All the headlines from our Business Insurance Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 24 2005 // The South Carolina Second Injury Fund for workers’ compensation has approved a record-breaking 98 percent annual increase in the Fund’s 2005 assessment charged to employers, another indication that repeal of...
Aug 23 2005 // New results released this week by Salary.com in its Small Business Basic Medical Coverage Survey show that nearly 90 percent of small businesses are paying more to provide basic medical insurance to their employees in 2005...
Aug 18 2005 // The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America is disappointed that the state Supreme Court in David C. Grammatica v. Arizona Industrial Commission has invalidated what PCI believed was a valuable law designed to...
Aug 18 2005 // The long working hours culture drives up the risk of workplace injury and illness, reveals a study by occupational medicine researchers, who also conclude that the risk has nothing to do with how hazardous the job is.After...
Aug 18 2005 // West Virginia’s Workers’ Compensation Commission recently filed injunctions against two state employers whose accounts with the Commission are reportedly in default.Injunctions were filed in Kanawha County...
Aug 16 2005 // Oklahoma public sector workplace accident rates are the lowest in state history, according to Commissioner of Labor Brenda Reneau. Gov. Brad Henry, reacting to the news, said the data demonstrates “the...
Aug 16 2005 // Research and Markets(http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c22564) has announced the addition of Competitor Profiles of the Top UK Commercial General Insurers to their offeringThis report will profile in depth the top...
Aug 11 2005 // The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America is disappointed that the state Supreme Court has invalided what PCI believed was a valuable law designed to help provide drug and alcohol-free working environments in...
Aug 1 2005 // Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Kim Holland expects workers’ compensation insurance costs for policyholders with licensed insurance companies to decrease because of benefit changes produced by a special session bill...
Jul 29 2005 // Investigators from Florida’s Department of Financial Services Division of Workers’ Compensation announced the results of a recent two-day sweep of construction sites in the state.Officials said 848 site visits...
Jul 28 2005 // Three well-known South Florida commercial property insurance placement experts will provide insight into how to write this insurance in Miami-Dade County, Fla. and how to avoid becoming confused with county rules and...
Jul 25 2005 // In an effort to help small business owners get the latest information on health insurance options, the Texas Department of Insurance is sponsoring health insurance fairs in seven cities across the state.Health insurance...
Jul 22 2005 // The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America announced that Missouri Employers Mutual Insurance (MEM), based in Columbia, Mo., has joined a growing number of leading carriers that are participating in the...
Jul 18 2005 // OneBeacon Insurance Group, a wholly owned subsidiary of White Mountains Insurance Group Ltd., announced that Mike Miller, its current chief operating officer, has been appointed president and chief executive officer....
Jul 18 2005 // Beginning July 18, Ohio employers will be allowed to split their premium into two payments for the Jan. 1 to June 30, 2005, payroll period. If an employer chooses the online 50/50 plan, the Bureau of Workers’...
Jul 14 2005 // Countrywide Insurance Group has announced that Brett Borisoff has joined the organization as president of Countrywide Insurance Services Inc.’s commercial insurance division. Borisoff will run the commercial division...
Jul 12 2005 // The insurance industry has come out on top but unfortunately it’s in a survey of about 10,000 respondents that looked at wasting time in the workplace.Data was gathered by America Online and Salary.com, where workers...
Jul 12 2005 // As part of its commitment to fight workers’ compensation insurance fraud, California’s State Fund will host a free fraud prevention seminar for employers at its Riverside District Office. The seminar will take...
Jul 5 2005 // The Association of British Insurers (ABI) applauded the announcement that the U.K.’s Civil Justice Council has reached an agreement “on the level of success fees in employers’ liability disease...
Jul 4 2005 // Many U.S. small business owners face a major gap in their insurance coverage or do not fully understand coverage they have, a new national survey conducted by Trusted Choice finds.Trusted Choice agencies are insurance and...