Latest Business Insurance Headlines
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Dallas Mavericks Investigating Allegations of Hostile Workplace, Harassment
Feb 22 2018 // The Dallas Mavericks have hired outside counsel to investigate allegations of inappropriate conduct by former team president Terdema Ussery in a Sports Illustrated report that described a hostile workplace for...
Rubel Joins Myron Steves as Chief Underwriting Officer, Commercial Lines
Feb 21 2018 // Houston, Texas-based managing general agent and insurance wholesaler, Myron F. Steves and Co., has added Greg Rubel as chief underwriting officer, commercial lines. Rubel will lead the Texas-based company’s...
The Hartford to Acquire Foremost’s Commercial Lines Business
Feb 19 2018 // The Hartford has agreed to acquire Foremost Insurance branded small commercial lines business from Farmers. The Hartford is acquiring the renewal rights on $200 million in small commercial lines premium sold through about...
Regulators Cite 4 Employers in Deadly 2017 Explosion in Colorado
Feb 19 2018 // Federal regulators have cited four employers, including the largest oil and gas producer in Colorado, for exposing employees to health and safety hazards in connection with a May 2017 explosion that killed one employee and...
Share Your Story: Sexual Harassment and the Insurance Workplace
Feb 12 2018 // From Hollywood to the corporate world, sexual harassment — the making of unwanted sexual advances or obscene remarks — is drawing greater public scrutiny than ever before. Victims (mostly women) and their supporters...
Digital Commercial Insurance Broker Platform Indio Raises $6 Million
Feb 6 2018 // Indio Technologies, a digitized commercial insurance platform for agents and brokers, said it has raised $6 million in Series A financing, led by 8VC, to expand the capabilities of Indio’s digital platform and...
The Hartford Adds Employee Benefits, E&S Options to Small Business Online Quote System
Feb 5 2018 // The Hartford has enhanced ICON, its online quoting system for agents and brokers, to include access to quote employee benefits as well as excess and surplus (E&S) coverage for their small business customers. Employee...
Why Workplace Sexual Harassment Is Under-Reported: SHRM Survey
Feb 5 2018 // Sexual harassment in the workplace is under-reported by employees partly because some employees are unaware that their employers have anti-harassment policies or that there are ways to report without bringing harm to...
Indiana’s ONI Risk Partners Adds Loveless as Commercial Risk Adviser
Feb 5 2018 // Independent insurance broker ONI Risk Partners (ONI) has hired Mike Loveless as a commercial risk adviser in ONI’s Fort Wayne, Indiana, office. ONI is a full-service insurance agency delivering commercial, employee...
Share Your Story: Sexual Harassment and the Insurance Workplace
Feb 5 2018 // From Hollywood to the corporate world, sexual harassment — the making of unwanted sexual advances or obscene remarks — is drawing greater public scrutiny than ever before. Victims (mostly women) and their supporters...
Still an Uphill Climb for Commercial Auto Market
Feb 5 2018 // The difficult job of moving commercial auto insurance to a profitable place has not gotten any easier. More vehicles on the road thanks to a rebounding economy, more miles driven, distracted drivers and...
Business Risk Partners Expands Into Financial Services Sector
Jan 30 2018 // Business Risk Partners (BRP) has expanded into the financial services sector with the addition of two specialty insurance coverages: miscellaneous professional liability insurance for a broad range of lenders, advisors and...
Share Your Story: Sexual Harassment and the Workplace
Jan 29 2018 // From Hollywood to the corporate world, sexual harassment — the making of unwanted sexual advances or obscene remarks — is drawing greater public scrutiny than ever before. Victims (mostly women) and their supporters...
Regulators Cite 4 Employers in Deadly 2017 Explosion in Colorado
Jan 29 2018 // Federal regulators have cited four employers, including the largest oil and gas producer in Colorado, for exposing employees to health and safety hazards in connection with a May 2017 explosion that killed one employee and...
Seeman Holtz Acquires Arizona-based Xponent Employer Solutions
Jan 29 2018 // Seeman Holtz Property & Casualty Inc. has acquired Xponent Employer Solutions in Scottsdale, Ariz. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Xponent helps clients reduce the costs associated with payroll, employee...
Hartford Steam Boiler Launches HSB Cyber Suite for Mid-Sized Businesses
Jan 26 2018 // Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company (HSB), part of Munich Re, has introduced HSB Cyber Suite, a comprehensive cyber insurance coverage designed for small to mid-sized businesses and other...
Workplace Wellness Programs Are an Exercise in Futility, Latest Research Finds
Jan 26 2018 // Workplace wellness programs have two main goals: improve employees’ health and lower their employers’ health-care costs. They’re not very good at either, new research finds. For the study, 3,300 employees...
CNA Makes 3 Commercial Insurance Appointments
Jan 26 2018 // CNA announced three leadership appointments within the company’s Commercial Insurance organization. Michael Kirchgessner has been appointed to senior vice president, Underwriting for Large/Complex Casualty business....
RSA Taps Swiss Re’s Buckle to Lead Global Risk Solutions; Gibbs Promoted to Head Commercial Risk Solutions
Jan 25 2018 // RSA’s UK & International business has appointed Tony Buckle and Rob Gibbs as managing directors of Global Risk Solutions (GRS) and Commercial Risk Solutions (CRS), respectively. Tony Buckle will join RSA on Feb....
Beazley Adds Post-Breach Services to Cyber Coverage for Small, Mid-Sized Policyholders
Jan 24 2018 // Beazley has further enhanced its Beazley Breach Response (BBR) coverage for small and mid-sized policyholders in the U.S. In conjunction with Lodestone Security, a specialist advisory firm and wholly owned subsidiary of...
