All the headlines from our Business Insurance Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nov 14 2013 // It may still be considered the leanest state and among the nation’s healthiest, but Colorado employers are seeing a large increase in the cost of medical benefits in the coming year, a survey released on Thursday...
Nov 14 2013 // Capital Insurance Group (CIG), a regional property and casualty insurer serving the Western U.S., has released a comprehensive employment practices liability Insurance (EPLI) product for organizations with up to 250...
Nov 13 2013 // San Diego, CA, 11/13/13 – Atlas General Insurance Services is pleased to announce that it has been selected as a winner in the small business category in the First Annual U-T San Diego Top Workplaces Awards. Atlas has...
Nov 8 2013 // Madison, Wis.-based American Family Insurance is partnering with Seattle-based start-up, AssureStart, to sell small business insurance online to Texas businesses beginning in mid-November.After launching in Texas,...
Nov 7 2013 // Most employers would be banned from firing, demoting or refusing to hire workers because of their sexual orientation or gender identity under legislation in line for action today in the U.S. Senate.The measure, known as...
Nov 1 2013 // Maryland’s largest writer of workers’ compensation insurance and the insurer of last resort adopted a new name and a new corporate structure in October. The 99-year-old Injured Workers’ Insurance Fund...
Oct 29 2013 // ProWriters is now providing agents and brokers access to online quoting and binding for small business professional liability insurance with general liability and/or a business owners policy (BOP).Quotes for small business...
Oct 25 2013 // The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation board of directors has approved an average rate reduction of 1.6 percent for public employer taxing districts.The BWC said the change will result in Ohio’s 3,900 cities,...
Oct 24 2013 // After Hurricane Katrina, several forensic engineering firms popped up in the New Orleans area to serve an insurance industry overwhelmed with thousands of damage claims. Since the storm, the companies that remain in New...
Oct 24 2013 // Chesapeake Employers’ Insurance Company, formerly IWIF, recently announced that Joanne Dreher has been promoted to director of underwriting.Joanne DreherIn this new position, Dreher is responsible for the operational...
Oct 23 2013 // The Target Markets Program Administrators Association (TMPAA) released the results of its annual research to document the size, characteristics, growth and other base-line information about the program insurance market....
Oct 18 2013 // When construction slowed during the recession, some companies hired workers and wrongly designated them as independent contractors to avoid paying insurance, taxes, fair wages and overtime.Danny Odom, chief operating...
Oct 11 2013 // Dovetail Insurance announced it is now offering its NetComp workers’ compensation insurance to small businesses in Arkansas, Iowa and Kansas. The product is available through independent agents. Dovetail’s...
Oct 10 2013 // Class action lawsuits in federal courts on both coasts have been initiated on behalf of small businesses in California, New York and New Jersey against American International Group (AIG) over workers’ compensation...
Oct 9 2013 // The partial shutdown of the U.S. government has sidelined thousands of inspectors who monitor everything from air and water pollution to safety hazards at factories and the condition of nursing homes.Federal law requires...
Oct 7 2013 // U.S. businesses buying property/casualty insurance in September saw a five percent rate increase on average, according to the latest index from MarketScout.MarketScout said the composite rate for was up from plus 4 percent...
Oct 7 2013 // On Oct. 1, the Injured Worker’s Insurance Fund (IWIF), Maryland’s largest provider of workers’ compensation insurance, launched a new name and corporate structure as a private, not-for-profit company.As a...
Oct 4 2013 // The difficulty many businesses had reopening after Superstorm Sandy is a reminder of the importance of having a disaster recovery plan and the right type and amount of insurance, according to the Insurance Information...
Oct 2 2013 // Liberty Mutual Insurance’s Commercial Insurance strategic business unit has appointed Thomas J. Kelley as vice president and managing director for the East division. Based in Philadelphia, Kelley is responsible for...
Sep 30 2013 // Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) has awarded more than $258,000 in safety intervention grants, split among nine employers.“We have more money available for safety-minded businesses this year, thanks...