All the headlines from our Business Insurance Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 28 2011 // When President Barack Obama signed his healthcare overhaul into law a year ago, some U.S. companies were quick to flag — and write down — the millions of dollars they stood to lose as a result of one aspect of...
Mar 25 2011 // Commercial insurance prices were relatively flat for the eighth consecutive quarter, while accident-year loss ratios deteriorated relative to the same period in the prior 12 months.According to global professional services...
Mar 23 2011 // Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder has signed a bill to prevent state-level administrative rules mandating workplace ergonomics.Ergonomics aims to limit injuries caused by lifting, repetitive motion and awkward work positions. The...
Mar 23 2011 // Agents in Pennsylvania will urge lawmakers today to pass legislation that would allow insurers to cover owners or partners of small businesses through a workers’ compensation policy.The legislation changes insurance...
Mar 22 2011 // Kansas labor officials say nonfatal workplace injuries in Kansas fell by 12 percent in 2009, the most recent year the statistics are available.The Department of Labor says the Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses...
Mar 15 2011 // The U.S. Small Business Administration reports that in 2008 nearly 400 thousand small businesses were operating in Louisiana, representing 97.4 percent of the state’s employers.A report released in February by the...
Mar 10 2011 // A general contractor can recover from its subcontractor’s insurers for the cost of repairs for damage to surrounding property resulting from the subcontractor’s faulty workmanship, the Georgia Supreme Court has...
Mar 10 2011 // Baltimore-based Insurance broker RCM&D acquired the commercial property and casualty insurance division of Philadelphia-based TRION Inc. and has opened a Philadelphia regional office to serve clients throughout...
Mar 9 2011 // Seventeen people covered by Oregon’s workers’ compensation system died on the job during 2010, the Department of Consumer and Business Services (DCBS) announced.The total represents an all-time low in Oregon...
Mar 8 2011 // Business owners can now protect their dogs and cats with Progressive’s free Pet Injury coverage.How it works: If a dog or cat is hurt in a vehicle accident, Progressive will pay vet bills up to $1,000. Key...
Mar 7 2011 // The Missouri House passed legislation that could make it more difficult for employees to win workplace discrimination lawsuits.The legislation, approved by a 95-59 vote, would require people to prove that discrimination...
Mar 4 2011 // Legislation revising parts of Missouri’s laws on workplace discrimination is moving through the state Senate.The chamber gave first-round approval to a bill changing the legal standard people must meet when they file...
Mar 3 2011 // A Wyoming legislative committee has killed a bill that would have barred employers in the state from prohibiting their workers from keeping guns in their vehicles at the workplace. The Senate Transportation Committee voted...
Mar 1 2011 // St. Louis, Mo.-based workers’ compensation excess insurer, Midwest Employers Casualty Co. (MECC), announced it has launched a Healthcare Risk Management Practice.MECC said it created the Healthcare Risk Management...
Feb 27 2011 // The Missouri House has passed legislation that could make it harder for employees to win workplace discrimination lawsuits.The legislation, approved by 95-59 vote, would require people to prove that discrimination was the...
Feb 25 2011 // Bermuda-based PartnerRe Ltd. Has announced leadership changes in its Catastrophe business unit, effective April 1, 2011.Brian Secrett, currently Chief Underwriting Officer and Deputy Head, Catastrophe, has been appointed...
Feb 25 2011 // The California Office of Administrative Law has approved new regulations for creating a Web site that will allow people to verify employers have workers’ compensation insurance coverage, and for employers to dispute...
Feb 24 2011 // Reno, Nev.-based Employers Holdings Inc. has reported fourth quarter net income of $20.1 million compared with $11.3 million in the fourth quarter of 2009, an increase of $8.9 million in net income.The company said net...
Feb 23 2011 // Denver-based Signature Select LLC, a retail insurance broker subsidiary of The IMA Financial Group Inc., today announced that it has expanded its commercial lines insurance practice in Denver and added Jim C. Tolliver as a...
Feb 21 2011 // Fifteen states and the District of Columbia currently have laws that approve medical marijuana as a medical treatment option, which has increasingly important implications in the workplace.Arizona voters recently passed...