All the headlines from our Business Insurance Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 2 2021 // Oregon OSHA is proposing a permanent rule that largely maintains risk-reducing measures required by the current temporary emergency rule to help protect workers against COVID-19.It would replace the temporary rule, which...
Feb 1 2021 // Nearly 21,000 Louisiana businesses received more than $262 million in grants to help them weather the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, under a program managed by state Treasurer John Schroder and financed by lawmakers...
Feb 1 2021 // Global insurance broker Hub International reported that Michael Chapman has been named national director of Commercial Markets. Chapman will also retain his current role as president of the Hub South region.As Hub’s...
Feb 1 2021 // A Bath Iron Works shipbuilder is recovering after being “critically injured” in a workplace accident in Bath, Maine, according to the Machinists Union Local S6.Neither the company nor the union would provide...
Feb 1 2021 // President Joe Biden’s administration released new workplace guidelines Friday that signaled a more proactive approach to protecting workers from the coronavirus.The new guidance from the U.S. Occupational Safety and...
Jan 29 2021 // Coalition has appointed five new production underwriters to help grow and serve the company’s middle market relationships.New Coalition production underwriting team members include: Andrew Cross, based in San...
Jan 28 2021 // The insurer that targets members of the military and veterans, USAA, is going to start writing its own small business insurance policies for the first time.The company will initially offer the coverage in five states –...
Jan 27 2021 // There was no escaping the coronavirus in 2020 and the pandemic will dominate the risk landscape again in 2021, according to global leaders in business, risk management and insurance.A trio of Covid-19 related risks —...
Jan 25 2021 // United Airlines may make the COVID-19 vaccine mandatory for employees, and other companies should do the same, United Chief Executive Officer Scott Kirby told workers at a meeting on Thursday, according to a transcript...
Jan 25 2021 // This post is part of a series sponsored by Hanover Insurance Group Inc.Tens of thousands of small businesses have changed the way they do business, interacting with customers digitally and adjusting their offerings to...
Jan 25 2021 // Insurance industry leaders have renewed their focus on recruiting, hiring and promoting not just to fill a crucial talent gap with quality candidates, but also to intentionally diversify their workforce.The civil unrest...
Jan 22 2021 // Hallmark Financial Services, a specialty property/casualty company, announced Thursday that it is exploring the separation of its specialty commercial business to unlock its value and improve access to capital.Currently...
Jan 22 2021 // The Biden Administration has instructed federal workplace safety officials to do more to help halt the spread of the coronavirus on the job.On his first full day on office, President Joseph Biden signed an executive order...
Jan 22 2021 // A landscaper fell from a tree and a roofer fell from a building in two separate fatal workplace accidents Monday on Long Island. Suffolk County Police said 51-year-old Vicente Oliver of Levittown was trimming a tree at a...
Jan 19 2021 // Applied Underwriters has named John Black, Sr., CPCU, to lead its expansion into middle market surplus lines.As executive vice president of the newly-expanded Applied Specialty Underwriters, Black, who has 35 years of...
Jan 15 2021 // Global insurance broker Hub International Limited has acquired the assets of Commercial Insurance Brokers Inc., based in El Paso, Texas.Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Commercial Insurance Brokers is a locally...
Jan 14 2021 // Madison, Wisconsin-based American Family Insurance is acquiring insurtech company Bold Penguin that serves small businesses.The Bold Penguin digital exchange is used by insurance agents, brokers and other distributors to...
Jan 11 2021 // The Small Business Administration launches on Monday more Paycheck Protection Program loans to help small businesses weather the coronavirus pandemic. Congress last month approved $284 billion in new funds for the...
Jan 11 2021 // An annual report made public by the Montana Department of Labor and Industry has shown that 2019 was slightly more deadly than the previous year in workplaces, with farming the most dangerous industry.The Census of Fatal...
Jan 7 2021 // The coronavirus pandemic contributed to a spike in workplace lawsuits in 2020 and the number is only expected to grow in 2021, according to legal experts.At the same time, the incoming Biden Administration is expected to...