Latest Business Insurance Headlines

All the headlines from our Business Insurance Topic Page, ordered by recency.

5 Quick Questions Before I Read a Commercial Policy

Nov 28 2018 // It’s that time of year at the Academy. I’m pouring over spreadsheets and schedules. I’m emailing instructors and planning classes. Yeah. I’m trying to look ahead and work ahead, all while looking at...

Insurtech MGA Corvus Raises $10 Million to Expand Commercial Lines Business

Nov 27 2018 // Corvus Insurance has secured $10 million in new venture financing that the Boston-based insurtech managing general agency plans to use to jump into additional lines of commercial insurance.Two firms led the startup’s...

Employers Mutual Looks to Acquire Outstanding Stock of EMC Group

Nov 26 2018 // Employers Mutual Casualty Co. has proposed to purchase all the outstanding common stock of its affiliate EMC Insurance Group Inc.As the parent company, Employers Mutual Casualty currently owns approximately 55 percent of...

Healthier Workplaces Help to Reduce Group Insurance Costs: Canada’s Manulife

Nov 21 2018 // When Canadians hit the gym, they’re not the only ones who benefit. Their insurers stand to gain as well.“If we can have a healthier workplace it is going to decrease disability costs, it’s going to...

Minnesota Workplace Injury Rate Fell to an All-Time Low in 2017

Nov 20 2018 // Minnesota’s Department of Labor and Industry (DLI) in early November reported that the state’s estimated workplace injury and illness rate for 2017 is the lowest rate since the measurement started in...

Lowell Joins The Hartford to Head Small Business Innovation Lab

Nov 20 2018 // The Hartford has appointed Christopher Lowell to lead its Small Business Innovation Lab, which will design and test new products and business models to meet the needs of The Hartford’s small business...

UK’s RSA Plans to Exit Three London-Based Global Business Lines

Nov 14 2018 // RSA plans to pull out of several international business lines run out of London which it says are unlikely to produce the returns which the British insurer is seeking following a September profit warning.Closing...

Atlas General Insurance Recognized as a Top Workplace by San Diego Union Tribune

Nov 14 2018 // San Diego, CA, November 14, 2018 – Atlas General Insurance Services, LLC (‘Atlas’), a national multi-line program administrator, has for the third time been named as one of the Top Workplaces in San Diego by...

Can Commercial Auto Insurers Get to Profit Before Autonomous Vehicles Arrive?

Nov 9 2018 // Commercial auto insurance hasn’t produced an industrywide combined ratio below 105 in the United States since 2010, according to a Guy Carpenter analysis, which says the line’s poor performance is a key factor...

QBE Ventures, Zeguro Partner on ‘Cybersecurity Officer’ Small Business Platform

Nov 8 2018 // A new partnership between QBE Insurance Group and cybersecurity management company Zeguro offers small and medium-sized business customers access to a virtual ‘Cybersecurity Officer’ to protect against their...

Leavitt Group of Boise Names Kahn Commercial Risk Advisor

Nov 7 2018 // Leavitt Group of Boise in Idaho has named Jeremy Kahn a commercial risk advisor. Kahn has eight years of industry experience working with financial institutions, law firms, media and publishing, commercial development,...

AXA XL, Slice Labs Launch On-Demand Cyber Coverage for Small, Mid-Size Businesses

Nov 5 2018 // Slice Labs Inc., an on-demand insurance cloud provider, and AXA XL, a division of AXA, have launched a new cyber insurance policy specifically designed for small and midsize businesses (SMBs).Powered by Slice’s...

Judge Rules for Insurer Employer’s Mutual in Nebraska Wrongful Conviction Case

Nov 5 2018 // A Nebraska judge has ruled that an insurance provider doesn’t have to cover the legal debt of a Nebraska county that wrongfully convicted six people in a 1985 rape and murder.Lancaster County District Judge Jodi L....

Arch Insurance Europe Buys Ardonagh Group’s UK Commercial Lines Business

Nov 1 2018 // Arch Insurance Europe has purchased the UK Commercial Lines business owned by The Ardonagh Group and part of its Geo Underwriting operating segment.The acquisition will give Arch a meaningful presence and an extended...

LMC Insurance to Offer Health Insurance Pool for Mid-Size Iowa Firms

Oct 31 2018 // LMC Insurance and Risk Management (LMC Insurance) is launching a new health insurance plan underwritten by Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield for Iowa-based employers with 51-500 eligible employees.The program, referred...

Chubb Adds Small Business Coverage for Manufacturers to Marketplace Platform

Oct 31 2018 // Chubb has added Small Commercial Insurance (SCI) coverage for risks faced by small manufacturers to its digital platform – the Chubb Marketplace, which features a broad and customizable suite of products for...

Nevada-Based Employers Holdings Reports $47.6M in Earnings

Oct 26 2018 // Employers Holdings Inc. reported third-quarter earnings of $47.6 million. The Reno, Nevada-based company said it had profit of $1.43 per share. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring gains, came to 98 cents per share. The...

Employers, Employees Disconnect Over #MeToo Effect

Oct 26 2018 // Ask employers how they’re doing on sexual harassment in the workplace and most will say pretty well. Employees have a different take.Nearly 70 percent of leaders “strongly agree” that their workplace...

Families Await Justice in North Dakota Oilfield Workplace Lawsuits

Oct 25 2018 // Brenda Austin was worried when her son, Casey, told her he planned to work in North Dakota’s Bakken oilfield in early 2013.“Don’t worry. I’ll be in a safe spot,” he told her when he left their...

Workplace Shuttle Bus Overturns in Texas, Killing 1

Oct 25 2018 // A shuttle bus transporting contract workers from a Southeast Texas liquid natural gas plant overturned and rolled down a roadside embankment, killing one person and injuring 30 others. The crash happened Tuesday afternoon...