Latest Business Insurance Headlines
All the headlines from our Business Insurance Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nationwide Expands Small Business Insurance Direct Platform
Apr 3 2019 // Nationwide said it has expanded 24-hour access to more types of small business for its Commercial Digital Direct online commercial insurance platform. Now, 30 different business types can access the platform, which enables...
Forklift Operator Killed in California Workplace Accident
Apr 2 2019 // A forklift operator was killed when he was struck by a car during a business delivery. KCAL reports that the unidentified man in his 60s was making a delivery of live poultry in the Pacoima neighborhood of Los Angeles when...
Hutchinson Rejoins Hub Northeast as Executive Vice President of Commercial Lines
Apr 2 2019 // Hub International Northeast Limited, a subsidiary of the global insurance brokerage, risk advisory and employee benefits firm, Hub International Limited, has re-hired James Hutchinson as executive vice president of...
Oklahoma Man Admits to Embezzling $755K from Employer
Apr 1 2019 // An Edmond, Oklahoma, man has admitted to embezzling more than $755,000 from his employer and to tax fraud. Court documents show 74-year-old Odis Aubrey King admitted in a plea agreement that he wrote more than 200 company...
Sompo International Commercial P&C Promotes Gallagher to New Role of CEO
Apr 1 2019 // Sompo International Holdings Ltd. (SI), a Bermuda-based specialty provider of property and casualty insurance and reinsurance, announced that Christopher Gallagher has been promoted to the newly created role of chief...
Assaults on Woman a Common Cause of Workplace Injuries
Apr 1 2019 // Women suffer 70 percent of all nonfatal assault-related injuries involving days away from work and are disproportionately impacted by other safety issues, according to an analysis by the National Safety Council. The number...
Lloyd’s Issues Action Plan to End Sexual Harassment in Workplace Amid Recent Reports
Apr 1 2019 // In the era of #MeToo when the ills of sexual harassment are regularly in the news, a recent article published by Bloomberg Businessweek indicates that some men working in the London insurance market still haven’t...
Wisconsin Manufacturer Again Cited for Workplace Hazards; Faces $188K in Fines
Mar 28 2019 // A wood pallet manufacturer in Beloit, Wisconsin, has been cited by workplace safety regulators for safety and health violations and now faces more than $188,000 in penalties. The U.S. Department of Labor’s...
Ohio Company Faces $1.3M in OSHA Penalties for Workplace Hazards
Mar 27 2019 // Federal safety officials have fined a metal heat treatment company based in Bowling Green, Ohio, $1,326,367 for exposing its employees to severe workplace hazards. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety...
Employers Using Robots to Catch Fraud in Expense Reports
Mar 26 2019 // It sounds like it should have been impossible to miss, but it took more than a year for an industrial equipment company to discover $12,000 worth of doggie day spa charges on an employee’s expense reports. Level upon...
Assaults Are Among Most Common Cause of Workplace Injuries for Women
Mar 20 2019 // Women suffer 70 percent of all nonfatal assault-related injuries involving days away from work and are disproportionately impacted by other safety issues, according to an analysis by the National Safety Council. The number...
U.S. Commercial Insurance Prices Inched Up in Q4
Mar 18 2019 // U.S. commercial insurance carriers again earned price increases in the 2018 fourth quarter, but the growth was slight. Premiums during the quarter grew just under 2 percent on average compared to the same period in 2017,...
OSHA Scraps Obama Workplace Injury Reporting Rule; 6 States Sue
Mar 18 2019 // Citing a concern over potential public disclosure of sensitive worker information, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recently eliminated a requirement for businesses with 250 or more employees to...
Oklahoma House Passes Bill to Help Small Businesses Grow
Mar 14 2019 // Legislation that would make the Small Employer Quality Jobs Program more accessible to startup companies and small businesses has passed the Oklahoma House of Representatives with a bipartisan vote of 88 to 5. The Small...
More Employers Helping Employees with Money Worries: Viewpoint
Mar 14 2019 // Millions of Americans get their health insurance and retirement accounts through their employers. Now some are getting help with their debt. Companies including insurer Aetna and accounting firm PwC help employees pay down...
U.S. Commercial Insurance Prices Inched Up in Q4
Mar 11 2019 // U.S. commercial insurance carriers again earned price increases in the 2018 fourth quarter, but the growth was slight. Premiums during the quarter grew just under two percent on average compared to the same period in 2017,...
OSHA Scraps Obama Workplace Injury Reporting Rule; 6 States Sue
Mar 11 2019 // Citing a concern over potential public disclosure of sensitive worker information, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recently eliminated a requirement that businesses with 250 or more employees...
5 Questions to Ask Small Businesses to Uncover Their Cyber Blind Spots
Mar 11 2019 // In an increasingly digital world, it’s important that small businesses don’t get left behind when fending off cyber threats. While a recent study by Forbes Insights and The Hanover shows that most small...
Texas Insurance Adjuster Sentenced for Stealing $100K from Employer
Mar 7 2019 // A Spring, Texas, insurance adjuster has been sentenced for stealing nearly $100,000 from the insurance company where he worked, the Texas Department of Insurance announced. Allen Castillo pleaded guilty after an...
Employers May Have to Begin Reporting Gender Pay Data This Spring
Mar 6 2019 // Companies with more than 100 employees will have to report to the U.S. government data about how much workers are paid broken down by sex, race and ethnicity, possibly as soon as this spring, according to a new court...
