Latest Contractors Headlines
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An End of an Era: AB 5 and What It Means for Motor Carriers and Their Independent Contractors
Oct 7 2022 // This post is part of a series sponsored by IAT Insurance Group. For the last two-and-a-half years the entire nation has been tracking California Assembly Bill 5 (AB 5), which changed the definition of who is considered an...
5th Circuit Mulls Vaccine Mandate for US Contractors
Oct 5 2022 // A federal appeals court in New Orleans on Monday became the latest to hear arguments on whether President Joe Biden overstepped his authority with an order that federal contractors require that their employees be...
4 Issues Facing Contractors That Agents Must Know
Sep 19 2022 // Despite the plethora of construction work currently available thanks to state and federal infrastructure investments and the pent-up demand for new housing it’s a challenging time for contractors. Several factors...
Illinois Contractor Fined for Deadly Workplace Exposures
Sep 19 2022 // A Roselle, Illinois contractor with a long history of federal workplace safety violations who currently owes more than $390,000 in penalties, added an additional $303,105 in proposed fines for once again exposing workers...
Texas’ Scottish American Launches General Liability Program for Contractors
Sep 13 2022 // Scottish American, a wholesale insurance brokerage, managing general agency, and program manager based in Grapevine, Texas, announced that it has launched its new program, Contractors Guard, a general liability program...
Florida Judge Dismisses Contractors’ Challenge to SB 2D’s Attorney Fee Limits
Aug 31 2022 // A Florida judge has thrown out a constitutional challenge to an insurance litigation reform law, noting that the state officials named in the lawsuit were not the correct defendants. Plaintiffs Restoration Association of...
Ohio Contractor Fined $228,000 for Exposing Workers to Hazards
Aug 30 2022 // A Dundee, Ohio contractor with a long history of federal workplace safety violations has added an additional $228,126 in fines to $108,318 in unpaid penalties with the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety...
Reuters: Attacks on Gasfield in Northern Iraq Drive Out U.S. Contractors
Aug 30 2022 // A series of rocket attacks on a gasfield in northern Iraq has sent the U.S. contractors working on its expansion packing, dealing a blow to the Kurdish region’s hopes of boosting its revenues and offering a small...
Illinois Contractor Faces $303,000 in Fines for Deadly Workplace Exposures
Aug 29 2022 // A Roselle, Illinois contractor with a long history of federal workplace safety violations who currently owes more than $390,000 in penalties, added an additional $303,105 in proposed fines for once again exposing workers...
OSHA Cites Maryland Contractor for 136 ‘Willful, Repeat, Serious’ Safety Violations
Aug 25 2022 // A Maryland residential framing contractor – cited for 136 willful, repeat, serious and other violations in 20 workplace safety inspections since 2020 – continues to expose its workers to falls from elevation, the...
Florida Sting Operation Busted 13 Contractors Without Workers’ Comp
Aug 19 2022 // Unlicensed contractors, all without proper workers’ compensation insurance on their workers, have been charged in another law enforcement sting operation in Florida, authorities said. The state’s chief...
ER Docs Are Independent Contractors, But Hospital Still Controls, Florida Court Finds
Aug 16 2022 // As in many business and commercial liability disputes, it’s all about the wording of the contract, a Florida appeals court decided in a medical malpractice case that could affect hospitals’ relationships with...
Maryland Court Affirms Limits on Hiring Firm Liability for Contractor Negligence
Aug 16 2022 // The mother of a man killed on a Baltimore construction site who was barred by Maryland’s workers’ compensation law from suing the contractor hired by the city has lost a bid to hold the city and subcontractor...
Louisiana Roofing Contractor Fined $249,000 for Failure to Comply with Safety Standards
Aug 15 2022 // A Baton Rouge, Louisiana roofing contractor who ignored federal safety inspectors’ February 2022 warnings that not complying with required fall protection standards exposed their workers to serious dangers now faces...
New Jersey Contractor Arraigned for Worker Death at Poughkeepsie Construction Site
Aug 4 2022 // A New Jersey construction company and its principal have been charged with willfully violating federal workplace safety regulations at a Poughkeepsie, New York construction site where a wall collapsed, killing a worker in...
Eight Contractors Charged in Florida Workers’ Comp Sting Operation
Aug 4 2022 // Eight Florida men have been charged with contracting without a license and failing to obtain workers’ compensation insurance, after a sting operation led by state and local authorities. The Manatee County...
Louisiana Roofing Contractor Fined $249,000 for Failure to Comply With Safety Standards
Aug 2 2022 // A Baton Rouge, Louisiana roofing contractor – who ignored federal safety inspectors’ February 2022 warnings that not complying with required fall protection standards exposed their workers to serious dangers –...
Wisconsin Roofing Contractor Fined $94,000 for OSHA Violations
Aug 1 2022 // Despite the potentially deadly consequences of its actions, an Appleton, Wisconsin contractor allowed three roofers to work at heights up to 18 feet without anchoring their fall protection, making it useless in preventing...
Nothing’s Easy in Hard-Working Contractors’ Market; Risks Include Inexperienced Workers, Inflated Costs and Inferior Materials
Jun 20 2022 // No other industry has weathered a global pandemic, economic changes, and a decade-long shortage of skilled labor better than the construction industry. Contractors have shown they are a hardy bunch, adapting to a hard...
Markets/Coverages: Skyward Specialty’s Renewable Energy Cover; IMA, Parametrix Downtime Policy; Contractor Safety Discounts From Procure, Shepherd
Jun 13 2022 // Skyward Specialty Launches Renewable Energy Contractor Coverage Skyward Specialty Insurance Group is now offering a renewable energy contractors coverage targeting contractors specializing in wind and solar energy...
