Latest Contractors Headlines
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San Diego Roofing Contractor Sentenced for State Fund Fraud
Jan 31 2006 // San Diego County Superior Court Judge David Danielsen has sentenced a roofing contractor to a six month jail term, three years formal probation and ordered him to pay $272,000 in restitution to State Compensation Insurance...
S. Fla. Homeowners Warned ‘Be Wary’ of Hurricane Repair Contractors
Jan 24 2006 // Consumer advocates are warning South Florida homeowners to be wary of contractors who take deposits up front for hurricane repairs or shutter installations. For example, officials said a company called Palms West Shutter...
Fire and Water Restoration Plus Pollution and Mold Liability for Contractors
Jan 23 2006 // Nuts & Bolts: Bonding and Insurance Specialists Agency is offering fire and water restoration contractors general liability plus contractor’s pollution and mold liability. BISA has been writing insurance and...
Calif. Hands Down Convictions for Violating Contractor Licensing Laws
Jan 23 2006 // Ventura County, Calif., District Attorney Gregory Totten reported that the office’s Consumer and Environmental Protection Division recently obtained two convictions for violation of the California Contractors State...
Calif. Hands Down Convictionsfor Violating Contractor Licensing Laws
Jan 22 2006 // Fraud Roundup Ventura County, Calif., District Attorney Gregory Totten reported that the office’s Consumer and Environmental Protection Division recently obtained two convictions for violation of the California...
Miss. Hurricane Victims Warned: Beware of Contractor Scams
Jan 12 2006 // Hurricane Katrina victims in Mississippi have been warned to beware of scam artists and disreputable contractors and to check contractors out closely before hiring them to do repairs, according to Robert Latham, director...
Okla. AG Warns of Fraud After Fires
Jan 4 2006 // Attorney General Drew Edmondson is warning Oklahomans who lost homes and other property in recent wildfires to beware of being victimized again, this time by fraud. More than 200 homes and businesses have been destroyed by...
Sloan Mason Offering New Market for Calif. Residential Tract Contractors
Jan 3 2006 // California-based Sloan Mason reported access to a new A- VIII carrier, which will provide competitive GL and wrap-up coverage for residential contractors in California. These contractors can perform work in new tract...
Hurricane contractors: Working without a safety net
Jan 2 2006 // For the clean up of New Orleans in the wake of Hurricane Katrina to progress, contractors engaged in this important work must be adequately protected from long-term and uncertain liabilities. As insurance brokers, we at...
Artisan contractors run for liability cover
Jan 2 2006 // Artisan contractors are being squeezed in the insurance market as general contractors and insurers do what they can to transfer and limit their exposures, especially in so-called “pain” states. Artisans are...
Sizing Up The Construction Market
Jan 2 2006 // The list of insurers is hsorter and restrictions longer When he is presented with a construction account at his office on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, Rubin Alspector can quickly determine which insurers might write it. He...
Building up construction insurance, block by block
Jan 2 2006 // Agent Dave Sinclair remembers his first construction account well since it was only about six years ago. It was a plumber contract with a premium of about $70,000. Today Sinclair’s Wallingford, Conn.-based agency...
Hurricane contractors: Working without a safety net
Jan 2 2006 // For the clean up of New Orleans in the wake of Hurricane Katrina to progress, contractors engaged in this important work must be adequately protected from long-term and uncertain liabilities. As insurance brokers, we at...
Hurricane contractors: Working without a safety net
Jan 2 2006 // For the clean up of New Orleans in the wake of Hurricane Katrina to progress, contractors engaged in this important work must be adequately protected from long-term and uncertain liabilities. As insurance brokers, we at...
Okeechobee Contractor Alleged to Have Filed Fake Workers’ Comp Claims
Jan 2 2006 // Okeechobee building contractor Merle Dee Johnson bonded out of the Okeechobee County Jail on $30,000 bond, after Florida investigators charged him with workers’ compensation fraud and grand theft. Johnston was...
California residential construction efforts reduce risk of defect litigation
Jan 2 2006 // Builders and trade contractors vie to bring carriers back to the Golden State. During the past few years, builders and trade contractors in California have endured triple-digit rate increases and an exodus of insurance...
Construction — General Contractors and Artisans
Jan 2 2006 // Nuts & Bolts: Hull & Co., Stockton, Calif., has added another company to its array of contractors markets. The new market is Best’s rated “A,” IX and writes both general contractors and...
Residential Contractors in California
Jan 2 2006 // Nuts & Bolts: Los Angeles-based Lemac & Associates has added a new market for residential contractors in California. This is a non-admitted market for contractors including wrap-ups for single family and...
Residential Contractors in California
Jan 2 2006 // Nuts & Bolts: Redondo Beach, Calif.-based Bliss & Glennon has a new market for residential contractors in California. This market is non-admitted and rated “A-” VIII by AM Best’s. This market...
Hurricane contractors: Working without a safety net
Jan 2 2006 // For the cleanup of New Orleans in the wake of Hurricane Katrina to progress, contractors engaged in this important work must be adequately protected from long-term and uncertain liabilities. As insurance brokers, we work...
