Latest Contractors Headlines
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OSHA Catches Fall River, Mass. Contractor with Unprotected Trench
Dec 5 2006 // A Fall River, Mass., contractor faces $25,950 in fines from the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) after a spot inspection found two employees working in an unprotected...
OSHA Cites Ga. Contractors For Work Site Hazards at Trenches
Nov 22 2006 // A federal work safety agency accused contractors in north Georgia and metro Atlanta last week of allowing employees to work in unsafe conditions in deep trenches at their sites. The Occupational Safety and Health...
Contractors Professional Liability Grows, But Buyers Not Always Buying
Nov 21 2006 // The contractors professional liability insurance market is growing, but many contractors who have a professional exposure are not buying coverage, according to a new survey by Ames & Gough, based in Washington, D.C....
Builders & Tradesmen’s Offers Online Artisan Contractor GL Program
Nov 21 2006 // Builders & Tradesmen’s Insurance Service, Inc. has recently entered into an agreement with an “A” X rated carrier providing an exclusive national program for its online artisan contractor general...
Three More Charged in La. AG’s Crackdown on Contractor Fraud
Nov 9 2006 // Louisiana Attorney General Charles C. Foti, Jr., recently announced that three more individuals have been arrested on charges of theft related to contractor fraud. On Oct. 23, 2006, Richard Eric Williford was arrested by...
OSHA Proposes $112,000 in Fines for Tuscaloosa Contractor
Nov 2 2006 // The federal government has proposed $112,000 in fines for GILCO Contracting of Tuscaloosa, Ala., after an employee was seriously injured at the city’s Cottondale Sewer Project, labor officials said Monday. “A...
Judge Denies N.Y. City Immunity for Ground Zero Lawsuits
Oct 19 2006 // The city and its contractors are not immune from lawsuits brought by emergency workers sickened after toiling amid toxic dust at ground zero, a judge ruled, clearing the way for what he said should be the speedy resolution...
La. Court: ConocoPhillips Entitled to Defense Costs as Additional Insured
Oct 12 2006 // Judge Wilfred Carter of the Fourteenth Judicial District Court, Parish of Calcasieu, State of Louisiana, granted the motion for partial summary judgment of ConocoPhillips Company, successor-by-merger to Conoco Inc., that...
Surety Bond Groups Hail SBA’s Small Contractor Rule Changes
Oct 11 2006 // The Small Business Administration recently took what the surety bond industry believes is an important step to reinvigorate the government’s Surety Bond Guarantee Program. SBA is proposing rules intended to make...
Five Arrested for Theft Related to Contractor Fraud in La.
Oct 5 2006 // Louisiana Attorney General Charles C. Foti, Jr., announced that his Special Agents made arrests for theft of funds related to alleged contractor fraud in the New Orleans area following Hurricane Katrina. On Sept. 25, 2006,...
Travelers Launches Product for Millwright Contractors
Oct 5 2006 // Millwright contractors now have access to a single source for their insurance and risk management needs according to a written statement issued by Travelers Construction. The products available for millwright contractors...
Construction Industry and the Latino Workforce
Sep 25 2006 // In the next 10 years, the construction business will need to fill more than 180,000 jobs. As the rush to fill these positions advances, workers’ compensation professionals will be challenged along with the...
Risk retention group 2005 premium grows 11.5% to $2.4 billion
Sep 25 2006 // Despite the softening property/casualty market, commercial insureds who find liability insurance unavailable or unaffordable, as well as those who desire stability and control of their liability programs, continue to...
!Cuidado! Construction Industry and the Latino Workforce
Sep 25 2006 // In the next 10 years, the construction business will need to fill more than 180,000 jobs. As the rush to fill these positions advances, workers’ compensation professionals will be challenged along with the...
Risk retention group 2005 premium grows 11.5% to $2.4 billion
Sep 25 2006 // Despite the softening property/casualty market, commercial insureds who find liability insurance unavailable or unaffordable, as well as those who desire stability and control of their liability programs, continue to...
Berkley Launches Specialty Division for Environmental Contractors
Sep 12 2006 // W. R. Berkley Corporation announced that Berkley Specialty Underwriting Managers LLC has formed a new division that will offer specialty insurance products for environmental contractors, consultants and site specific...
Hull & Co. Offers Residential Contractors Coverage in Calif.
Sep 11 2006 // Hull & Co is offering a new custom home builders program in California. The company will entertain risks with 20 starts per year or less. Remodelers and renovations are acceptable. Occurrence or claims made and...
National Contractors Ins. Co. – Making GL Insurance Affordable for General & Artisan Contractors
Sep 8 2006 // National Contractors Insurance Company, Inc., a Risk Retention Group (NCIC) specializes in general liability insurance for the licensed general and artisan contractor. Minimum Premium for most artesian classes and markets...
San Diego Contractor To Pay Calif. State Fund $119,000
Sep 6 2006 // The owner of a San Diego area roofing company has been ordered to pay $119,000 in restitution to California’s State Compensation Insurance Fund as part of the sentencing in a workers’ compensation insurance...
Case Law Watch
Sep 4 2006 // bh:Auto Liability American Freedom Insurance Co. v. Uriostegui (Ill. App., 1st Dist., July 13, 2006) Ruling: Insured’s regular use of auto barred coverage under non-owned auto policy. The court considered whether an...
