Construction & Engineering

Contractors are bleeding and insurance won't save them, warns industry professional

Contractors are bleeding and insurance won't save them, warns industry professional

Forget the 80s hard market or the GFC. Today's insurance landscape is rewriting the rules and not in contractors' favor

Bryony Garlick Apr 15, 2025
Sixth Circuit affirms dismissal of subcontractor's insurance fraud suit over subguard claim

Sixth Circuit affirms dismissal of subcontractor's insurance fraud suit over subguard claim

The Sixth Circuit rejected US Framing's claim that a general contractor committed insurance fraud in a multimillion-dollar subguard claim

Liberty Mutual avoids liability in performance bond dispute with subcontractor

Liberty Mutual avoids liability in performance bond dispute with subcontractor

The Eighth Circuit has affirmed that Liberty Mutual's bond obligation did not extend to a subcontractor

Exxon loses $25 million insurance battle over umbrella policy exclusion

Exxon loses $25 million insurance battle over umbrella policy exclusion

Texas appellate court rules against Exxon

Colorado coverage collapse leaves builders exposed - insurance broker

Colorado coverage collapse leaves builders exposed - insurance broker

Thanks to a decade-old bill that priced out Colorado's builders, the state's insurance market has spiraled into a pullback that has yet to recover

How tariffs and inflation are impacting builder's risk insurance

How tariffs and inflation are impacting builder's risk insurance

Contractors and insurers are adjusting to continued volatility

Immigration crackdowns trigger insurance fallout in construction industry

Immigration crackdowns trigger insurance fallout in construction industry

As fears of deportation ripple through the construction sector, insurance professionals warn that uncertainty is already shifting coverage terms

Amtrust-owned Associated Industries Insurance prevails in crane injury case

Amtrust-owned Associated Industries Insurance prevails in crane injury case

Lawsuit over Philadelphia worksite accident decided on specific exclusion wording

Rewriting the risk map

Rewriting the risk map

Victor Insurance's Jeff Benson on why brokers are rethinking risk management as wildfires outpace conventional underwriting tools

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