Saudi Arabia’s United Cooperative Assurance has received a claim from contractor Saudi Binladin Group related to the collapse of a super-heavy-lift crawler crane in Mecca on Sept. 11 that killed more than 100 people. The insurer in a financial filing said it received the claim two days after the accident and has appointed “evaluators licensed by the country’s banking regulator to determine the damage caused by the accident,” Reuters reported on Sept. 20.The Saudi government suspended work by the contractor in the country, saying it had not “respected the norms of safety.”
Manufacturer Liebherr claims the crane was “technically faultless” and the tip-over was caused by improper stowage before the storm.