All the headlines from our Business Insurance Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jan 9 2006 // Insurance buyers see increasing value from reducing their total cost of risk across multiple lines of commercial insurance, according to a new survey commissioned by Wausau Insurance of 200 financial executives.Eighty-one...
Jan 6 2006 // Jimcor Agencies iannounced that Renee M. Azelby has joined the staff in Marlton, N.J. Azelby comes to Jimcor with 15 years of experience in the industry, most recently working as a professional liability underwriting...
Jan 5 2006 // A survey, commissioned by the General Insurance Market Association (GIMRA), which queried 500 small and medium-sized businesses (SME’s), has determined that they continue to have confidence in traditional insurance...
Jan 2 2006 // A Southern California man was found guilty of federal fraud charges for bilking the customers of Employers Mutual LLC, which purported to provide healthcare coverage to more than 20,000 people nationwide, but left more...
Dec 28 2005 // Vermont Gov. James Douglas and the Vermont Department of Labor annually recognize employers that have made outstanding achievements in workplace safety and health.The first annual Governor’s Workplace Safety Award...
Dec 22 2005 // Henry Pippins has been named vice president, Commercial Lines for the Main Street America Group in Jacksonville, Fla. Pippins will report to Bob Restrepo, senior vice president of Insurance Operations and be based at the...
Dec 21 2005 // An Indiana state lawmaker is drafting a bill he calls “the corporate manslaughter act” which, if passed, would send employers to jail if they ignore on-the-job safety violations that lead to a serious injury or...
Dec 19 2005 // Costs Lower When Employers Choose, Says Study that Included Mass., Pa. SystemsThe choice of medical care providers to treat injured workers by either workers or their employer not only impacts medical costs but also a...
Dec 15 2005 // CNA has introduced a new product, CNA Connect, for small business customers that will combine the company’s former business owners policy and commercial package policies into one broad flexible product.CNA Connect...
Dec 12 2005 // The Progressive Group of Insurance Companies is now offering commercial auto insurance to New Jersey business owners. This follows the Oct. 3, 2005 announcement that the Drive Insurance from Progressive and Progressive...
Dec 9 2005 // Citing an improved economy, the Texas Workforce Commission (TWC) said most Texas employers will see a decrease in their employer tax rate for calendar year 2006 compared to last year. Texas Unemployment Insurance (UI)...
Dec 7 2005 // As it spins off as a private insurance program, West Virginia’s workers’ compensation program will show little patience with employers that fail to pay their premiums, its executive director said Monday.As of...
Dec 6 2005 // The Oklahoma State Chamber and Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Oklahoma reported they are making available Oklahoma Chamber Blue, a health insurance plan designed to make health coverage more affordable and accessible for...
Dec 6 2005 // A series of town hall workshops will be held this month in Orlando, Tampa and Ft. Myers, Fla. to give employers and employees updated information on the state’s workers’ compensation system and to answer...
Dec 5 2005 // According to conventional wisdom, 2004 was the first year in the past 16 where insurers finally broke through and made an underwriting profit on commercial lines auto. The breakthrough came after a year, 2003, which saw...
Dec 5 2005 // American small-business owners understand all too well that politics is a challenging and often demanding sport. Nevertheless, they exhibited the optimism so prevalent in entrepreneurs, agreeing overwhelmingly that if good...
Dec 5 2005 // Proposed changes in the regulation of disability income insurance in California could significantly increase the cost of coverage and discourage some injured employees from returning to work, according to a study released...
Dec 4 2005 // According to conventional wisdom, 2004 was the first year in the past 16 where insurers finally broke through and made an underwriting profit on commercial lines auto. The breakthrough came after a year, 2003, which saw...
Dec 1 2005 // Taxes replaced the cost of insurance as the most frequently cited single most important problem faced by small business, according to the latest Ohio Small-Business Conditions report.The data, which was released by the...
Nov 21 2005 // American small-business owners understand all too well that politics is a challenging and often demanding sport. Nevertheless, they exhibited the optimism so prevalent in entrepreneurs, agreeing overwhelmingly that if good...