24th IRMI Construction Risk Conference
In a year when both insurers and their construction industry clients are contending with no shortage of challenging risk management issues, there will be an abundance of hot topics on the table when the 24th IRMI Construction Risk Conference gets underway on Nov. 8, 2004, at Florida’s Orlando Caribe Royalle Resorte.

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“The Insurance Cycle is Alive and Well”
“Price cutting is being done within the context of the quality of risk.” That’s the view of Bill McIntyre IV, chairman, American Contractors Insurance Group, who points to a general softening of the insurance market since the beginning of 2004.

Contractual Risk Transfer
Subcontractors Resist Broad Risk Transfers
According to the American Subcontractor’s Association (ASA), growth of inappropriate risk transfers by owners and general contractors (GCs) is disruptive to the construction industry.

Strong First-Half Results for Property Casualty
Tempered By Humongous Hurricane Losses
Reflecting the industry’s income and unrealized capital gains on investments, its surplus (statutory net worth) increased by 6.8% to $370.4 billion as of June 30, 2004. A year previous, the number stood at $347 billion.

Construction Defects and Mold
Not All EIFS Exclusions Are Created Equal
Exterior insulation and finish systems (EIFS), popularly known as synthetic stucco, are multilayered exterior wall systems designed to provide high energy efficiency.

Safety Permormance & Technology
If We Had Only Known We Could Have...
A new Internet-based, mobile data collection system has been developed to help project teams take a more proactive approach to safety, identifying and eliminating unsafe conditions before they trigger accidents.

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