla., construction company owner was charged with workers’ compensation fraud after jeopardizing the coverage of at least one employee, according to investigators with the Department of Financial...
Charity Golf Outings Putt Focus on Helping Hand
Aug 9 2004 // It takes a special breed of individual to devote their business career to helping people in a time of great loss. The costs of doing so are both emotional and physical—emotional stress from dealing with unexpected,...
Fla. Employer of Killed, Injured Workers Ordered to Halt Work Actions
Aug 2 2004 // The employer of two workers killed and at least three who were injured last month in a construction accident on a Hobe Sound work site has been ordered to cease all business operations in Florida. The order was issued...
New Specialty Trades Program Looks to Exploit Market Opportunity
Jul 19 2004 // Litigation around the country concerning contractors’ liability for construction defects discovered after operations are completed has made coverage very difficult to come by for specialty trade contractors, but it...
Construction Defects Burning a Hole through the Residential Contractors Market
Jul 19 2004 // Whether real or imagined, the threat of construction defects litigation has burned through the residential contractors liability insurance market like a California wildfire. Over the past couple of years, contractors and...
Contractors Program Seeks to Fill Market Need
Jul 19 2004 // Litigation around the country concerning contractors’ liability for construction defects discovered after operations are completed has made coverage very difficult to come by for specialty trade contractors, but it...
California Brothers and Employee Arrested in Alleged Felony Fraud Case
Jul 14 2004 // Brothers Sam Saeid Afghani, of Agoura Hills, Calif., and Siamac A. Afghani, of Calabasas, Calif., as well as employee Renee Laws, of Encino, Calif., were to be arraigned July14 for their suspected roles in a fraud case at...
Assurex Global Re Forms Cell for Risk Management Needs for Construction Clients
Jul 14 2004 // Assurex Global Reinsurance Ltd., a captive insurance company formed by Assurex Global Partners, LLC announced the formation of a specific cell to provide critically needed risk management and insurance needs to...
Fla. Construction Company Owner Charged in Workers’ Comp Fraud Case
Jun 28 2004 // The owner of an Indian Harbor, Florida construction company has been charged with workers’ compensation fraud after jeopardizing the coverage of at least one employee, according to investigators with the Department...
