Source: https://www.syracuse.com/, November 10, 2025 Developers have started cleaning up a 2.5-acre vacant lot where they intend to build senior apartments for the second phase of the new East Adams neighborhood, near the Interstate 81 viaduct. The block is just south of McKinney Manor, where 25 apartment units have been torn down to make way for the first […]

Source: https://www.insurancejournal.com/, November 7, 2025 By: Andrew G. Simpson A federal court of appeals has revived a case over an alleged failure of insurance broker Willis of New Jersey to notify the insurer for one of its New York clients of the presence of lead paint in his residential building in Queens. The landlord, Paro […]

Source: https://www.theinsurer.com/, October 19, 2025 By: George Abbott PFAS have been dubbed “the next asbestos” and are frequently cited by executives as the number one emerging risk for the casualty market. Read more.

Source: https://www.insurancejournal.com/, October 30, 2025 A U.S. court reinstated a $185 million verdict against Bayer’s Monsanto unit over chemical contamination at a Washington state school on Thursday. The Washington state Supreme Court reversed a lower court ruling that had vacated the verdict in a 2021 trial over claims brought by three teachers at Sky Valley […]

Source: https://www.procopio.com/, November 4, 2025 By: Laurence R. Phillips, Alexandra (“Sasha”) Selfridge and Preston Cavignac For companies in construction, development, or any industry reliant on major capital projects, the current risk environment is fraught with complexity. Material costs are volatile, insurance carriers are tightening coverage, and courts continue to expand or limit indemnity and exclusion […]

Source: https://www.news5cleveland.com/, November 3, 2025 By: Drew Scofield, Clay Lepard The battle over the roof at Lakeside High School in Ashtabula County has now turned into a lawsuit, with the district taking action over what it says is Liberty Mutual Insurance Company’s refusal to pay the claim for repairs following a roof collapse nearly a […]

Source: https://www.insurancejournal.com/, November 4, 2025 By: Kelly House More than five years after first announcing stricter controls on industrial farm pollution in Michigan, state environmental regulators will finally start enforcing them. Regulations issued Wednesday by the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy require the state’s largest “confined animal feeding operations” — or CAFOs, […]

Source: https://www.wpr.org/, October 30, 2025 By: Danielle Kaeding On a Saturday in June, Nancy Sattler bats away flies while standing in the shade of the Moen Lake boat landing near the town of Stella. With the sun’s sweltering heat, it’s exactly the kind of humid day that leads people to escape to the water. Sattler, […]

Source: https://www.insurancebusinessmag.com/, October 29, 2025 By: Susan Essex After two decades in the business, Michael Brodzinski (pictured) sees risk in construction as a human issue, not just a technical one. Brodzinski’s path into insurance began with steel-toed boots and hard hats. In 2005, fresh into the industry at Zurich, he found himself touring job sites and […]

Source: https://www.wionews.com/, October 24, 2025 By: Kushal Deb A contractor at the Palisades Nuclear Plant in West Michigan fell into a nuclear reactor cavity on October 21, during fuel reload operations at the plant. The pool was a “cavity” containing borated water, ie, water with boron added for nuclear moderation and control, inside the reactor […]

Source: https://northstarreporter.com/, October 24, 2025 By: Max Bowen The discovery of lead at the former Webster Mill has forced the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to pause its cleanup efforts. According to Aaron Sheehan, the community involvement coordinator for the EPA, lead was discovered in the large debris pile – now covered with plastic – at […]

Source: https://www.constructiondive.com/, October 24, 2025 By: Zachary Phillips Talk early. Talk often. Talk honestly. That was the key insight from expert panelists discussing how to minimize disputes on major public construction projects during Construction Dive’s Wednesday event, “Threat assessment: Minimizing disputes in public contracting.” Panelists said the biggest value-add for these projects is to utilize a […]