All the headlines from our Business Insurance Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 4 2003 // The National Association of Professional Insurance Agents (PIA National) is joining with Zurich North America Small Business to honor an outstanding customer service representative (CSR) who works for a member of the...
Jan 27 2003 // Washington’s job sites were safer in 2001, continuing a trend that began nearly a decade ago, according to survey results released by the Department of Labor and Industries.The survey showed that 7.6 out of every 100...
Jan 27 2003 // Fitch Ratings reports that the commercial line and reinsurance sectors of the domestic property and casualty industry faces greater uncertainty than personal lines, according to a new report published by the ratings...
Jan 22 2003 // As part of its strategy to provide independent agents with easy access to high-quality products and services through the internet, Zurich North America Small Business announced the formation of a cross-selling alliance...
Jan 22 2003 // The Hartford Financial Services Group announced that it’s now offering a program called “Complex Claim Advice,” to employers who self-insure their short-term disability plans and face “a growing...
Jan 16 2003 // Connective Technologies Inc. announced that they had entered into a contract with Hawaii Employers Mutual Insurance Company (HEMIC) to provide real-time upload from the AMS family of agency management systems. The TEAM-UP...
Jan 15 2003 // Bermuda-based PartnerRe Ltd. announced that Mr. Jean-Marie Nessi has been appointed Head of the Property & Casualty business unit for PartnerRe Global. He will report to Bruno Meyenhofer, CEO of PartnerRe Global.Nessi...
Jan 10 2003 // Zurich North America Small Business has announced system enhancements that give its agents and brokers online access to important customer account management documents.By logging onto eZSB, the Zurich Small Business...
Jan 9 2003 // Wisconsin’s Office of the Commissioner of Insurance (OCI) announced the launch of a new Web page for small employers, designed “to help Wisconsinites with small businesses search for insurance.”“The...
Jan 7 2003 // Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company announced the national rollout iCustomer Series(TM) initiative to the hotel, restaurant, real estate, retail, wholesale and manufacturing segments. The iCustomer Series program is a...
Jan 7 2003 // Forgoing the use of independent agents, Employers Direct Insurance Company (EDIC), a new specialty California workers’ compensation insurance carrier with $50 million in capital, has been licensed by the California...
Dec 16 2002 // S&P’s Ratings affirmed its ‘BBBpi’ counterparty credit and financial strength ratings on Employers Mutual Casualty Co. and related pool members (collectively referred to as EMC) based on the...
Dec 16 2002 // Fitch Ratings downgraded the long-term issuer and senior debt rating of GE Global Insurance Holding Corporation (GE Global) to “A’ from “A+.” Fitch also downgraded the insurer financial strength...
Dec 16 2002 // S&P’s Ratings affirmed its ‘BBBpi’ counterparty credit and financial strength ratings on Employers Mutual Casualty Co. and related pool members (collectively referred to as EMC) based on the...
Dec 9 2002 // Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Carroll Fisher warned employers in his state that they might have non-existent workers’ compensation policies, after learning that a series of unauthorized certificates were issued in...
Dec 5 2002 // U.S. commercial-lines insurers are still plagued by inadequate reserves, according to Standard & Poor’s just-published outlook for 2003, and bullish pricing cannot simply sweep the problem away.Standard &...
Dec 3 2002 // Commercial P&C insurance software provider, INSTEC, announces that Builders Insurance Group (BIG) of Georgia has implemented INSTEC’s Commercial Package Policy software for their General Liability line of...
Dec 2 2002 // Nuts & Bolts: JLD Insurance Brokerage is offering a program for commercial auto and general liability.Dollars: Policy limits of $1,000,000 to $2,000,000. Carrier: Admitted market.States Available: California.Contact:...
Nov 25 2002 // Top commercial insurance brokers, noting insurers have been buffeted by terrorist attacks, stock market woes and increasing environmental hazard claims, have cast their eyes ahead to the coming year and voiced concern that...
Nov 20 2002 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that it has affirmed its ‘BBBpi’ (the ‘pi’ indicates the ratings are based on “public information”) counterparty credit and...