Latest Business Insurance Headlines
All the headlines from our Business Insurance Topic Page, ordered by recency.
ACE Launches General Liability Offering for Multinational Middle-Market Companies
Jun 15 2015 // ACE Group has launched a new insurance offering that combines domestic general liability coverage and international general liability coverage for U.S. middle-market companies that are expanding globally. The policy brings...
NYC to Ban Employer Credit Checks
Jun 15 2015 // New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio signed into law the Stop Credit Discrimination in Employment Act. The new law prohibits most New York City employers from using or requesting an applicant’s consumer credit history,...
EPIC Adds Millholland to Southeast Region of Employer Services Platform
Jun 12 2015 // EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants, a retail property, casualty and employee benefits insurance brokerage and consultant, has added employee benefits consulting professional Davin Millholland to its growing Employer...
Western National Insurance Adds Post as Commercial Lines VP
Jun 9 2015 // Western National Insurance Group, based in Edina, Minn., has hired Jeffrey W. Post as vice president of Commercial Lines. Post joins Western National from QBE North America where he most recently held the position of chief...
EPIC Adds Hughes to Employer Services Platform in Northeast
Jun 9 2015 // EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants, a retail property, casualty and employee benefits insurance brokerage and consultant, has added employee benefits consulting professional Rosemary Hughes to its growing Employer...
Bipartisan Bill Targets Pregnancy Discrimination in Workplace
Jun 8 2015 // A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers introduced legislation last Thursday to boost protections for pregnant workers in response to a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling that revived discrimination claims by a former United...
North Carolina Legislators Override Governor’s Veto of Workplace Activity Bill
Jun 8 2015 // The North Carolina General Assembly cancelled Gov. Pat McCrory’s veto of a bill designed to give employers in the state legal recourse against people who deliberately get jobs to steal company secrets or record...
Clark Insurance Adds 2 to Business Insurance Department in Maine
Jun 3 2015 // Clark Insurance hired Zachary Henry and Andrew Shaw for the firm’s Business Insurance Department in the Portland, Maine, office. Both will serve as associate account managers until they earn their property/casualty...
BTIS Announces Small Business Unit
Jun 2 2015 // Rocklin, CA, June 2, 2015 – Builders & Tradesmen’s Insurance Services, Inc. (BTIS) is pleased to announce the formation of their Small Business Unit, offering BOP, Excess and Commercial Package products,...
What Supreme Court’s Head Scarf Ruling Means for Employers
Jun 1 2015 // A U.S. Supreme Court ruling that Abercrombie & Fitch Co. can be sued for denying employment to a woman wearing a head scarf will compel companies large and small to brush up on the nuances of bias and do more to...
Brokers, Insurers Ready to Tackle Small Business Market
Jun 1 2015 // There is a shift happening in the small business segment and the insurance industry is aware and ready for it. The small businesses that survived the recession are different now, say underwriters. They have had to invest...
ACE Expands Specialty Insurance Offerings for Small Businesses
May 29 2015 // ACE Commercial Risk Services, the small commercial specialty lines business of ACE Group, has expanded its specialty commercial products for small businesses, available on a business owners policy (BOP). This new product...
Fireman’s Fund’s Rippley Named VP Commercial Lines at AAIS
May 29 2015 // Leslie Rippley, who has 25 years’ experience, nearly all of it with major carriers, is the new vice president of commercial lines for the American Association of Insurance Services (AAIS), the national...
The Hartford Joins Agents’ Trusted Choice Website for Small Commercial Lines
May 28 2015 // The Trusted Choice.com website has snagged a leading agency system insurer to help independent agencies sell more small business policies online. The Hartford has joined the TrustedChoice.com online commercial insurance...
NYC to Prohibit Employers From Using Credit Checks to Screen Applicants
May 27 2015 // New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio recently signed into law the Stop Credit Discrimination in Employment Act. It amends the city’s Human Rights Law to prohibit most New York City employers from using or requesting an...
Small Businesses Bypassing Minnesota Health Insurance Exchange
May 27 2015 // Minnesota’s health insurance exchange is having a big problem with attracting small businesses. MNsure was originally expected to cover 155,000 people in small-group plans by next year. Enrollment was only 1,405...
AXA to Acquire Large Commercial Risks Subsidiary of SulAmérica
May 22 2015 // AXA announced it has entered into an agreement with SulAmérica SA to acquire 100 percent of its large industrial and commercial risks insurance subsidiary, SulAmérica Companhia de Seguros Gerais, for 135 million...
Cal/OSHA Finds Employer at Fault in Window Washer’s 11-Story Fall
May 20 2015 // Cal/OSHA has cited Century Window Cleaning for five safety hazards following an investigation into a window washer’s 11-story fall from the roof of a San Francisco building last year. Two of the five hazards cited...
Emergency Loans for Drought Available for Small Businesses in Idaho
May 19 2015 // Small businesses in a handful of counties in southern Idaho are now eligible to apply for low interest federal loans to help offset the costs of prolonged drought. The U.S. Small Business Administration announced last week...
ACE Enhances Excess Casualty Coverage for Middle Market Companies
May 12 2015 // ACE Group has expanded its range of excess casualty corporate risk coverages to provide more extensive protection to middle market clients. The enhanced offerings, available for businesses with revenues up to $1 billion,...
