All the headlines from our Business Insurance Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nov 1 2009 // New legislation has often brought new exposures to employers. This is also true of litigation. As 2009 proceeds, there is a “double whammy” for employers from both new legislation as well as rising employee...
Oct 30 2009 // Construction continues to be a hazardous job for some workers in New York City.The federal Bureau of Labor Statistics reported this week that of the 90 fatal workplace injuries in the city in 2008, about a third involved...
Oct 28 2009 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company is recognizing 164 Texas-based employers for their workplace safety efforts. The award is based largely on each policyholder’s safety record, as well as the types of hazards their...
Oct 21 2009 // President Barack Obama will announce a package of initiatives Wednesday to increase credit to small businesses, an administration official said Tuesday.“The proposal will increase the caps for existing SBA (Small...
Oct 20 2009 // When it comes to workplace relationships, the general advice is to keep your distance. After all, friendships can be tested by a number of different issues in the workplace. But the people we see every day at work often...
Oct 19 2009 // As employees flip through their open enrollment packets, they may notice substantial changes to their medical plan for 2010, from increases in employee contributions to a new wellness program.According to the 2009 Benefits...
Oct 7 2009 // As employees flip through their open enrollment packets, they may notice substantial changes to their medical plan for 2010, from increases in employee contributions to a new wellness program.According to the 2009 Benefits...
Oct 5 2009 // Going to work may never be the same again: the Great Recession has reshaped the American workplace and work force in ways that will last years, if not longer.The work force is graying as college graduates can’t find...
Oct 5 2009 // Beginning Jan. 1, 2010, workers’ compensation premiums for Ohio’s Public Employer Taxing Districts (PECs) will drop by an average of 17 percent. The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) Board of...
Oct 2 2009 // Whether they’re young or old, entrepreneurs always have a hunger to come up with the next big idea, or to do something better than anyone else. That’s the spirit that lives in each and every small business...
Sep 25 2009 // Kentucky’s largest workers’ compensation insurance provider says it is lowering its rates for businesses around the state for the fourth consecutive year.The rate reduction by Kentucky Employers’ Mutual...
Sep 22 2009 // Continental Risk based in Lodi, Calif., is now offering a new business owners policy for small businesses that includes additional coverages outside of the typical property/casualty package.The program’s features...
Sep 21 2009 // A federal official who’s been studying Wyoming’s high rate of workplace fatalities said the state needs to foster an environment where workers regard following safety procedures as proof of their...
Sep 21 2009 // Phyllis Young and her co-worker and friend, Sarah Bales, won the hula-hoop contest and the balloon toss, making them the favorites to also win the three-legged sack race.Young and Bales didn’t win the sack race...
Sep 16 2009 // Independent insurance brokerage firm and Assurex Global partner, Roach Howard Smith & Barton (RHSB), has added sales executive Brand Daves to the Commercial Insurance division of its Fort Worth office. Daves joins...
Sep 15 2009 // North Carolina Gov. Bev Perdue has signed into law stronger financial requirements for Professional Employer Organizations (PEOs) operating in the state.The Professional Employer Organization Act (SB 1029), which...
Sep 15 2009 // A Pennsylvania pharmacy technician who says she was traumatized when a masked gunman burst into her store demanding the painkiller OxyContin is suing her employers for arranging the mock holdup.Babette Perry says in a...
Sep 15 2009 // The Louisiana Workforce Commission (LWC) announced a third arrest this month as part of the the agency’s statewide crackdown on employers who are alleged to have committed workers’ compensation fraud.Agents...
Sep 8 2009 // Craig Bacheler is able to offer the employees at his small Alabama IT firm health benefits because of a new state law, but some who helped push for the law say it is too early to measure its benefits.Small companies, those...
Sep 7 2009 // The theft of personal and private data — from credit card information, to Social Security numbers, to health information, is a thriving global crime — and it is fed by data security breaches that cost companies...