Latest Contractors Headlines
All the headlines from our Contractors Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Online Indications for Artisan Contractors
Jul 19 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: Excess & Surplus Lines Insurance Brokers Inc. has re-released online rating indications for artisan contractors, general liability. Brokers can get immediate indications for several classes of...
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...
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. A small contractor today struggling with workers’...
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...
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...
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...
Golf, Politics, and Insurance
Jul 19 2004 // Summer is just flying by us, and I hope you are enjoying every minute! We here at Insurance Journal are very busy in planning for our upcoming issues. In fact, as we put this issue to bed, production starts right up again...
Fla. Contractor Pleads Guilty to Grand Theft
Jul 12 2004 // Florida Attorney General Charlie Crist announced that White Construction Company, a major road builder headquartered in Chiefland, Fla., has pled guilty to six counts of Grand Theft. As a result of the plea agreement,...
Specialty Trade Contractors
Jul 5 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: Construction Insurance Solutions (CIS), a new group of territorial program administrators, introduced a program for specialty trade contractors involved in commercial and residential construction. The...
Comprehensive Liability for Specialty Trade Contractors
Jul 5 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: Construction Insurance Solutions (CIS) has a new program for specialty trade contractors involved in commercial and residential construction: air-conditioning, concrete, electrical, excavators and land...
General Contractors Commercial and Apartments
Jul 5 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: Anderson & Murison Inc. has a program for general contractors doing commercial and apartments. No dwelling or condos. Blanket additional insured. Per project aggregate. Waiver of subrogation. This...
Environmental Multiline for Contractors & Consultants
Jun 21 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: Arch Insurance Group introduced an environmental multiline policy which offers insurance for environmental contractors and consultants requiring multiple coverages in one integrated policy. The new...
Specialty Trade Contractors
Jun 21 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: Construction Insurance Solutions (CIS), a program brand administrator, has a new program for specialty trade contractors involved in commercial and residential construction: air-conditioning, concrete,...
Environmental Multi-Line for Contractors and Consultants
Jun 21 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: Arch Insurance Group, a division of Arch Capital Group Ltd., introduced an environmental multi-line policy, which offers insurance for environmental contractors and consultants requiring multiple...
Comprehensive Liability – Specialty Trade Contractors
Jun 21 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: Construction Insurance Solutions (CIS), a program brand administrator operating through program territorial managers Norman-Spencer, McKernan Agency Inc. (NSM), RISC Insurance Specialist and Arthur J....
General Liability Program for Artisan Contractors
Jun 21 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: Anderson & Murison Inc. has a general liability program for artisan contractors. Twenty-seven specific classes qualify, including air conditioning contractors, carpentry-interior, electrical,...
Environmental Multi-Line for Contractors and Consultants
Jun 21 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: Arch Insurance Group, a division of Arch Capital Group Ltd., introduced an environmental multi-line policy, which offers insurance for environmental contractors and consultants requiring multiple...
Florida Wraps Up Workers’ Comp Compliance Sweep
Jun 20 2004 // Florida’s Chief Financial Officer Tom Gallagher announced the completion of a sweep of construction sites across Florida to verify that employers are complying with state workers’ compensation insurance...
Government to Pay Out Millions for WC Claims in Iraq
Jun 18 2004 // Mounting deaths and injuries to American civilian contractors in Iraq could cost the U.S. government millions of dollars for hundreds of workers’ compensation claims. U.S. law requires all government contractors and...
Ky. A.G. Warns Residents About Fly-by-Night Storm Chasers Following Recent Weather
Jun 9 2004 // Recent storms in Kentucky have resulted in wide spread wind and flood damage affecting many consumers. Attorney General Greg Stumbo is warning residents needing repair work done quickly to repair storm damaged homes and...
