Source: https://okcfox.com/, September 2025 By: Robert Hagan The Oklahoma County Jail’s new behavioral health care center is facing additional costs and potential delays due to the discovery of contaminated soil at the construction site. The project, which includes a $700 million jail and a $44 million care center, now requires an additional $481,000 for soil removal. […]

Source: https://www.kazu.org/, September 3, 2025 By: Erin Malsbury On a sunny day next to a Salinas Valley produce field, Drew McCown fills up two small bottles of water from a well. “I’ve sampled about 400 wells this season,” he says. He’s a project manager at Monterey Bay Analytical Services. The samples will be tested for nitrates, […]

Source: https://www.mondaq.com/, August 28, 2025 By: Kenneth Ryan & Thomas Benjamin Boley The United States District Court for the Northern District of New York, applying New York law, has determined that an insurer had a duty to defend an insured because a carve-out to the relevant pollution exclusion applied. Town of Harrietstown v. Westchester Fire Ins. […]

Source: https://distinguished.com/, August 25, 2025 It may come as a shock to both brokers and clients, but many pollution events are not covered by general liability (GL) or property insurance (PI) policies. Most policies include pollution exclusions, leaving clients exposed to significant liability when environmental incidents occur. That means if an underground storage tank leaks or […]

Source: https://denverite.com/, August 27, 2025 By: Andrew Kenney The Upton Residences is one of the tallest buildings under construction in Denver, bringing 461 condo units and two conjoined towers to a downtown corner. But just as it nears completion at Welton and 18th streets, it’s grabbing attention for another reason: claims that a subcontractor’s behavior […]

Source: https://www.constructiondive.com/, August 28, 2025 By: Sebastian Obando Real work starts long before contractors hit shovels to the ground, especially on billion-dollar megaprojects. Lisa Stalteri, partner at Kansas City, Missouri-based law firm Lathrop GPM, knows this firsthand. She focuses on some of the country’s largest infrastructure and private development deals, typically ranging from $300 million […]

Source: https://www.goldbergsegalla.com/, August 27, 2025 By: Andrew J. Scholz Michael D. Shalhoub Karen Cullinane As has been widely reported by the media, in late July the New York City Department of Health (DOH) began “investigating a community cluster of Legionnaires’ disease in Central Harlem.” According to the DOH website, as of August 26 there have been […]

Source: https://berkleycp.com/, July 30, 2025 By: Stephanie M. Thomas When something goes wrong on your client’s jobsite, timely communication with them, their broker and the insurance provider can prevent small issues from snowballing into larger claims. The contractors professional liability policy is more than just a piece of paper; it’s also a promise of support, […]

Source: https://www.propertycasualty360.com/, August 14, 2025 By: Stephanie Thomas As construction practices evolve to meet new environmental, technological and efficiency demands, so too do the associated risks. Three emerging areas are giving rise to increasingly complex claims scenarios: solar farms, data centers, and modular construction. Each involves unique exposures, legal ambiguities and implications for underwriting and risk […]

Source: https://plusweb.org/, August 4, 2025 A perfect storm of labor shortages, material volatility, economic uncertainty, and accelerating adoption of advanced technologies in the construction industry is reshaping project delivery and, with it, the liability profile of contractors. Errors & Omissions (E&O) coverage—once viewed as optional, or necessary only for design professionals—is becoming an essential component […]

Source: https://www.insurancejournal.com/, August 8, 2025 Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird announced settlements in two cases her office prosecuted on behalf of the Iowa Department of Natural Resources. Agri Star Meat and Poultry, LLC has agreed to pay a $50,000 penalty and come into full compliance with its National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit by December […]

Source: https://www.insurancejournal.com/, August 4, 2025 By: Wayne Brockington The architects and engineers (A&E) sector is changing rapidly as design professionals adopt new project delivery methods and technology tools to increase efficiency and reduce costs. As the sector evolves, A&E firms and their insurance agents are facing new exposures that they should mitigate with effective risk […]