All the headlines from our Business Insurance Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 23 2008 // The Hanover Insurance Group Inc. announced that Jerome Guiney has been named regional vice president for commercial lines for the company’s Southeast Region. Guiney will work out of The Hanover’s Atlanta office...
May 23 2008 // Employees in Louisiana would have the right to keep a legally owned firearm locked in their car in a parking lot at their place of work, if the House goes along with a bill approved 28-4 in the state Senate.Senator Joe...
May 21 2008 // Englewood, Colo.-based Colorado Casualty, a Liberty Mutual Agency Markets regional company, is introducing its new commercial lines product portfolio and Web-based underwriting application to agents in Colorado, Nevada,...
May 19 2008 // A group of Ohio employers who say their businesses are being crushed by injured-worker insurance rates that the state modified last year has asked the state’s watchdog to take another look at the program.The newly...
May 19 2008 // More and more employers are offering various levels of telecommuting in order to retain existing staff and attract future qualified employees. What many employers haven’t considered is that even without a formal...
May 19 2008 // Agent expertise in workers’ compensation insurance is a critical factor in small businesses’ choice of carriers, according to a recent national survey conducted by EMPLOYERS, which specializes in insurance for...
May 19 2008 // Agent expertise in workers’ compensation insurance is a critical factor in small businesses’ choice of carriers, according to a recent national survey conducted by Employers, which specializes in insurance for...
May 19 2008 // Too many small business decision-makers appear to be spending money on workers’ compensation insurance coverage without understanding how workers’ compensation insurance works, what they get for their premium...
May 16 2008 // Reno, Nev.-based Employers Holdings Inc. reported net income for the first quarter in 2008 was $25.5 million, down from the $27.9 million earned in the same period in 2007.First quarter net premiums earned declined $13.9...
May 16 2008 // The Colorado Supreme Court has ruled that an employer must pay temporary disability benefits to an employee although the employee had been suspended.According to Sigala vs. Atencio’s Market, Eva Sigala was injured on...
May 12 2008 // A group of Ohio employers who say their businesses are being crushed by injured-worker insurance rates that the state modified last year has asked the state’s watchdog to take another look at the program.The newly...
May 7 2008 // Costco and Safeco are offering business insurance to businesses that are Costco members, effective May 2008.According to information on Costco’s Web site, Costco business members may secure up to a 10 percent...
May 6 2008 // Too many small business decision-makers appear to be spending money on workers’ compensation insurance coverage without understanding how workers’ compensation insurance works, what they get for their premium...
May 5 2008 // Todd Richardson joined State Auto Insurance Company’s Austin, Texas-based Middle Market and Large Account (SAMMI) facility.Richardson brings more than 19 years of experience to his new role as a SAMMI account...
May 1 2008 // The Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. in Worcester, Mass., reported a drop in net income, an increase in commercial lines business and higher losses on personal lines for the first quarter of 2008.The company’s net...
Apr 23 2008 // With green building construction starts expected to increase 400 percent in the next two years according to construction experts, Liberty Mutual Property, part of Liberty Mutual Group, has introduced a collection of...
Apr 21 2008 // Commercial lines insurance premiums experienced the largest quarterly drop since 2005 during the first quarter of 2008, according to an industry survey of risk managers.Undeterred by mounting claims from the meltdown of...
Apr 16 2008 // Reno, Nev.-based Employers Holdings Inc. filed a definitive proxy statement with the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The filing provides official notification to company’s shareholders of matters to be...
Apr 11 2008 // Several mid-size cars have made strides in protecting motorists in side crashes through standard air bags and improved designs, the insurance industry reports.Crash test results released Thursday by the Insurance Institute...
Apr 11 2008 // American International Group, Inc. (AIG) has named several executives to positions within its new AIG Commercial Insurance Group, formerly known as the Domestic Brokerage Group.AIG Commercial Insurance is part of the newly...