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Maine Employers Are Not Required to Reimburse Employees for Medical Marijuana Use
Jul 2 2018 // The Maine Supreme Court has ruled that employers in the state are not required to reimburse employees for their use of medical marijuana under the Maine workers’ compensation system because federal law preempts state...
Middle Market U.S. Manufacturers Predict Growth, Changing Risk as Technology Transforms the Industry: Report
Jul 2 2018 // The business climate for manufacturing in the U.S. has improved over the past few years, driving both revenue and employment growth for middle market manufacturers. But the industry is also experiencing a period of...
Missouri Bill Exempts Some Commercial Insurance From Rate Filing Requirement
Jul 2 2018 // Missouri’s General Assembly has passed, and the governor has signed, a bill that exempts some commercial insurance policies and endorsements from rate filing requirements. The legislative summary of SB 594 states...
More Employers Offering Paid Parental Leave Benefit
Jun 29 2018 // More than one in three U.S. employers offers paid maternity leave beyond the amount required by law, up from one in six earlier this decade, according to new data from the Society for Human Resource Management. All 20 of...
Some Big Employers Moving Away from High Deductible Health Plans
Jun 26 2018 // When Carla Jordan and her husband were hit with a cascade of serious medical issues, she knew that at least her family had health insurance through her job. What she didn’t realize was that even with that coverage, a...
Missouri Exempts Some Commercial Insurance Policies from Rate Filing Rules
Jun 25 2018 // Missouri’s General Assembly has passed, and the governor has signed, a bill that exempts some commercial insurance policies and endorsements from rate filing requirements. The summary of SB 594 on the legislative...
Chubb Adds Artisan Contractors Coverage to Small Business Online Platform
Jun 22 2018 // Chubb has introduced a new insurance product available to more than 60 classes of artisan contractors through its new digital platform – the Chubb Small Commercial Marketplace, which places and services small business...
Lewis Succeeds West as Leader of Chubb’s Mid-Market Commercial Lines; Rockwell Named Chief Underwriter
Jun 21 2018 // Chubb has appointed Paul Lewis North America Commercial Insurance Industry practice leader for its North American mid-market segment. He will be responsible for leading Chubb’s Commercial Insurance Industry practices...
Illnesses at Houston Workplace Blamed on Carbon Monoxide
Jun 20 2018 // About two dozen people have been treated for apparent carbon monoxide poisoning at a Houston food distribution center. Firefighters were summoned to the center along the city’s Produce Row after workers reported...
Small Businesses That Ignore Lessons from Cyber Attack Likely to Suffer Another: Hiscox
Jun 20 2018 // While 47 percent of small businesses suffered at least one cyber attack in the past year, only 35 percent of them took action following a cyber security incident to mitigate against another. Forty-four percent of small...
Trump Labor Chief Readies Rule to Allow Small Business Health Plans
Jun 19 2018 // The Trump administration wants to make it easier for small businesses to join together to offer cheaper health insurance plans that would lack some of the protections required under Obamacare. The U.S. Labor Department on...
Maine Employers Are Not Required to Reimburse Employees for Medical Marijuana Use
Jun 19 2018 // The Maine Supreme Court has ruled that employers in the state are not required to reimburse employees for their use of medical marijuana under the Maine workers’ compensation system because federal law preempts state...
More Employers Adopting ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ Policy for Marijuana Use
Jun 18 2018 // FPI Management, a property company in California, wants to hire dozens of people. Factories from New Hampshire to Michigan need workers. Hotels in Las Vegas are desperate to fill jobs. Those employers and many others are...
Commercial Insurance Prices Increase First Time in 3 Years
Jun 18 2018 // Commercial insurance prices in the U.S. increased modestly in the first quarter of 2018, according to leading global advisory, broking and solutions company Willis Towers Watson’s Commercial Lines Insurance Pricing...
Global Commercial Insurance Market to Grow $170B in P/C Premium By 2021: Aon Inpoint
Jun 18 2018 // Global commercial property/casualty insurance premiums were worth approximately $730 billion in 2017, and by 2021, they will rise to nearly $900 billion. U.S. commercial P/C insurance premiums were worth $274.5 billion in...
Wisconsin Contractor Cited, Fined $120.3K for Workplace Safety Hazards
Jun 15 2018 // Federal safety officials have cited a Wisconsin roofing contractor for exposing employees to falls and other safety hazards at two separate job sites. Penalties proposed for Appleton roofing contractor Hector Hernandez by...
Employers Waking Up to Costs of Employees Falling Asleep on the Job
Jun 14 2018 // An employer with 1,000 employees can expect to lose more than $1 million each year in missed workdays, lower productivity and increased healthcare due to employee fatigue, according to a new survey. About one-third of all...
Ease Up On Commercial Drones, Scientists Advise Safety Regulators
Jun 14 2018 // Science advisers to the federal government say safety regulators are hindering the spread of commercial drones by being too cautious about the risks posed by the flying machines. The National Academies of Science,...
Orchid Insurance Expands Commercial Lines Division to Several East Coast States
Jun 13 2018 // Orchid Underwriters Agency LLC (Orchid Insurance), a specialty underwriter of catastrophe exposed property insurance, has expanded its Commercial Lines division into New York, Massachusetts, Maryland, Virginia, Georgia,...
Regulators Fine Iowa Company over Workplace Safety Violations
Jun 11 2018 // An Iowa maker of wind turbine blades has been fined nearly $155,000 for multiple workplace safety violations. The Des Moines Register reports that Iowa’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration levied the fines...
