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Hurricane contractors: Working without a safety net
Jan 1 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...
By Andrew G. Simpson
Jan 1 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...
California residential construction efforts reduce risk of defect litigation
Jan 1 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...
Hurricane contractors: Working without a safety net
Jan 1 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 1 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...
Lots of stability
Jan 1 2006 // 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 knows his standard markets well enough to know that only...
Hurricane contractors: Working without a safety net
Jan 1 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 1 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 1 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...
Burns & Wilcox Offers New Contractors’ Environmental Market
Dec 26 2005 // Burns & Wilcox has launched a new environmental program with ACE Westchester Specialty Group Environmental for environmental contractors and consultants. Rated “A+” by A.M. Best, ACE Westchester Specialty...
Hull & Co. Adds Contractors Market
Dec 21 2005 // 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 artisans. Key features...
Bliss & Glennon Adds New Market for Calif. Residential Contractors
Dec 21 2005 // 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 will entertain both...
Marin County Contractor Pleads Guilty
Dec 18 2005 // A licensed general contractor and owner of a Marin County, Calif., roofing company has pled guilty to workers’ compensation insurance premium fraud, unemployment insurance fraud and filing false income tax...
News Briefs
Dec 18 2005 // Alaska President Declares Alaska Major Disaster Following Fall Weather The head of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has reported that President George W. Bush has...
Okeechobee, Fla. Building Contractor Apprehended for Workers’ Comp Fraud, Grand Theft
Dec 12 2005 // Okeechobee building contractor Merle Dee Johnson has been bonded out of the Okeechobee County Jail after being arrested by Florida investigators for allegedly committing workers’ compensation fraud and grand theft....
Lemac Offers New Market for Residential Contractors in Calif.
Dec 12 2005 // 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 multi-family projects,...
The Four C’s of Risk Management for Oil and Gas Operator – Managing Contracts
Dec 5 2005 // Editor’s note: This is the second article in a series on risk management for oil and gas operators. The first article appeared in the Aug. 22, 2005, issue of Insurance Journal West region edition on page 66. In the...
San Diego Contractor Ordered to Pay $37,669 in Restitution to State Fund
Dec 5 2005 // A San Diego County Superior Court has sentenced Valley Center, Calif., businessman John Presley to three years formal probation and ordered him to pay $37,669 in restitution to California’s State Compensation...
San Diego Contractor Ordered to Pay $37,669 in Restitution to State Fund
Dec 4 2005 // A San Diego County Superior Court has sentenced Valley Center, Calif., businessman John Presley to three years formal probation and ordered him to pay $37,669 in restitution to California’s State Compensation...
The Four C’s of Risk Management for Oil and Gas Operator – Managing Contracts
Dec 4 2005 // Editor’s note: This is the second article in a series on risk management for oil and gas operators. The first article appeared in the Aug. 22, 2005, issue of Insurance Journal West region edition on page 66. In the...
