Workers’ compensation, commercial insurance purchasing rules and auto insurance verification are among key challenges for insurers in Illinois legislative session, a national insurance trade organization says. American Insurance Association (AIA), which identified legislative and regulatory issues for property/casualty insurers in …
A major online provider of commercial insurance for small businesses in the United States keeps track of its growth milestones with hockey pucks. OK, that might be a bit of a stretch but Chicago-based Insureon definitely has found hockey pucks …
Liberty Mutual Insurance has launched two new excess casualty products for large companies: the Utility Follow Form Excess for the power and utility sectors, and the Integrated Occurrence Form for the large corporate sector. Both are available from Liberty Surplus …
Zurich Insurance Group AG named James Shea to head a new unit that will combine its global corporate and commercial businesses as part of a company-wide restructuring. Shea, 50, joins from American International Group Inc. where he headed global financial …
Internet Insurance Group (IIG), a Waltham, Mass., based insurance agency that sells commercial insurance to small businesses, has launched its flagship website, SmallBusinessQuote.com. The firm has been working to build out its product offerings over the past year by building …
MJ Insurance has added Ryan Goodwin to its risk management and commercial insurance team in Indiana. Goodwin joins MJ from Morgan Insurance Group in Martinsville where he worked for the past five years. Previously, Goodwin served as a police officer …
A Southern California man has been sentenced for grand theft for posing as a licensed insurance broker, selling insurance to commercial truckers and then pocketing premiums. Cristian Raul Videla, 34, of Van Nuys, Calif., pleaded no contest this week to …
A new U.K. law, designed to make it harder for insurers to dispute commercial insurance claims, could lead to more intense price competition and slimmer margins for the sector, according to Fitch Ratings. The Insurance Act, due to take effect …
Gridiron Insurance Underwriters Inc., a program manager that specializes in program business on a regional and national basis, has launched a new platform product designed for small businesses. Gridiron Insurance Underwriters’ Gridiron Package Select (GPS) is a fully automated program …
IDT911 has enhanced its DataRiskStages data breach mitigation and remediation service for insurance companies and their commercial policyholders. The DataRiskStages platform has been enriched with three new features: Ins.breachresponse.com to help avoid and manage a breach, CyberClaims911 for more efficient …
