Latest Business Insurance Headlines
All the headlines from our Business Insurance Topic Page, ordered by recency.
New Hampshire’s SAN Group Hires Gray as Commercial Lines Placement Specialist
Jun 21 2019 // Satellite Agency Network Group Inc. (SAN), a Hampton, N.H.-based alliance of independent insurance agencies in the Northeast, has hired Kathy Gray as commercial lines placement specialist. Gray, a licensed broker and...
Texas Calls for 2018 Catastrophe Data on Commercial Property, Business Insurance
Jun 20 2019 // The Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) has issued special data call to companies that wrote direct commercial property or businessowners insurance in Texas and to certain farm mutual insurance companies that wrote...
Higginbotham in Texas Buys Commercial Insurance Unit of Extraco Banks
Jun 19 2019 // Extraco Banks has sold its commercial insurance operation to Fort Worth, Texas-based independent insurance broker, Higginbotham. Extraco Insurance is a group of five property/casualty insurance professionals operating in...
Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Australia Workplace Risk Consultant P2 Group
Jun 18 2019 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced the acquisition of Hawthorn, Victoria-based P2 Group. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 2003, P2 Group helps employers proactively manage occupational health...
Commercial Insurance Prices Up Again in Q1; Auto, D&O Lead the Pack
Jun 17 2019 // Commercial insurance prices in the U.S. increased in the first quarter about 2%, according to insurance broker and advisor Willis Towers Watson. The company’s Commercial Lines Insurance Pricing Survey (CLIPS) survey...
Workplace Mass Shootings Are Rare But Still a Worry to Americans
Jun 14 2019 // A postal worker on disability retirement for psychological issues returned to her workplace years later and killed six people. A Connecticut beer delivery worker irate over being forced to resign opened fire as he was...
Fitch Says 2019 Could Be Better Than 2018 for Commercial Insurance
Jun 13 2019 // Fitch Ratings said it maintains a stable outlook for U.S. commercial lines, reflecting the potential for moderately better underwriting profits and the ability of insurers to withstand potential adversity due to capital...
Nebraska Family Dollar Store Faces $302K in Fines for Workplace Hazards
Jun 11 2019 // Federal workplace safety officials have proposed $302,147 in penalties against a Family Dollar Store in Omaha, Nebraska. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited...
IronPro to Offer Two-Term Policy Endorsement for Small Businesses
Jun 11 2019 // IronPro, the professional liability unit of Ironshore, has introduced a two-term policy endorsement for its miscellaneous professional liability (MPL) product for small business accounts. The MPL policy endorsement was...
Most U.S. Commercial Insurance Prices Rose Again in Q1; Auto, D&O Lead the Pack
Jun 11 2019 // Commercial insurance prices in the U.S. increased in the first quarter about 2%, according to insurance broker and advisor Willis Towers Watson. The company’s Commercial Lines Insurance Pricing Survey (CLIPS) survey...
Prime Property & Casualty Enters Kansas Commercial Auto Market
Jun 6 2019 // Prime Property & Casualty Insurance Inc. (PPCI) has entered the Kansas commercial auto insurance market as an admitted carrier specializing in distressed and substandard risks. With PPCI, producers now have an...
Role of Workplace Hazards in Most Lung Diseases Is Overlooked: Researchers
Jun 5 2019 // More than 1 in 10 people with a range of non-cancerous lung diseases may be sick as a result of inhaling vapors, gas, dust or fumes at work, according to a joint American Thoracic Society and the European Respiratory...
Western Growers in California Names Berend Senior Director of Commercial Lines
Jun 4 2019 // Western Growers Insurance Services Inc. has named Natalie Berend senior director of commercial lines. Berend will lead the account management team and is responsible for planning, directing and coordinating operational...
Illinois’ AAdvantage Insurance Group Adds Glowacki as Commercial Marketer
Jun 4 2019 // AAdvantage Insurance Group in Glen Carbon, Illinois, has hired Amy Glowacki as a commercial marketer. In this position, she will assist agents in generating quotes and proposals for the company’s commercial insurance...
AXA XL Partners with IPRS Health to Offer Employer’s Liability Insurance Solution in UK
Jun 4 2019 // AXA XL Insurance has partnered with IPRS Health to launch an employer’s liability insurance solution, AXA XL HealthAssist, for UK organizations. With workplace injury and new cases of work-related ill-health costing...
Aon to Grow Partnership with CoverWallet for Small-Medium Business Market
May 31 2019 // Global insurance broker Aon is partnering with digital insurance platform CoverWallet to serve clients in Australia. The parties also said they are in the process of expanding this partnership to additional geographies,...
New Hampshire Governor Signs Workplace Safety Bill
May 22 2019 // New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu was surrounded by the family of a deceased highway department worker as he signed a bill aimed at improving workplace safety for New Hampshire’s public sector employees. Tom...
Zurich North America Names Winters Head of U.S. Commercial Insurance Sales
May 21 2019 // Brian Winters has been appointed head of Sales and Distribution, U.S. Commercial Insurance, for Zurich North America. Zurich said the appointment is part of its effort to strengthen relationships with customers and...
Why Employers Should Stop Hiring Based on Work History
May 20 2019 // A common hiring philosophy used for generations is being flipped on its head by new research from Florida State University. Screening job applicants based on their prior work experience is often a mistake among employers,...
UK Risk Managers List Brand Damage, Brexit, Cyber Attacks as Top 3 Business Risks
May 20 2019 // The top three risks facing UK risk managers are reputational damage, Brexit and cyber attacks, according to Aon’s 2019 Global Risk Management Survey of thousands of risk managers across 60 countries and 33...
