All the headlines from our Business Insurance Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 9 2002 // The article which appeared Friday concerning Standard & Poor’s decision to lower its ratings on Swiss Re from ‘AAA’ to ‘AA+’ incorrectly identified Employers Re (ERC) as one of the three...
Oct 3 2002 // America’s 6 million employers largely determine the number of insured – and uninsured – Americans, and new research by the Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) examines how and why employers make...
Oct 1 2002 // Travelers Property Casualty is now providing its independent agents with online, real-time information on the opening and closing of small business and personal claims.Electronic Claim Notification, or ECN, allows agents...
Oct 1 2002 // Standard & Poor’s has placed its double-‘A’-plus counterparty credit and financial strength ratings on Employers Reinsurance Corp. and its wholly owned subsidiaries (collectively referred to as ERC)...
Sep 30 2002 // A report from Missouri State Auditor Claire McCaskill has found that a “vast majority of injuries” are reported late or not at all.The audit evaluated the management of the state’s workers’...
Sep 27 2002 // The Colorado Division of Insurance has published the 2002 Workers’ Compensation and Employers Liability Insurance guide, a survey of workers’ compensation and employers liability insurance loss cost multipliers...
Sep 13 2002 // A fourth safety workshop conducted by the insurance industry and the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) will be offered to small business owners in Erie, Pa. Wednesday, Sept. 25.The session,...
Aug 19 2002 // Nuts & Bolts: Bridgefield Casualty Insurance Company of Baton Rouge, La., is offering a Commercial Package Policy (CPP) to employers in Mississippi and Alabama. Bridgefield Casualty is a subsidiary of Summit Holdings...
Aug 12 2002 // Workers’ compensation costs for some Colorado employers may decrease on average about 10.2 percent later this year.Insurance Commissioner William J. Kirven III announced that the National Council on Compensation...
Jul 30 2002 // Bridgefield Casualty Insurance Company, a subsidiary of Summit Holding Southeast, Inc., is now offering a Commercial Package Policy (CPP) to employers in Mississippi and Alabama. The Commercial Package Policy (CPP) offers...
Jul 25 2002 // The Hartford Financial Services Group unveiled its new Web site sb.thehartford.com to help entrepreneurs educate themselves about insurance before they buy. The content-rich, interactive Small Business Insurance Center...
Jul 17 2002 // Insurance Services Office, Inc. (ISO) has expanded ISO IntegRater™ to deliver commercial-auto advisory loss costs and rating factors so insurers can directly incorporate the information into their rating and...
Jul 4 2002 // Employers Insurance Company of Nevada (EICN) has acquired California-based Fremont Compensation Insurance Group’s book of business, effective July 1.Fremont Comp is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Fremont General...
Jul 3 2002 // The National Association of Independent Insurers (NAII), in conjunction with insurers and OSHA, is hosting a series of workshops in Wisconsin focusing on workplace safety for small businesses.Safety at Work I: Risk...
Jul 1 2002 // Minnesota-based RTW Inc., a provider of workers’ compensation management systems, will launch a new business unit on July 15, to provide its proven core product-case and claims management services-to self-insured...
Jun 28 2002 // Arrowhead General Insurance Agency of Texas Inc. has a new commercial automobile program for Texas agents. Target classes include artisan contractors, wholesale/manufacturing/industrial, heavy construction, local and...
Jun 25 2002 // Royal & SunAlliance USA of Charlotte, N.C. has promoted Vince Pugliese to president and chief operating officer of its commercial insurance division. Prior to his promotion, Pugliese served as executive vice president...
Jun 24 2002 // Standard & Poor’s lowered its counterparty credit and financial strength ratings on Employers Reinsurance Corp. and its wholly owned subsidiaries (collectively, ERC) to “AA+” from “AAA”...
Jun 24 2002 // Standard & Poor’s lowered its counterparty credit and financial strength ratings on Employers Reinsurance Corp. and its wholly owned subsidiaries (collectively, ERC) to “AA+” from “AAA”...
Jun 21 2002 // Hardy Good, chairman and CEO of MiniCo Inc., was recently honored as Employer of the Year by the Insurance Women of Phoenix, Inc. (IWOP), an affiliate of the National Association of Insurance Women, Intl. (NAIW). Good...