Construction Markets

In this Issue

Features
Mass. gets new safe driver plan, too
The new year also brings a new Safe Driver Insurance Plan for...
Editor's Note
Editor’s Note: Honesty at work
When people bemoan the lack of honesty in corporate America, images...
Features
New year brings lowered rates for Mass. drivers
Private passenger auto insurance rates will be cut an average 8.7...
Features
Pennsylvania renews medical premium subsidy
About 30,000 Pennsylvania health care providers would receive a state...
Features
Mississippi Coast faces the storm after the storms: wind or water damage?
The wind came first. It pried off boards and shot debris into windows...
Features
From Pinstripes to Prison Stripes: Near North’s Segal on Life Behind Bars
Former Chicago Insurance Broker Serving Time for Fraud Appears on TV;...
Closing Quote
Hurricane contractors: Working without a safety net
For the clean up of New Orleans in the wake of Hurricane Katrina to...
Features
Days of ‘arrogance’ over, claims UnumProvident CEO
Problems including lawsuits, stock losses and negative publicity have...
New Markets
New Markets
Business Owners and Nuts & Bolts: CNA introduced CNA Connect for...
Features
Routine maintenance not covered by labor law, N.Y. court rules
In a recent case involving millions in potential damages, the Supreme...
Features
From pinstripes to prison stripes: Near North’s Segal on life behind bars
Former Chicago insurance broker serving time for fraud appears on TV;...
Features

Plymouth Rock Assurance Corporation, a Boston-based auto insurer, has...
Features
Insurers’ proposal would have state switch to file-and-use rate system
N.Y. insurers to seek an end to price controls in 2006 Insurers in...
Features
New year brings lowered rates for Mass. drivers
8.7% rate cut is a lot more than the 0.1 percent cut recommended by...
Features
Routine maintenance not covered by labor law, N.Y. court rules
In a recent case involving millions in potential damages, the Supreme...
Features
Days of ‘arrogance’ over, claims UnumProvident CEO
Problems including lawsuits, stock losses and negative publicity have...
Newsbriefs
VIRGINIA AUTHORIZES PAYMENTS ON RECIPROCAL OF AMERICA CLAIMS
Policyholders with a covered claim against insolvent Reciprocal of...
New Markets
Business Owners and Commercial Package
Nuts & Bolts: CNA introduced CNA Connect for small business customers...
New Markets
Product Recall Program
Nuts & Bolts: Colemont Insurance Brokers in Chicago has launched the...
New Markets
Environmental Contractors and Consultants
Nuts & Bolts: Burns & Wilcox, a national specialty insurance agency,...
New Markets
Fire and Water Restoration with Pollution/Mold for Contractors
Nuts & Bolts: Bonding and Insurance Specialists Agency is offering...
Features
From pinstripes to prison stripes: Near North’s Segal on life behind bars
Former Chicago insurance broker serving time for fraud appears on TV;...
People & Places
People & Places
Sean Farrelly Plymouth Rock Assurance Corporation, a Boston-based...
Features
Mississippi Coast faces the storm after the storms: wind or water damage?
Insurers in unpopular position with public and some officials trying...
Parting Shots
Hurricane contractors: Working without a safety net
For the clean up of New Orleans in the wake of Hurricane Katrina to...
Features
Restaurant sales to top $500 billion in 2006
Restaurant industry sales are expected to reach a record $511 billion...
Features
Artisan contractors run for liability cover
Artisan contractors are being squeezed in the insurance market as...
Features
Sizing Up The Construction Market
The list of insurers is hsorter and restrictions longer When he is...
Features
Brokers continue to gain; M&A activity remains steady
Stock Prices: Insurance brokers continued to experience gains in...
Features
Constructive advice
Producers in construction offer advice for producers breaking in...
Features
Table-top TVs, Web access and other trends
The National Restaurant Association forecasts the following trends:...
Features
Risk management strategies before, during and after construction
The construction-defect wave of the past decade has demonstrated that...
Editor's Note
Honesty at work
When people bemoan the lack of honesty in corporate America, images...
Features
Building up construction insurance, block by block
Agent Dave Sinclair remembers his first construction account well...
Newsbriefs
CONN. BOOSTS ITS WORKERS’ COMP RATES
Connecticut Insurance Commissioner Susan Cogswell has approved a...
Newsbriefs
MAINE ALLOWS SMALL WORKERS’ COMP HIKE
The Maine Bureau of Insurance has modified the request of the...
Features
2006: The year when changes take hold
This coming 2006 New Year seems like it will be the start of a year...
Features
Pennsylvania renews medical premium subsidy
About 30,000 Pennsylvania health care providers would receive a state...
Features
N.Y. insurers to seek an end to price controls in 2006
Insurers' proposal would have state switch to file-and-use rate...
Newsbriefs
PENNSYLVANIA LIMITS HORSE STABLES’ LIABILITY
Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell has signed a bill limiting lawsuits...
Newsbriefs
N.Y. LOWERS ASSIGNED RISK PLAN RATES
The New York State Insurance Department has approved an average 5.6...
Features
Mass. gets new safe driver plan, too
The new year also brings a new Safe Driver Insurance Plan for...

National Coverage

Features
Brokers continue to gain; M&A activity remains steady
Stock Prices: Insurance brokers continued to experience gains in...
Features
Restaurants put risk management on the menu
The restaurant marketplace is becoming more complex than ever with...
Features
New federal terrorism reinsurance differs from original in key
Right before going home for the holidays, Congress reconciled...
Features
Study: carpal tunnel not caused by computer use
A new report from Harvard Medical School refutes the common...
Features
By Don Neff
The construction-defect wave of the past decade has demonstrated that...
Features
2005 P/C industry in a word: Resilience
The property/casualty insurance industry reported a statutory rate of...
Features
Effect of Navy shipbuilder payments on insurance questioned
A Navy plan to pay Gulf Coast shipbuilders about $1.7 billion for...
Features

Restaurant sales to top $500 billion in 2006 Restaurant industry...
Features
Artisan contractors run for liability cover
Artisan contractors are being squeezed in the insurance market as...
Features
By Andrew G. Simpson
Agent Dave Sinclair remembers his first construction account well...
Features
Lots of stability
When he is presented with a construction account at his office on...
Features
Table-top TVs, Web access and other trends
The National Restaurant Association forecasts the following trends:...
Features
Millions of families have wrong insurance coverage
At least 32 million U.S. households own insurance policies that...
Features
2006 construction forecast: sunny
Construction executives overall are more cautious than in the recent...
Minding Your Business
2006: The year when changes take hold
This coming 2006 New Year seems like it will be the start of a year...