All the headlines from our Business Insurance Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 2 2023 // The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has declined to extend the state’s liquor liability law to social hosts. The high court cited a half-century of precedent in upholding lower courts in a case where an employer hosting a...
Sep 29 2023 // Most small businesses don’t believe they will experience a cyber attack, yet many employees are concerned they are putting their organizations at risk, according to a recent poll by Insurance Bureau of Canada...
Sep 28 2023 // RT Specialty, the wholesale distribution division of Ryan Specialty (NYSE: RYAN), a leading international specialty insurance firm, announced its continued expansion of RT Connector, which provides digital solutions for...
Sep 26 2023 // British workers took the most sick leave in more than a decade during the past year, a survey of employers showed on Tuesday, adding to signs of a lasting increase in ill health since the COVID-19 pandemic.The Chartered...
Sep 25 2023 // Valley Insurance Agency Alliance (VIAA), a cohesive family of more than 160 independent insurance agencies in Missouri and Illinois, recently welcomed two alliance agencies to its members-only Commercial Marketing pod...
Sep 22 2023 // EVANSVILLE, Ind. (AP) – Workplace safety officials are investigating the death of a southwestern Indiana man this week after he was injured at an Evansville plant.Christopher L. Payton, 59, died Monday after he suffered...
Sep 22 2023 // Digital small business insurer Next Insurance announced a new offering it says will enable agents to fully customize coverage quotes to better meet the needs of their small business clients. Next’s Coverage Builder...
Sep 21 2023 // A Texas manufactured homes company was sued for subjecting an employee to a hostile work environment after learning learning of his multiracial family, according to a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity...
Sep 14 2023 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at AXA XL and Sompo International’s AgriSompo.A summary of these new hires follows here. AXA XL Promotes Lebas to Head of Mid-Market, APAC &...
Sep 12 2023 // According to WTW’s Commercial Lines Insurance Pricing Survey (CLIPS), commercial insurance prices in the U.S. continued to increase in the second quarter.The quarterly survey, answered by insurance carriers,...
Sep 11 2023 // New York Gov. Kathy Hochul is expected to sign legislation today to assure that people who returned to work in close proximity to Ground Zero during the critical period following the 9/11 terrorist attacks are informed...
Sep 1 2023 // Several suits filed on behalf of White workers following the US Supreme Court’s decision outlawing affirmative action in higher education are banking on a Civil War-era statute guaranteeing equal rights to Black...
Aug 31 2023 // The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has dismissed lawsuits by 14 businesses seeking insurance coverage from Travelers Insurance for business losses stemming from COVID-19 and the related government shutdown orders.The...
Aug 30 2023 // The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation announced a 3.9% rate reduction for the state’s public employers, a rate cut that will go into effect Jan. 1, 2024.The rate reduction will result in nearly $8 million...
Aug 24 2023 // A federal investigation has found that a San Antonio, Texas wire drawing company could have prevented an employee from suffering fatal injuries by following required workplace safety standards.Investigators with the U.S....
Aug 24 2023 // The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has declined to extend the state’s liquor liability law to social hosts. The high court cited a half-century of precedent in upholding lower courts in a case where an employer hosting a...
Aug 23 2023 // Small businesses across the U.S. are increasingly satisfied with the products and services they receive from their commercial insurance providers.According to the 11th annual JD Power 2023 U.S. Small Commercial Insurance...
Aug 21 2023 // Lost time claims can lead to increased workers’ compensation premiums for an employer because they can raise the experience-modification (ex-mod) factor that is used, in part, to determine workers’ comp...
Aug 17 2023 // Workplace shootings, more common than ever now, may happen in the course and scope of employment. But do they have to be work-related to make the victims eligible for workers’ compensation benefits?That’s the...
Aug 15 2023 // Cal/OSHA is advising all employers to protect workers from heat illness as high temperatures are forecast throughout the state.The National Weather Service issued excessive heat warnings for some areas through 17. Some of...