Latest Contractors Headlines
All the headlines from our Contractors Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Contractors Program
Sep 20 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: Victor O. Schinnerer & Company’s contractors program recently released new 2004 editions of its three policy forms: a stand-alone professional liability policy, a stand-alone pollution...
Two Suspects Still at Large in California Contractor Bond Fraud Case
Sep 20 2004 // Authorities are seeking two men suspected of participating in a scam that used phony insurance certificates and fake contractor bonds to win bids on public works projects. Three other suspects have already been arrested...
Contractors and Artisan Excess Liability
Sep 20 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: Salmen Insurance Services announced it now offers excess liability coverage. Writing over A, B, NON-Rated and RRG underlying policies. Contractors and artisan GL only. Dollars: Policy limit of $1...
How Contractors Can Get a Grip on Workers’ Comp Costs
Sep 20 2004 // Small contractors struggling with workers’ compensation coverage may feel like they’re using a one-pound hammer to knock in a nine-inch nail—swing all you want, you won’t get very far. The nail is...
Contractors
Sep 6 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: Sandy, Utah-based Prime Ins. Syndicate Inc. is offering excess and surplus lines products to contractors and developers, including contractors’ liability coverage for property/casualty in both...
Contractors
Sep 6 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: Sandy, Utah-based Prime Ins. Syndicate Inc. is offering excess and surplus lines products to contractors and developers, including contractors liability coverage for property/casualty in both residential...
Contractors Program
Sep 6 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: Victor O. Schinnerer & Company’s contractors program recently released new 2004 editions of its three policy forms: a stand-alone professional liability policy, a stand-alone pollution...
Fla. CFO to Storm Victims: Make Sure Contractor Has Workers’ Comp Coverage
Sep 2 2004 // Florida’s Chief Financial Officer Tom Gallagher advised Floridians coping with the aftermath of Hurricane Charley to verify that repairs to their home and property are being conducted by licensed contractors covered...
Montana Acts on Worthless Contractor Bonds
Aug 26 2004 // The state auditor has issued a cease and desist order against a man suspected of selling worthless contractor bonds to companies that used them to insure $4 million in public works projects. State Auditor and Insurance...
Contractors’ Pollution Liability
Aug 23 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: Victor O. Schinnerer & Co.’s contractors program recently released new 2004 editions of its three policy forms: a stand-alone professional liability policy, a stand-alone pollution incident...
Contractors & Artisan Excess
Aug 23 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: Salmen Insurance Services announced it now offers excess liability coverage. Writing over “A,” “B,” nonrated and RRG underlying policies. Contractors and artisan GL only. Dollars:...
Big Hammer, Small Nail
Aug 23 2004 // Some contractors are forgoing coverage altogether and sometimes find themselves shut down by state investigators enforcing rules on proper insurance protection. Small contractors struggling with workers’ compensation...
Contractors Program
Aug 23 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: Victor O. Schinnerer & Company’s contractors program recently released new 2004 editions of its three policy forms: a stand-alone professional liability policy, a stand-alone pollution...
Two Suspects Still at Large in California Contractor Bond Fraud Case
Aug 17 2004 // Authorities are seeking two men suspected of participating in a scam that used phony insurance certificates and fake contractor bonds to win bids on public works projects. Three other suspects have already been arrested...
Prime Offers Insurance Coverage for Contractors
Aug 10 2004 // Sandy, Utah-based Prime Insurance Syndicate Inc. recently announced it is offering excess and surplus lines products to contractors and developers including contractor’s liability coverage for property/casualty in...
Artisan Contractor GL
Aug 9 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: Lemac General Agency in Orange, Calif., announced that Mt. Hawley Ins. Co. has returned to the CG0001 policy form for “True Artisans.” A “True Artisan” is a tradesperson who...
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,...
Reduce Your Costs by Sharing Expenses with Competitors
Aug 9 2004 // There are multiple ways to grow your agency’s bottom line. The most exciting way is, of course, to sell more policies. You logically devote most of your energies to this essential activity because it’s the best...
Big Hammer, Small Nail: Small Contractors and Workers’ Comp
Jul 19 2004 // Some contractors are forgoing coverage altogether and sometimes find themselves shut down by state investigators enforcing rules on proper insurance protection. Small contractors struggling with workers’ compensation...
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...
