The Daily Reporter – WI Construction News & Bids Wisconsin's Construction Authority
Millions of dollars are lost every year to employee dishonesty. This causes contractors to suffer severe financial damage.
Tagged with: insurance
Read More »Have you done all you can to protect yourself from employee theft, malfeasance?
Insurance recovery for COVID-19 losses
The economic fallout from COVID-19 has been swift and severe. Moratoriums, quarantines, and bans will continue to upend daily life and with this impose severe economic consequences on regional, national, and international commerce.
Tagged with: coronavirus insurance
Read More »POLLUTION SOLUTION: Are you protected when environmental mishaps occur?
Contractors, no matter what sub-industry they are in, are faced with environmental nearly risks every day. For most contractors, a single pollution incident or loss can cause serious damage to their reputations, operations and even balance sheets. Making matters worse, ...
Tagged with: insurance pollution
Read More »Supreme Court to pick up pieces amid contractor dispute over collapsed barn 
When a barn in rural Dane County halfway collapsed during a storm in 2013, killing cows and damaging property, everyone knew it was going to cost a lot to pick up the pieces.
Tagged with: contracts insurance Wisconsin Supreme Court
Read More »Consultant recommends state move to self-insurance model (UPDATE)
The state could save more than $40 million annually by moving to a self-insurance model to cover public workers' health care costs, according to a report that a consulting firm handed to the state insurance board Tuesday.
Tagged with: insurance
Read More »Take time with four ‘standard’ contract terms
Spend any time within spitting distance of a construction project and you’ll instantly feel how the crush of time pressure affects those involved in varying ways, with multiple ripple effects.
Tagged with: insurance
Read More »Understanding common construction coverage concerns
As a construction company or contractor, it is important to insulate yourself from potential liability for injuries and damage that are inevitable in the construction profession.
Tagged with: construction law insurance
Read More »Health overhaul will raise costs
A new study finds that insurance companies will have to pay out an average of 32 percent more for medical claims under President Barack Obama's health care overhaul.
Tagged with: Affordable Care Act Barack Obama insurance Medicare
Read More »Milwaukee backs insurance company’s sewer warranty
By James Briggs The city of Milwaukee has agreed to endorse a private insurance company in exchange for money. As a result, Pennsylvania-based Utility Service Partners Inc. can use the city‘s logo in direct-mail marketing pitches to city residents, despite ...
Tagged with: common council Grant Langley insurance Joe Davis Milwaukee Nik Kovac sewer Tom Barrett Utility Service Partners warranty
Read More »Senate revs up for car insurance bill
Madison — Minimum levels of car insurance that were increased two years ago would drop back down again under a bill up for a vote in the state Senate.
Tagged with: insurance Legislature
Read More »