Latest Contractors Headlines
All the headlines from our Contractors Topic Page, ordered by recency.
New Michigan Rules Target Contractor Payroll Fraud
Apr 22 2021 // Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer recently announced changes in the state’s contracting process to ensure construction and other companies are not rewarded with government money for payroll fraud such as misclassifying...
New York Contractor to Pay $135K in Penalties After Trench Collapse
Apr 22 2021 // A Long Island, New York, superstructure, foundation and concrete company will pay $135,612 in penalties stemming from the collapse of an approximately 30-foot deep trench in Oyster Bay that led to the deaths of two...
New Jersey Contractor Fined $200K for Safety Hazards After Worker Injury
Apr 7 2021 // A Trenton, New Jersey-based contractor is being fined $201,000 after one of its employees suffered serious injuries when the roof beneath him collapsed. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health...
Florida Agents Join Consumer Advocate in Fight Against Contractor Fraud
Apr 6 2021 // As Florida insurers focus on addressing mounting losses in the state’s property insurance market with legislative reforms, rising rates and coverage restrictions, other stakeholders are working to educate consumers...
Contractor Fined $74K Over Asbestos-Tainted Debris at Oregon Site
Mar 26 2021 // A company has been fined over $74,000 for improperly sending asbestos-tainted debris to a landfill in Southern Oregon. The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality described the violations as “major magnitude...
Amwins Launches Alarm Contractors Program
Mar 22 2021 // Amwins Program Underwriters has developed a new insurance coverage dedicated to alarm contractors that includes commercial general liability, professional liability, property and inland marine coverage. The program can be...
Oklahoma Contractor Again Cited for Trenching Hazards, Fined $205.5K
Mar 12 2021 // Federal officials have cited an Oklahoma construction contractor for exposing its employees to trenching and excavation hazards, violations for which it has been cited previously. OSHA cited Cherokee Pride Construction...
New Initiative by Florida’s Insurance Consumer Advocate Targets Contractor Fraud
Mar 9 2021 // In an effort to educate consumers about contractor fraud schemes that are contributing to increased insurance rates, Florida’s Insurance Consumer Advocate (ICA) Tasha Carter has launched a new educational initiative,...
Ohio Contractor Cited After 14-Year-Old Badly Injured in Fall from Roof
Mar 3 2021 // An Ohio roofing contractor has been cited by federal workplace safety officials after a 14-year-old boy who was working on the roof of a Berea, Ohio, townhome without required fall protection suffered critical injuries...
Ohio Roofing Contractor Cited for Safety Violations, Fined $117.5K
Mar 1 2021 // An Ohio roofing contractor has been cited for the sixth time since 2012 by federal workplace safety regulators for failing to ensure workers used required fall protection equipment. The U.S. Department of Labor’s...
Digital Wholesaler Pathpoint Adds Contractor Liability Markets
Feb 23 2021 // Digital wholesaler broker Pathpoint reported it now has a new general liability submission and instant quoting service for contractor segments, with participation from leading contractor excess and surplus...
Bursting Pipes, Sagging Roofs Strain Texas Adjusters, Contractors
Feb 22 2021 // After the big freeze in Texas comes the big thaw — and the big demand for workers to repair the broken pipes and sagging roofs the retreating ice and snow will reveal. It could take months for contractors to fix the...
OSHA: Missouri Plumbing Contractor Fined $299.5K for Trench Safety Violations
Feb 18 2021 // Barely two years after an Oak Grove, Missouri, plumbing contractor agreed to adopt a comprehensive trench safety program following the December 2016 death of an employee in an unprotected trench, federal inspectors...
CFC Enhances E&O Policy for Design, Construction Contractors
Feb 10 2021 // CFC has upgraded its errors and omissions policy for US-based design and construction contractors to include costs for steps taken by the contractor to mitigate against a potential claim where work was not rectified, and...
ISC Acquires California Contractors Insurance Services
Jan 14 2021 // Integrated Specialty Coverages has acquired California Contractors Insurance Services Inc. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Sacramento, Calif.-based CCIS has a network of over 70,000 licensed contractors to obtain...
Contractors Involved in California Stadium Construction Death Cited
Dec 17 2020 // California’s workplace safety agency has cited two companies for violations in connection with the death of a construction worker who fell from the roof at SoFi Stadium, the new home of the NFL’s Los Angeles...
Companies Hope to Take California Gig Worker Classification Law Nationwide
Nov 16 2020 // Gig economy companies want to turn California voters’ decision to make ride-service drivers contractors into a model for the nation, as several states consider requiring drivers from Uber, Lyft and rival services be...
Companies Hope to Take California Gig Worker Classification Law Nationwide
Nov 8 2020 // Gig economy companies want to turn California voters’ decision to make ride-service drivers contractors into a model for the nation, as several states consider requiring drivers from Uber, Lyft and rival services be...
California Voters Back Ballot Measure Treating Gig Drivers as Contractors
Nov 8 2020 // Uber, Lyft and other app-based ride-hailing and delivery services spent $200 million in a winning bet to circumvent California lawmakers and the courts to preserve their business model by keeping drivers from becoming...
Oregon Contractor Fined for Multiple Job Safety Violations
Nov 2 2020 // Oregon OSHA has fined a general contractor in Roseburg more than $38,000 for multiple serious job safety violations, including repeatedly failing to follow the minimum requirements to protect workers from fall hazards that...
