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10 Things to Know About Residential Contractors
Sep 9 2013 // There is a key difference between an independent contractor and a subcontractor. An independent contractor relationship exists where there are two parties, such as the owner and the contractor. A subcontractor relationship...
Military Contractor KBR Seeks Immunity from Soldiers’ Toxic Exposure Claims
Sep 5 2013 // KBR Inc. is invoking federal laws shielding contractors during wartime in an effort to avoid a Texas trial over injuries claimed by troops who were exposed to toxic chemicals while guarding a work site in Iraq. KBR argued...
West Virginia Coal Contractor Charged in Workers’ Comp Scheme
Aug 23 2013 // A southern West Virginia coal company contractor has been charged with conspiring to defraud the federal government. Aracoma Contracting LLC of Williamson is accused of structuring cash withdrawals in increments of $10,000...
United Fire Dividend Slated for Land Improvement Contractors Assoc. Members
Aug 22 2013 // United Fire & Casualty Company (United Fire), based in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, announced a total policyholder dividend equal to $615,856 to members of its participating state Land Improvement Contractors Associations...
South Carolina Court Upholds Exclusions Blocking Contractor Suit Against Subcontractor
Aug 22 2013 // South Carolina’s high court has found that a general contractor cannot sue a subcontractor for faulty workmanship in instances where the subcontractor is in essence doing work on the contractor’s behalf. The...
Advanced Insurance Underwriters, CODA to Offer GL, WC Coverage to Contractors
Aug 22 2013 // Advanced Insurance Underwriters, a nationwide provider of commercial insurance, and CODA, the California Operator & Door Association, have collaborated to give contractors access to general liability coverage and...
Georgia Supreme Court Expands Coverage for Faulty Construction
Aug 12 2013 // Georgia’s high court has handed contractors and their clients a victory by expanding the scope of a contractor’s general liability policy so that it includes damage due to a contractor’s faulty...
Suit: Philadelphia Contractor Had Invalid Insurance
Aug 8 2013 // An insurer says a contractor being sued by people injured in a Philadelphia building collapse that killed six others had an invalid insurance policy. The Philadelphia Inquirer reports that Berkley Assurance Co. of Iowa...
Florida Supreme Court Rules Replacement Cost Includes Contractor’s Profit
Aug 5 2013 // Florida’s high court has ruled that insurers under a 2008 law must pay a contractor’s overhead and profit as part of the expense of repairing a homeowner’s property despite repairs not having been...
Florida Supreme Court Rules Replacement Cost Includes Contractor’s Profit
Jul 24 2013 // Florida’s high court has ruled that insurers under a 2008 law must pay a contractor’s overhead and profit as part of the expense of repairing a homeowner’s property despite the fact the repairs may not...
Georgia’s Ink Underwriting Acquires California’s Pioneer Programs
Jul 16 2013 // Newly-formed Ink Underwriting in Kennesaw, Georgia, said it has acquired Pioneer Programs Insurance Solutions, a Pasadena, California-based niche insurance program administrator for the construction and long term care...
Judge Rules North Carolina Town Can Sue Failed Dam Contractors
Jul 10 2013 // A North Carolina judge says the town of Hope Mills can sue companies that built a dam that failed. The Fayetteville Observer reported that Superior Court Judge Erwin Spainhour said that the companies can be sued for breach...
ACE Construction Practice Launches Healthcare Construction Project Services
Jul 9 2013 // ACE USA has launched new capabilities specifically designed for healthcare industry construction projects through ESIS, Inc., a risk management services company owned by the ACE Group. The new offerings include...
Penn. Mulls Tougher Demolition Rules in Wake of Fatal Building Collapse
Jun 27 2013 // Pennsylvania’s House Republican leaders recently agreed to hold a public hearing on legislation to better regulate the state’s demolition industry. The public hearing is expected to be held in July following...
Moore’s Cost for Debris Removal Much Higher than Oklahoma City’s
Jun 24 2013 // The city of Moore, Okla., is paying a local contractor three times what neighboring Oklahoma City is being charged by vendors from out-of-state to remove debris left over from late May’s deadly tornadoes. The...
Tenn. Consumer Affairs: Don’t Get Burned by Air Condition Repair-Scam Artists
Jun 18 2013 // With the weather reaching sweltering temperatures this summer, it is important to have a working, reliable air conditioning unit. But scam artists often use the rise in temperatures to take advantage of consumers by...
U.S. Sues BMW, Dollar General Over Use of Criminal Records in Hiring
Jun 14 2013 // The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed lawsuits this week against discount retailer Dollar General Corp. and a BMW manufacturing plant in South Carolina over their use of criminal background checks to screen out...
ACE Launches CPL Coverage for Healthcare Industry Construction Projects
Jun 12 2013 // ACE USA, the U.S.-based retail operations of the ACE Group, has introduced a new contractors pollution liability (CPL) owner-controlled insurance program (OCIP) for the healthcare industry. This new policy can be used to...
California Surplus Lines: LLC Bill Thriving
May 20 2013 // Among a horde of bills wending its way through California’s Legislature, there’s an innocuous looking bill with simple language to change a few words in existing law that could have a great deal of meaning to...
ACE Launches New Management Liability Options for Health Care Organizations
May 8 2013 // The ACE Group has launched ACE Express Private Health Care Protection and ACE Express Not-For-Profit Health Care Protection policies specifically designed for the new exposures facing health care organizations. The...
