All the headlines from our Business Insurance Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 16 2007 // Lou Stanzione has joined wholesale broker The Demetriou Group as director of commercial lines. Stanzione brings a decade of wholesale brokerage experience from Zaloom Associates where he began as marketing vice president...
May 11 2007 // The Board of Directors of Employers Holdings Inc. based in Reno, Nev., has authorized a stock repurchase program for up to $75 million of the company’s common stock. The company expects the shares to be purchased...
May 9 2007 // The California Supreme Court has ruled that workers’ compensation reforms adopted in 2004 do not supersede employer apportionment of compensation for permanent disability injuries.In reviewing cases from five...
May 9 2007 // Louisiana-based wholesaler/managing general agency Ark-La-Tex Underwriters Inc. announced that Chris Weego has joined the firm as a commercial underwriter/marketer. Weego is experienced and has good knowledge of the...
May 8 2007 // State Auto Insurance Companies announced that its State Auto Middle Market Insurance (SAMMI) unit is coming to Texas. Industry veteran Gerald F. Ladner will lead the group in the state as vice president of SAMMI’s...
May 8 2007 // Reno, Nev.-based Employers Holdings Inc., a workers’ compensation insurance provider, will announce its first quarter 2007 financial results during a conference call and Web cast on Tuesday, May 15, at 10:30 a.m....
May 7 2007 // Commercial property/casualty premiums for all sizes of accounts dropped sharply during the first quarter of 2007, with indications that insurance companies are starting to loosen underwriting standards and price...
May 7 2007 // Stock Prices: Commercial line insurers’ stocks traded down 2 percent for the first quarter of 2007.The only company reporting significant stock gains for the first quarter was CNA Financial Corp. (NYSE:CNA) whose...
May 7 2007 // Citizens Property Insurance Corp. is expanding its insurance coverage for small businesses beyond coastal areas to properties across Florida.“Our goal is to make coverage available as quickly as possible to the...
May 7 2007 // Commercial property/casualty premiums for all sizes of accounts dropped sharply during the first quarter of 2007, with indications that insurance companies are starting to loosen underwriting standards and price...
May 7 2007 // Stock Prices: Commercial line insurers’ stocks traded down 2 percent for the first quarter of 2007.The only company reporting significant stock gains for the first quarter was CNA Financial Corp. (NYSE:CNA) whose...
May 4 2007 // The Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services announced its 2006 figures for workplace safety. According to its data, 37 people covered by the state workers’ compensation system died on the job.The largest...
May 3 2007 // The Arizona Department of Insurance (ADOI) is offering the state’s small business owners insurance curriculum on its online “insurance university, Insure U for Small Business. Six categories of small business...
May 3 2007 // The Texas House of Representatives passed House Bill 3928, the franchise tax correction bill, by Rep. Jim Keffer (Eastland), which increases the tax emption for small business in House Bill 3 passed during last...
May 1 2007 // Alleghany Corp. has agreed to purchase all outstanding shares of California workers’ compensation writer Employers Direct Corp. for $195 million in cash.EDC, which was founded in 2002, is an insurance holding company...
Apr 27 2007 // Citizens Property Insurance Corporation’s board of governors gave its approval Thursday of expanded commercial property insurance coverage for small businesses across Florida.“Our goal is to make coverage...
Apr 27 2007 // Many small business owners in New York and the Northeast are still trying to recover from floods caused by as much as eight inches of rain earlier this month.Those who had flood insurance can recoup some of their losses,...
Apr 27 2007 // Sen. Joe Lieberman, D-Conn., and House Republican Whip Roy Blunt R-Mo., addressed 1,400 independent insurance agents and brokers at the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America’s National Legislative...
Apr 26 2007 // Schaumburg, Ill.-based Zurich, a national commercial property-casualty insurance company, recently announced the debut of eZ Transition, an online tool that bolsters the effectiveness of Zurich’s return to work (RTW)...
Apr 25 2007 // AIG WorldSource(R), a division of the property and casualty insurance subsidiaries of American International Group, Inc. announced it is offering Accel Elite — employers’ liability coverage for U.S. companies...