All the headlines from our Business Insurance Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 4 2019 // The Hartford announced the new operating model and organizational structure that will be effective upon the closing of its pending acquisition of specialty insurer The Navigators Group, which it expects to finalize in late...
Jan 31 2019 // Optisure Risk Partners, a national insurance and risk management firm headquartered in Manchester, N.H., has hired Jackie Roy as an account executive in the business insurance division, providing professional and...
Jan 29 2019 // Prime Property & Casualty Insurance Inc. (PPCI) has entered the Kentucky commercial auto market as an admitted carrier specializing in insurance products for distressed and substandard risks. PPCI offers the capacity...
Jan 28 2019 // Small business owners who want to use independent contractors need to be sure these workers really aren’t employees.Federal and state government agencies are on the lookout for businesses that use independent...
Jan 25 2019 // Wilkinson Insurance Services Inc., an insurance premium audit services company based in Huntsville, Ala., is expanding to Virginia with its acquisition of Commercial Insurance Services of Virginia. The acquisition is...
Jan 22 2019 // According to a recent Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) survey, Louisiana remained one of the safest states in which to work, the Louisiana Workforce Commission reported.The state’s rate of non-fatal accidents and...
Jan 21 2019 // Ask 5 Key Questions to Help Identify Cyber RiskIn an increasingly digital world, it’s important that small businesses don’t get left behind when fending off cyber threats. While a recent study by Forbes...
Jan 21 2019 // Renewal premium rates for nearly all major commercial insurance lines increased in the fourth quarter of last year with the exception of workers’ compensation where the average rate dropped and remained negative.The...
Jan 21 2019 // A recent survey released by the South Dakota Department of Labor and Regulation provides a glimpse at the employee benefits being offered to workers by the state’s employers.The Labor Market Information Center on...
Jan 18 2019 // The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is reminding employers they face a Feb. 1 deadline.That is the deadline for employers to post a copy of OSHA’s form 300A, which summarizes job-related injuries and...
Jan 18 2019 // Hiscox, a specialist in small business and cyber insurance, recently staged a “real world” hack to demonstrate what a cyber attack would look like for small businesses.The insurer collaborated with UK bike...
Jan 16 2019 // San Diego, California-based Preferred Employers Insurance, a Berkley Company, has added workers’ compensation underwriting expert, Minoo Bhatia, as a senior business development underwriter. Bhatia comes to Preferred...
Jan 16 2019 // Cyber incidents join business interruption as the top risks facing global businesses, according to a survey conducted by Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS).The impact of business interruption (which includes...
Jan 11 2019 // Injured workers in mining and construction, those in rural counties or those who suffer fractures, carpal tunnel and neurologic spine pain are among those more likely to receive prescriptions for opioids than workers in...
Jan 11 2019 // Renewal premium rates for nearly all major commercial insurance lines increased in the fourth quarter of last year with the exception of workers’ compensation where the average rate dropped and remained negative.The...
Jan 7 2019 // Sacramento, Calif.-based Warren G. Bender Co. has named Kaz Amano an account executive in its commercial lines department. He has more than 12 years of prior experience in commercial insurance. He was previously an account...
Jan 7 2019 // A poll of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and micro businesses in the UK shows over half are confused by or even unaware of the rules around the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), while more...
Jan 3 2019 // Arch Insurance Europe has completed the acquisition of the UK commercial lines business owned by The Ardonagh Group and part of its Geo Underwriting operating segment.The acquired business, which generated more than £150...
Dec 28 2018 // For the seventh consecutive year, commercial auto is losing money. Despite rate increases in 23 of the last 25 quarters, the combined ratio topped 111 percent in 2017. The line has been a weak spot for many insurers,...
Dec 20 2018 // The number of workplace deaths in Wyoming last year fell to the state’s lowest level since 2009.The Casper Star-Tribune reported the state Research and Planning Department released a report Tuesday showing that 20...