Latest Business Insurance Headlines
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American Express, BOLT Insurance Create Small Business Service
May 20 2010 // American Express OPEN, the small business division of the financial services company, in conjunction with BOLT Insurance Agency has created InsuranceEdge, which was designed to help small business owners research, review,...
High Uninsured Rate in Dallas Pushing Employer Premiums Higher
May 20 2010 // HealthLeaders-InterStudy, a Nashville, Tenn.-based provider of managed care market intelligence, reports that the high uninsured rate in the Dallas, Texas, area is contributing to an increase in premiums employers pay to...
Judge Dismisses Ore. Workplace Meetings Lawsuit
May 19 2010 // A federal judge has dismissed a challenge to the new Oregon workplace meetings law which prohibits employers from firing workers who refuse to attend meetings to discuss politics, religion or union organizing. U.S....
Court Says Employer’s Failure to Investigate Bias Claim Not Retaliation
May 17 2010 // A federal appeals court in New York said an employer’s failure to investigate a bias complaint does not constitute retaliation for filing the accusation. Friday’s ruling by the U.S. Second Circuit Court of...
Teens Need Workplace Safety Training
May 17 2010 // In recognition of May’s “Safe Jobs for Youth Month, the Washington Department of Labor and Industries (L&I) is reminding employers to provide safe workplaces for young workers, particularly as the summer...
Indiana’s MJ Insurance Named a 2010 ‘Top Workplace’
May 12 2010 // MJ Insurance, a privately-held insurance agency based in Indianapolis, Ind., has been named one of Indiana’s Top Workplaces 2010 by The Indianapolis Star. The Top Workplaces program recognizes the leading workplaces...
West Virginia Creates Workplace Safety Hotline
May 11 2010 // Gov. Joe Manchin announced the creation of a hotline that West Virginians can call if they feel threatened by workplace safety issues. “I want every miner and every worker in the state of West Virginia to be...
Small Business Owners’ Outlook Improves But Hiring Remains Weak
May 11 2010 // Small U.S. business owners are slightly less pessimistic about their outlook, and in the face of continuing weak sales do not plan to boost capital spending or employment, a monthly survey of small businesses showed. The...
40% of Workplace Fatalities are Transportation Related
May 10 2010 // Transportation incidents continue to be the No. 1 cause of on-the job deaths, a trend that has been the case since 1992, according to the American Society of Safety Engineers’ (ASSE). In fact, in 2008, 40 percent of...
Missouri Department of Insurance Adds Resource for Small Businesses
May 6 2010 // The Missouri Department of Insurance has a new online resource dedicated to the unique insurance needs of small businesses. The new Web section lists factors to consider when buying insurance coverage for company cars,...
Employers Holdings Reports Q1 Income of $16.1 Million
May 6 2010 // Reno, Nev.-based Employers Holdings Inc. has reported first quarter 2010 net income of $16.1 million or $0.38 per share compared with $20.9 million or $0.43 per share in the first quarter of 2009, a decrease of $4.8...
Chartis Introduces One-Stop Solution for Small Business Construction
May 4 2010 // Chartis has introduced Construction Solutions for Small Business, a multi-line coverage approach to construction-related insurance products. This new practice will offer the full product set currently available from the...
Mainstay, Liberty International Target ‘Green’ Mid-Size Real Estate
May 4 2010 // Mainstay Insurance Group and Liberty International Underwriters (LIU), a division of Liberty Mutual Group, have launched a new “green” program that offers a broad form general liability product for mid-size...
OSHA to 15,000 U.S. Employers: ‘Ready or Not, Here We Come’
May 3 2010 // In early March 2010, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) sent a letter to approximately 15,000 U.S. employers who had reported higher rates of and more severe workplace injuries than the national...
IMA Names Johnson Commercial Lines Claims Manager
Apr 28 2010 // IMA Inc., an independently owned retail insurance broker, announced that Susan Johnson has joined the Wichita, Kan., office as commercial lines claims manager. Her responsibilities at IMA include managing the commercial...
Employers Direct Relaunched as PacificComp to Work With Independent Agents
Apr 28 2010 // Agoura Hills, Calif.-based Pacific Compensation Insurance Co. (PacificComp), formerly Employers Direct Insurance Co., has relaunched its business with a new name and transformation from a direct writer of workers’...
Employers Holdings To Announce Q1 Earnings on May 6
Apr 23 2010 // Reno, Nev.-based Employers Holdings Inc., whose subsidiaries are specialty providers of workers’ compensation insurance focused on small businesses, will review the company’s first quarter 2010 financial...
A.M. Best Affirms ‘A-‘ Rating of Missouri Employers Mutual Insurance
Apr 20 2010 // Ratings agency A.M. Best Co. has revised the outlook to stable from positive and affirmed the financial strength rating of A- (Excellent) and issuer credit rating of “a-” of Missouri Employers Mutual Insurance...
St. James Insurance Group Re-Enters Commercial Lines, Appoints New SVP
Apr 15 2010 // St. James Insurance Group, based in Orlando, Fla., has re-entered the commercial lines business after a five year absence. The program manager has appointed Dave Stricker, former senior vice president of All Risks Ltd., to...
Wyoming Hiring Workplace Fatality Epidemiologist
Apr 14 2010 // Wyoming, which has the worst fatality workplace in the nation, is hiring a full-time epidemiologist, a position that could replace a state task force that has been studying the issue, officials said. Gov. Dave Freudenthal...
