All the headlines from our Business Insurance Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
Sep 26 2013 // Small businesses won’t be able to enroll in new online health insurance marketplaces until Nov. 1 in most U.S. states, the latest delay for the Obama administration’s signature health-care law.Small businesses...
Sep 25 2013 // Driving home the notion that most U.S. employees believe their employers aren’t prepared for a disaster or a major crisis may be one of the best way to get people to take notice that September is National...
Sep 24 2013 // Fireman’s Fund Insurance Co. has launched Property-Gard Pinnacle, a new commercial property form that integrates new coverages and policy format with existing protection for highly protected risk (HPR) properties.The...
Sep 24 2013 // By Jay Hancock, KHN Staff WriterHealth-law provisions taking effect next year could save U.S. employers billions of dollars in expenses now paid for workers who continue medical coverage after they leave the company,...
Sep 23 2013 // The reaction from an employers’ group to a suggested hike in California’s advisory workers’ compensation rates of nearly 7 percent was – surprisingly – cautiously optimistic.The insurer and public...
Sep 23 2013 // New figures from Bureau of Labor Statistics show there were 39 workplace deaths in 2012 in Utah – the same total as the year before.The preliminary data shows that transportation-related deaths were the most frequent in...