All the headlines from our Business Insurance Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 8 2013 // While businesses hailed President Barack Obama’s decision to delay penalizing companies that fail to offer benefits under the health law, workers and states may struggle with the uncertain aftermath.In postponing the...
Jul 3 2013 // The Obama administration will delay a crucial provision of its signature health care law, giving businesses an extra year to comply with a requirement that they provide their workers with insurance.The government will...
Jun 28 2013 // The Obama administration on Friday issued its final rule requiring health insurance coverage of contraceptives for the employees of religiously affiliated universities, hospitals and other institutions, just as the new...
Jun 28 2013 // President Barack Obama on Thursday cut off longtime U.S. trade benefits for Bangladesh in a mostly symbolic response to dangerous conditions in that country’s garment industry that have cost more than 1,200 lives in...
Jun 25 2013 // The U.S. Supreme Court put new limits on lawsuits claiming on-the-job harassment, throwing out a case filed by a black catering worker who said a colleague slapped her and used racial epithets.The justices, voting 5-4,...
Jun 24 2013 // North Dakota’s workers’ compensation program will send employers nearly $160 million in payments as a distribution of surplus reserves.The Forum reports that Workforce Safety and Insurance will distribute the...
Jun 24 2013 // Courts cannot award punitive damages to victims of workplace sexual harassment and gender discrimination under the Iowa Civil Rights Act, the state Supreme Court ruled in a victory for employers.The court said lawmakers...
Jun 17 2013 // The average composite rate for commercial property/casualty insurance in the U.S. was up 5 percent for May 2013. This marks the third month in a row for a 5 percent increase, according to MarketScout’s analysis.By...
Jun 17 2013 // Commercial umbrellas can be an answer for business owners with significant assets or those especially vulnerable to lawsuits. Umbrellas may provide supplementary coverage for lawsuits, legal fees and settlements as well as...
Jun 17 2013 // The directors of Ohio’s insurance fund for injured workers unanimously approved Gov. John Kasich’s proposal to send rebate checks ranging from $5 to more than $3 million to businesses, local governments and...
Jun 13 2013 // Peter Eastwood, who left American International Group Inc. with three other executives in April to start a new insurer at Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc., said he’s finding it easy to attract...
Jun 11 2013 // Maine Gov. Paul LePage’s veto of a bill aimed at bullying in the workplace will stand.The Maine House of Representatives last week voted 87-56 to sustain the governor’s veto, short of the two-thirds majority...
Jun 6 2013 // The Oregon Legislature has agreed to extend workplace protections against harassment and discrimination to unpaid interns.The Senate unanimously passed HB 2669, sending it to Gov. John Kitzhaber, who intends to sign it....
Jun 5 2013 // The average composite rate for commercial property/casualty insurance in the U.S. was up five percent for May 2013. This marks the third month in a row for a five percent increase, according to MarketScout’s...
Jun 3 2013 // Okemos, MI, 6/3/13 – NetRate Systems, Inc., a leading supplier of ISO® Commercial Lines Rating software for the MGA and carrier marketplace, has announced the availability of several add-on modules which provide...
May 31 2013 // Directors of Ohio’s insurance fund for injured workers have unanimously approved Gov. John Kasich’s (KAY’-sihks) proposal to send $1 billion in cash rebates to businesses, local governments and...
May 29 2013 // Employees will be eligible for significantly lower premiums on the health insurance they buy through their employers if they participate in “workplace wellness programs,” even if they don’t improve their...
May 29 2013 // A long-awaited report on workplace wellness programs, which has still not been publicly released, delivers a blow to the increasingly popular efforts, Reuters has learned, casting doubt on a pillar of the Affordable Care...
May 24 2013 // Novato, Calif.-based Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company appointed Erik Matson to the position of commercial insurance field executive.Erik MatsonIn this role, Matson will be responsible for growing Fireman’s...
May 22 2013 // The U.S. law requiring employers to provide health insurance coverage for birth control is set to come before an appeals court in cases brought by two businesses whose owners say they operate according to Catholic...