Latest Business Insurance Headlines
All the headlines from our Business Insurance Topic Page, ordered by recency.
‘Tis the Season for Workplace Safety
Nov 7 2014 // The holiday season can be one of the most prosperous times of year for many businesses. Increased activity in the workplace often means hiring temporary, seasonal employees. Continued employment gains across all industries...
Blue River Underwriters D. Scott Tramel and John Searles Launch USL&H and Maritime Employers Liability Insurance Program
Nov 6 2014 // KENNESAW, GA, November 6, 2014 — Blue River Underwriters, a division of Breckenridge Insurance Group, has introduced a new United States Longshoreman and Harbor Workers Act (USL&H) and Maritime Employers Liability...
Commercial Rates Continue on Slow Slide; Personal Lines Rates Moderate: Survey
Nov 5 2014 // The composite rate for U.S. commercial insurance was plus 1 percent in October 2014 while the composite rate for U.S. personal lines was plus 3 percent for the month, according to MarketScout’s monthly analysis of...
OSHA Initiative Targets Hazardous Chemicals in Workplace
Nov 3 2014 // The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is launching a national dialogue on ways to prevent work-related illness caused by exposure to hazardous substances. The first stage...
Program Business Market Grew 9.8% in 2013: TMPAA
Nov 2 2014 // Commercial property/casualty insurance program administrators outperformed the overall property/casualty insurance market last year. Program business premium revenues increased by 9.8 percent, reaching $30.1 billion in...
Small Businesses Moving to Obamacare Exchanges
Nov 2 2014 // U.S. small businesses are dropping health insurance for their workers, as Obamacare lets them send employees to new marketplaces where they can often get subsidies from the government to buy coverage. WellPoint...
The Hartford Offers Safety Rewards, Discounts for Commercial Auto
Oct 31 2014 // The Hartford is offering small and midsize businesses the opportunity to receive commercial auto insurance premium discounts and rewards for safety. The company has also expanded its quoting system for agents and brokers...
South Carolina Liquidating Commercial Auto Insurer First Keystone
Oct 29 2014 // The South Carolina Department of Insurance last week declared an insurer that specialized in providing commercial auto insurance to be insolvent and the insurer is now being liquidated. The First Keystone Risk Retention...
Workplace Fatalities Decline in Michigan
Oct 28 2014 // Michigan’s rate of job-related deaths has decreased in recent years even as more people enter the workforce following the economic recession. The Detroit News reports federal data show Michigan’s rate of...
Employers Hires Hanover’s Collins as East Regional Sales VP
Oct 23 2014 // Employers Holdings Inc. in Reno, Nevada, has hired Martha Collins as vice president, regional sales for the eastern region that includes 16 states. Collins will be based in Baltimore, Maryland. Collins brings to Employers...
Three ‘Common Sense’ Tactics for Commercial Lines Prospecting
Oct 20 2014 // Prospecting for fresh insurance leads is the soil of sales. And as any horticulturist can tell you, good earth is required to grow anything – including your agency. You can delegate this core function to a third party...
10 Things to Know About Commercial Property
Oct 20 2014 // Prices for commercial property insurance fell during the second quarter of 2014, marking the first time in three years that property prices fell, according to a recent Towers Watson survey. The survey showed that over half...
Exposure Analysis Checklists in Commercial Lines
Oct 20 2014 // For the last 25-plus years, the No. 1 cause of errors and omissions (E&O) claims has been “failure to provide the proper coverage.” In 2013, many E&O carriers reported that this accounted for more...
Sindle Joins Hub International Commercial Division California
Oct 16 2014 // Hub International Insurance Service Inc. has named Christopher Sindle a sales consultant in the commercial division based in Folsom, Calif. In addition to his commercial brokerage production role, Sindle will serve as a...
Obamacare Mitigates Costs for Big Employers, Refuting Lobbyists’ Predictions
Oct 16 2014 // Business groups said soon after Obamacare became law in 2010 that the sweeping healthcare overhaul would impose huge new costs on U.S. employers, leading to job losses. Three years later, with the Patient Protection and...
Zurich NA Names Cooper Regional Leader for Commercial Markets
Oct 8 2014 // Commercial property and casualty insurer Zurich North America, named Marcus Cooper is now the commercial markets regional leader for the South. He is based at Zurich’s North America headquarters in Schaumburg,...
In Wisconsin Workplace Deaths on the Decline
Oct 6 2014 // New data shows the number of workplace deaths is declining in Wisconsin. Ninety-six people died in work-related incidents in 2013, that’s down from 114 deaths the year before. A sharp drop in violent occupational...
Additional $1B Ohio BWC Rebate OK’d; Public Employer Rate Reduction Proposed
Oct 6 2014 // Ohio employers will receive another $1 billion rebate and workers will benefit from a major new investment in worker safety research and training, according to the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC). The...
EEOC Suits Against Employers Allege Transgender Bias
Sep 30 2014 // A funeral home and an eye clinic that fired employees who had changed their sex from male to female were sued last week as the U.S. government filed its first-ever federal lawsuits for transgender discrimination. The cases...
Employers Names Hulse Vice President, Western U.S. Sales
Sep 30 2014 // Reno, Nev.-based Employers has named Kimberly K. Hulse vice president of regional sales for its Western region. Hulse will be based out of EMPLOYERS’ headquarters in Reno, Nevada. She will work under the direction of...
