Latest Contractors Headlines
All the headlines from our Contractors Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Travelers Furnishes New CD To Construction Clients For One-Stop Risk Management
Aug 27 2002 // Travelers Property Casualty announced a new version of its “Construction Risk Management Tool Kit” CD-ROM, designed to help improve contractor clients’ loss experience. “We believe it to be one of...
Contractors Meet with Mendoza to Address Concerns over Rising Liability Rates
Aug 27 2002 // A group of 25 insurance brokers and contractors recently met with Republican Insurance Commissioner candidate Gary Mendoza to discuss rising liability insurance rates in the Inland Valley, according to the Los Angeles...
Contractors Protest at Florida Workers’ Comp Commission Meeting
Aug 26 2002 // Florida contractors mounted a protest at a meeting with the Governor’s Commission on Workers’ Compensation, insisting that a new law requiring all workers to be covered by workers’ comp on commercial...
Swimming Pool Contractors
Aug 19 2002 // Nuts & Bolts: Cascade/Amstar is offering a program for swimming pool contractors. Owners and contractors protective is allowed. Endorsements—Contractors application CSL 7012. Call for appointment. Dollars: Policy...
Determining Mold Culpability
Aug 19 2002 // A recent article in The Cincinnati Enquirer perfectly (albeit accidentally) illustrates how vexing the toxic mold issue can be, how stridently companies and industries try to protect themselves from its consequences, and...
Programs, Beacons of Stability in Tumultuous Markets
Aug 5 2002 // Now that the hard market has firmly set, it’s no secret that more and more standard property and casualty insurance carriers are seeking to stem losses by restricting coverage and revamping underwriting habits. As in...
Determining Mold Culpability
Aug 5 2002 // A recent article in The Cincinnati Enquirer perfectly (albeit accidentally) illustrates how vexing the toxic mold issue can be, how stridently companies and industries try to protect themselves from its consequences, and...
Programs, Beacons of Stability in Tumultuous Markets
Aug 5 2002 // Now that the hard market has firmly set, it’s no secret that more and more standard property and casualty insurance carriers are seeking to stem losses by restricting coverage and revamping underwriting habits. As in...
Nev. Regulators May Look to Legislative Solution on Defect Litigation Costs
Jul 22 2002 // According to the Alliance of American Insurers, Nevada insurance regulators concerned about the availability of residential contractor’s liability insurance should not look to mandatory pools, but should develop a...
Excess Surplus & Specialty
Jul 22 2002 // Nuts & Bolts: Ajalon Specialty Insurance Brokers has E&S and Specialty Markets available for auto-commercial (commercial auto liabiltyÑmisc./special purpose), contractors & related, artisian contractors,...
First Notice Systems, ptc-NET Form Alliance for Streamlining Property Claims
Jul 16 2002 // First Notice Systems, a provider in claim reporting solutions to the industry, and Alacrity Services’ ptc-NET managed contractor network, a structural loss estimating service and direct repair program, have formed a...
New Market: Excess Surplus and Specialty
Jul 11 2002 // Ajalon Specialty Insurance Brokers has E&S and specialty markets available for auto-commercial (commercial auto liability—misc./special purpose), contractors & related, artisan contractors, contractors...
A.M. Best Raises American Contractors
Jul 8 2002 // A.M. Best raised Dallas-based American Contractors Insurance Group’s (ACIG) financial strength rating from “A-” to “A.” The rating was based on the financial condition and performance of all...
A.M. Best Raises American Contractors
Jun 13 2002 // A.M. Best has raised Dallas-based American Contractors Insurance Group’s (ACIG) financial strength rating from “A-” to “A.” A.M. Best based the rating on the financial condition and...
Insurers & Contractors Trying to Nail DownProper Coverage
Jun 10 2002 // If you’re placing coverage for contractors, there are three factors that determine what obstacles you will encounter: location, location, location. The real question is whether it will stay that way or whether...
NBIS Contracts Program to Build Upon
Jun 10 2002 // From mold to construction defects, contractors and those who insure them can run into a mound of claims when building. One company who has stepped in to construct a program for contractors is Nevada-based National Builders...
Fake Stucco Trouble: EIFS Related Claims Constrict CGL Markets
Jun 10 2002 // Mold may be getting all the attention at the moment as a major threat to insurers, at least in Texas and California, but another problem has wreaked havoc for homeowners, carriers, and contractors nationwide for several...
Insurers & Contractors Trying to Nail Down Proper Coverage
Jun 10 2002 // If you’re placing coverage for a client who is a contractor, there are three factors that determine what obstacles you will encounter: location, location, location. The real question, however, is whether it will stay...
Contractors Liability
May 13 2002 // Nuts & Bolts: Construction Equipment Insurance Services is offering a new general liability program for residential and commercial contractors in Texas. Coverage is with a newly formed Risk Retention Group. General...
Nev. Contractors Insurance Expands to Offer More Workers’ Comp
Apr 30 2002 // Nevada Contractors Insurance has expanded its operations to offer workers’ compensation to contractors in New Mexico. The company, which is Nevada’s second largest insurer for workers’ comp insurance,...
