All the headlines from our Business Insurance Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 15 2022 // Independent agents once again show they continue to command the commercial insurance market.The independent agency channel placed 62% of all property/casualty insurance written in the U.S., according to the recently...
Aug 15 2022 // The supply chain crisis has seared itself into popular imagination through empty shelves where toilet paper once stood and a desperate shortage of baby formula. But the ripple effects that emanate from globally disrupted...
Aug 12 2022 // The New York State Insurance Fund reported that it returned more than $550 million over the past year to businesses through its workers’ compensation safety discounts and dividends programs.The state agency provides...
Aug 10 2022 // An employee fired for unsolicitedly sleepwalking into a colleague’s hotel room during an out-of-town conference has no disability discrimination claim, a three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals...
Aug 3 2022 // New state rules require access to water, shade and breaks on hot days, but workers say they’re still laboring in unsafe conditions.Skyler Fischer is forklift driver at a Fred Meyer distribution center in the town of...
Aug 3 2022 // Beazley strengthens its North American Commercial Property offeringBeazley said it restructured its large commercial property division along with its Canadian and E&S property teams to create a single North American...
Aug 2 2022 // Maryland’s wage and hour law may extend beyond the time an employee spends at a prescribed workspace to include time spent getting to the work site using transportation required by the employer, Maryland’s...
Aug 1 2022 // Global commercial insurance prices increased 9% in the second quarter of 2022 (down from an 11% increase in Q1), continuing a trend of moderating rate increases that began in Q1 2021, according to the Global Insurance...
Aug 1 2022 // Directors and officers insurance has been pricey and tough to obtain for cannabis companies since the industry started requiring coverage.D&O is difficult in most business sectors (For more on that check out:...
Aug 1 2022 // Premium renewal rate changes for all major commercial lines of business increased year over year with the exception of the workers’ compensation line, which remained negative, according to the Ivans Index second...
Aug 1 2022 // Some 93% of small business owners are worried that the United States will enter a recession in the next six months, a recent survey released by Goldman Sachs showed, with a majority of firms saying the country was headed...
Jul 29 2022 // AXA XL promotes Chris Lee to Head of E&S property; Mathew Waters to Lead Middle MarketAXA XL has promoted Christopher Lee to lead its excess & surplus property insurance business. Based in New York, he reports to...
Jul 25 2022 // A majority of independent insurance agents (53%) are expecting a significant increase in online commercial insurance buyers over the next three years, according to a survey from Semsee, a platform for small-commercial...
Jul 25 2022 // HSB (UK and Ireland) announced the formation of a new Commercial Division, creating closer alignment between its business development, underwriting and claims teams.The division, headed by Terry Dyson, who has been...
Jul 22 2022 // Premium renewal rate changes for all major commercial lines of business increased year over year with the exception of the workers’ compensation line, which remained negative, according to the Ivans Index second...
Jul 21 2022 // Zurich Resilience Solutions Combats Toxic Work CultureZurich Resilience Solutions (ZRS) in North America is now offering customers a platform that can help them combat toxic work cultures and improve employee retention....
Jul 14 2022 // CFC, a specialist insurance provider and market leader in cyber, warned brokers and their clients today of an emerging method of ransomware attack – dubbed ‘BazarCall’ – which is targeting small...
Jul 13 2022 // Some 93% of small business owners are worried that the United States will enter a recession in the next six months, a survey released by Goldman Sachs showed on Wednesday, with a majority of firms saying the country was...
Jun 30 2022 // Insurance business services firm ReSource Pro reports it has completed its acquisition of towerIQ, a property/casualty insurance focused technology platform designed to streamline workflows and capture market data.ReSource...
Jun 28 2022 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Willis Towers Watson (WTW) and Hiscox.A summary of these new hires follows here. WTW’s Hires EY’s Mayers for Commercial Lines Pricing,...