All the headlines from our Business Insurance Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 12 2012 // Commercial insurance prices increased an aggregate 3 percent during the fourth quarter of 2011, the fourth consecutive quarter during which prices for all standard commercial lines rose.Additionally, earned price increases...
Mar 9 2012 // A proposal aimed at increasing workplace safety in Wyoming through voluntary inspections is on its way to Gov. Matt Mead.The Wyoming Tribune Eagle reported that the Senate gave final approval to the bill on Wednesday. The...
Mar 8 2012 // Costa Mesa, CA, 03/06/12 – Aces Commercial Insurance Services, a leading GA/Wholesale brokerage specializing in general liability markets, announces the launch of a new online, rate, quote, & bind program. The new...
Mar 5 2012 // Preferred Concepts LLC, a national insurance program administrator and specialty broker, appointed Georgeanna Munger as vice president to manage the company’s ezumbrella.com business unit. Georgeanna Munger Munger...
Mar 5 2012 // Seventy-nine percent of companies are already using or planning to use social media in their business strategy. The No. 1 benefit organizations attribute to social media is increased awareness among target customers. Yet...
Mar 1 2012 // The assessment surcharge added to workers’ compensation costs for New York employers is increasingly becoming a burden for businesses, according to a new study.In New York State, the assessment surcharge is currently...
Feb 29 2012 // The launch of a real-time commercial lines rater that gives agents access to a handful of large carriers was announced today by a division of Networked Insurance Agents.MyNTrack, a division of Grass Valley, Calif.-based...
Feb 28 2012 // Releasing an audit of a tax-exempt workers’ compensation insurer in Missouri, State Auditor Tom Schweich called for the legislature to investigate whether its tax-exempt status should be retained.Schweich released...
Feb 27 2012 // Bullying, abuse and verbal harassment in the workplace may cause employees physical and psychological harm.That’s part of the rationale behind a proposal in Hawaii to make abusive conduct against an employee an...
Feb 23 2012 // The Wisconsin State Assembly has passed a bill that would put an end to punitive and compensatory damages for workplace discrimination. Currently, workers can file discrimination complaints with the state Department of...
Feb 13 2012 // Despite several lawmakers voicing fears about reversing decades of hard-fought civil rights gains, the Missouri House approved a measure that would change the rules for workplace discrimination cases heard in state...
Feb 10 2012 // The Hanover Insurance Group, based in Worcester, Mass., reported $49.3 million for its 2011 fourth-quarter net income, down 15.6 percent from one year ago when the insurer posted $58.4 million profit.For the 2011 full...
Feb 8 2012 // A federal appeals court has scheduled arguments on Hinds Community College’s appeal of a workplace retaliation case.In 2010, the school was ordered to pay a former professor $345,020 after a federal jury found she...
Feb 7 2012 // Mercury Insurance has introduced a commercial auto product that offers agents a new point-of-sale system that makes it easy to rate, qualify and issue new business, as well as online service capabilities.The new product is...
Feb 6 2012 // The former chief of the California Occupational Safety and Health Division defended its Injury’s Illness Prevention Program following a study by think tank RAND Corp. showing the occupational safety program that...
Feb 6 2012 // U.S. commercial insurance rates are expected to climb across many lines of business in 2012, continuing a trend that began in the second half of 2011, according to a report by insurance broker Marsh.Substantial catastrophe...
Feb 6 2012 // The U.S. government is making it easier for small businesses to beef up defenses against cyber criminals through a free, online tool.The Small Biz Cyber Planner allows business owners to create customized cyber security...
Feb 6 2012 // Leading employment law firm Seyfarth Shaw LLP has issued its annual Workplace Class Action Litigation Report. The report, written by Seyfarth Shaw partner Gerald L. Maatman Jr., examines 976 class action decisions rendered...
Feb 3 2012 // A black senator from St. Louis area who said she was fearful of reversing decades of hard-fought civil rights gains held the Missouri Senate floor for hours on Feb. 1 while vowing to block a vote on legislation changing...
Feb 1 2012 // An occupational safety program that requires California businesses to eliminate workplace hazards only works when it’s adequately enforced.That revelation comes from Santa Monica, Calif.-based think tank RAND Corp.,...