Latest Business Insurance Headlines

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Why Workplace Sexual Harassment Is Under-Reported: SHRM Survey

Feb 5 2018 // Sexual harassment in the workplace is under-reported by employees partly because some employees are unaware that their employers have anti-harassment policies or that there are ways to report without bringing harm to...

Indiana’s ONI Risk Partners Adds Loveless as Commercial Risk Adviser

Feb 5 2018 // Independent insurance broker ONI Risk Partners (ONI) has hired Mike Loveless as a commercial risk adviser in ONI’s Fort Wayne, Indiana, office.ONI is a full-service insurance agency delivering commercial, employee...

Share Your Story: Sexual Harassment and the Insurance Workplace

Feb 5 2018 // From Hollywood to the corporate world, sexual harassment — the making of unwanted sexual advances or obscene remarks — is drawing greater public scrutiny than ever before.Victims (mostly women) and their supporters...

Still an Uphill Climb for Commercial Auto Market

Feb 5 2018 // The difficult job of moving commercial auto insurance to a profitable place has not gotten any easier.More vehicles on the road thanks to a rebounding economy, more miles driven, distracted drivers and...

Business Risk Partners Expands Into Financial Services Sector

Jan 30 2018 // Business Risk Partners (BRP) has expanded into the financial services sector with the addition of two specialty insurance coverages: miscellaneous professional liability insurance for a broad range of lenders, advisors and...

Share Your Story: Sexual Harassment and the Workplace

Jan 29 2018 // From Hollywood to the corporate world, sexual harassment — the making of unwanted sexual advances or obscene remarks — is drawing greater public scrutiny than ever before.Victims (mostly women) and their supporters...

Regulators Cite 4 Employers in Deadly 2017 Explosion in Colorado

Jan 29 2018 // Federal regulators have cited four employers, including the largest oil and gas producer in Colorado, for exposing employees to health and safety hazards in connection with a May 2017 explosion that killed one employee and...

Seeman Holtz Acquires Arizona-based Xponent Employer Solutions

Jan 29 2018 // Seeman Holtz Property & Casualty Inc. has acquired Xponent Employer Solutions in Scottsdale, Ariz. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Xponent helps clients reduce the costs associated with payroll, employee...

Hartford Steam Boiler Launches HSB Cyber Suite for Mid-Sized Businesses

Jan 26 2018 // Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company (HSB), part of Munich Re, has introduced HSB Cyber Suite, a comprehensive cyber insurance coverage designed for small to mid-sized businesses and other...

Workplace Wellness Programs Are an Exercise in Futility, Latest Research Finds

Jan 26 2018 // Workplace wellness programs have two main goals: improve employees’ health and lower their employers’ health-care costs. They’re not very good at either, new research finds.For the study, 3,300 employees...

CNA Makes 3 Commercial Insurance Appointments

Jan 26 2018 // CNA announced three leadership appointments within the company’s Commercial Insurance organization. Michael Kirchgessner has been appointed to senior vice president, Underwriting for Large/Complex Casualty business....

RSA Taps Swiss Re’s Buckle to Lead Global Risk Solutions; Gibbs Promoted to Head Commercial Risk Solutions

Jan 25 2018 // RSA’s UK & International business has appointed Tony Buckle and Rob Gibbs as managing directors of Global Risk Solutions (GRS) and Commercial Risk Solutions (CRS), respectively.Tony Buckle will join RSA on Feb....

Beazley Adds Post-Breach Services to Cyber Coverage for Small, Mid-Sized Policyholders

Jan 24 2018 // Beazley has further enhanced its Beazley Breach Response (BBR) coverage for small and mid-sized policyholders in the U.S. In conjunction with Lodestone Security, a specialist advisory firm and wholly owned subsidiary of...

Rates for Commercial Lines Up Slightly in Q4: IVANS

Jan 22 2018 // The IVANS Index of premium rate renewals for the fourth quarter showed a slight rise in the average rate change across commercial auto, business owners, general liability, and commercial property compared to Q3, but a drop...

For First Time in 7 Years, Outlook Improves for Commercial Lines: A.M. Best

Jan 22 2018 // Analysts at A.M. Best have been sufficiently impressed by commercial lines insurers’ pricing, underwriting and resilience in recent years to boost their outlook on this segment of the U.S. property/casualty industry...

New York State Employers Must Comply With New Paid Family Leave Law

Jan 22 2018 // By Bennett PineNew York Governor Andrew Cuomo has signed into law a phased-in system of paid family leave that became effective on Jan. 1, 2018, for New York employers. On the state level, New York becomes the fifth state...

Commercial Automobile Remains Sore Spot in P/C: A.M. Best

Jan 19 2018 // The performance of the commercial automobile segment continued to deteriorate through third quarter 2017, according to a new A.M. Best report.Commercial auto has been a sore spot in the property/casualty for several years....

How the U.S. Can Improve Workplace Injury and Illness Data

Jan 18 2018 // Federal agency officials involved in reducing work-related injuries and illnesses believe there is still a lot to learn about the relationship between work and injuries. According to the experts, the government needs...

Commercial lines deregulation is having a moment

Jan 16 2018 // Insurance long has had a reputation as one of the most conservative industries and that reputation is, in many ways, an earned one.Certainly in comparison to their financial services cousins in banking and securities,...

Most Commercial Insurance Rates Were Up Slightly in Q4: IVANS Index

Jan 11 2018 // The IVANS Index of premium rate renewals for the fourth quarter showed a slight rise in the average rate change across commercial auto, business owners, general liability, and commercial property compared to Q3, but a drop...