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Tennessee Court Makes It Easier to Sue Employers Over Illegal Firings
Sep 28 2010 // In a decision that some legal observers found surprising, the Tennessee Supreme Court has reversed precedent and made it easier for workers to sue their employers when they believe they were fired illegally. The court...
Liberty Mutual Adds Commercial Lines Service Centers for Agents
Sep 27 2010 // Liberty Mutual Agency Markets said that its agents can now use one of two commercial lines service centers to help with a range of services for policyholders. The centers – located in Ohio and Washington — will...
Official: Nebraska Workplace Shooter May Have Targeted Co-Workers
Sep 27 2010 // Three employees wounded in a recent shooting at a cold-storage warehouse in southeast Nebraska don’t appear to have been random victims, a prosecutor says. Saline County Attorney Tad Eickman told the Associated Press...
Willis Sets up Agri-Business Unit for Crop and Forestry Sectors
Sep 24 2010 // Hughes-Gibb, the specialist bloodstock, livestock and aquaculture division of Willis Group Holdings, announced that it is expanding its services to clients in agri-business. Broadening its expertise to include Crop and...
PartnerOne, Berkley Environmental Launch Small Business Program
Sep 23 2010 // PartnerOne Environmental, Beacon Hill Associates’ underwriting division, has established a partnership with Berkley Environmental, a Divisional of Berkley Specialty Underwriting Managers, servicing small to middle...
Employers Names Two VPs
Sep 21 2010 // Reno, Nev.-based Employers announced it has named Stephen Hedglin vice president of business development for stragetic partnerships and alliances. It also has named David Morton vice president of sales, strategic...
Employers Names Morton VP of Sales, Hedglin VP of Business Development
Sep 17 2010 // Reno, Nev.-based Employers announced that David Morton has been promoted to vice president of sales, strategic partnerships and alliances, and Stephen Hedglin has been promoted to vice president of business development for...
Texas Public/Private Partnership Provides Small Employer Health Coverage
Sep 14 2010 // Healthy Texas, a statewide public/private partnership established by the 81st Legislature, provides a new health insurance option for small employers in Texas, the Texas Department of Insurance announced. Eligible...
Chartis Introduces Alternative Fuel Deductible Option on Commercial Auto
Sep 7 2010 // Chartis has introduced an Auto Physical Damage Alternative Fuel Incentive Deductible designed to assist business customers in their efforts to be environmentally responsible. The enhancement allows customers to be...
Grange Insurance Promotes Dinnin to President, Commercial Lines
Aug 31 2010 // Columbus, Ohio-based Grange Insurance has promoted Elizabeth Dinnin to president of Commercial Lines. In this role, she’ll be responsible for the overall growth and profitability of the company’s $200 million...
New Jersey Court: Construction Worker Can Sue Employer
Aug 31 2010 // New Jersey workers’ compensation laws do not prevent a construction worker injured in a trench collapse from suing his employer, a state Appeals Court has ruled. The lawsuit — which was originally dismissed by...
CNA Adds Nine Endorsements for Small Business Customers
Aug 30 2010 // CNA has added nine new choice endorsements to its customized insurance solutions for small business clients. CNA Connect, the global business insurer’s flagship property and liability package policy for small...
Washington Workplace Fatalities Decline
Aug 24 2010 // The federal Bureau of Labor Statistics has released its preliminary statistics for 2009, reporting that work-related deaths declined in Washington state last year to numbers not seen since 2000. The BLS, which produces an...
S&P: The Worst Not Over for U.S. Commercial Property Markets
Aug 23 2010 // The slump in the U.S. commercial property market didn’t quite plumb the depths of the downturn in residential real estate, but although there are signs that home prices are nearing the bottom, commercial real estate...
Romaneck Joins Lawson-Hawks as VP of Commercial Lines Division
Aug 20 2010 // Mountain View, Calif.-based Lawson-Hawks Insurance Associates has added Marti Romaneck as vice president and manager of its Commercial Lines Divisionr. “As we continue to expand both organically with the addition of...
Workplace Fatalities Decline in 2009 Over 2008
Aug 20 2010 // Preliminary results from the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ National Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries show a decline in workplace fatalities in 2009 compared with 2008. Last year, 4,340 workers died from...
Calif. Employers Face New Workers’ Comp Posting Requirements
Aug 18 2010 // As of Oct. 8, California employers must begin distributing an updated version of the workers’ compensation new hire pamphlet to all employees hire on or after that date; post revised workers’ comp employee...
Survey: Health Reform Leading to Changes for Large Employers
Aug 18 2010 // Many of the biggest U.S. companies are removing spending limits from their employees’ health plans and taking other steps to comply with the new healthcare law, according to a report released on Wednesday. Most of...
Stopping Workplace Violence Difficult But Risk Can Be Reduced: Experts
Aug 10 2010 // Criminologists call it murder by proxy — rampages by employees who go after their boss, supervisors and even co-workers they link to the source of their outrage. The message is: Look who’s doing the firing...
Oklahoma Bank to Focus on Small Businesses
Aug 9 2010 // After two years of preparation, Central National Bank in Enid, Okla., will focus its growth strategies on penetrating Tulsa’s small business market. “Obviously the growth for the bank is going to come from the...
