All the headlines from our Business Insurance Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 22 2018 // Workers’ compensation insurer, Missouri Employers Mutual has awarded the company’s fourth round of safety grants to Missouri businesses this month to help them take the next step toward improving workplace...
May 21 2018 // A divided U.S. Supreme Court ruled that employers can force workers to use individual arbitration instead of class-action lawsuits to press legal claims. The decision potentially limits the rights of tens of millions of...
May 21 2018 // Despite the recent spotlight on workplace sexual harassment issues, few employers have taken action to prevent and/or address sexual harassment concerns in the workplace, according to a survey of employees by the American...
May 21 2018 // New Jersey plastics manufacturer Douglas Stephen Plastics Inc. has been cited for exposing employees to safety and health hazards at its Paterson, N.J., facility. It faces penalties of $435,679.The U.S. Department of...
May 18 2018 // After a tumultuous 2017, the U.S. commercial lines market should eke out a small underwriting profit in 2018 assuming catastrophe losses return to more historical norms, Fitch Ratings said in a new report.Still, Fitch is...
May 18 2018 // Following four-and-a-half years of price decreases, global commercial insurance prices rose, on average, for the second consecutive quarter. This was largely driven by property insurance pricing, which continued to be...
May 17 2018 // Though adopted early by personal lines insurers, telematics technology is just coming into its own in the commercial auto space.According to Zach Schmiesing, director, Commercial Lines, IoT/Telematics at Verisk Analytics,...
May 15 2018 // The Texas Department of Insurance has issued a special data call to companies writing direct commercial property or businessowners insurance in Texas catastrophe areas during calendar year 2017.The data call is necessary...
May 11 2018 // The NFL’s cheerleader problems are back.The New York Times reported Wednesday that cheerleaders for the Washington franchise were made to pose topless for season ticket holders in Costa Rica in 2013. Earlier this...
May 11 2018 // The U.S. workplace is getting safer but the cost of the most serious workplace injuries is rising, according to the findings of the most recent Liberty Mutual Workplace Safety Index.The number of the most serious workplace...
May 7 2018 // A roofing company in West Virginia has been assessed $57,600 in proposed fines for workplace safety violations. The Charleston Gazette-Mail reports the Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited Master Roofers and...
May 7 2018 // Last month, major commercial lines insurance renewal premiums continued their upward trend except for workers’ compensation, which remains in negative territory for the year, according to the latest IVANS Index.Month...
May 7 2018 // Small businesses in the United States struggled with uninsured damages and lost revenue following a record-breaking year of hurricanes and wildfires in 2017, according to a Federal Reserve survey published in April.The...
May 3 2018 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company, which provides workers’ compensation coverage to more than 70,000 business owners and 1.4 million employees, announced it will distribute $280 million in dividends in 2018.Nearly 75...
May 2 2018 // Amazon, Lowe’s and Tesla are among the firms on a list of employers with unsafe workplaces published by a federation of labor, health and safety groups.The National Council for Occupational Safety and Health...
Apr 27 2018 // New Jersey plastics manufacturer Douglas Stephen Plastics Inc. has been cited for exposing employees to safety and health hazards at its Paterson, N.J., facility and faces penalties of $435,679.The U.S. Department of...
Apr 26 2018 // Workers’ compensation insurer, Missouri Employers Mutual Insurance (MEM), says it experienced an all-time high in injury-free policyholders last year.MEM’s 2017 workplace safety data show the company increased...
Apr 24 2018 // Federal safety regulators have cited a Bellevue, Ohio-based plastics company for multiple safety violations after an inspection found employees exposed to fall, machine, and electrical hazards.The U.S. Department of...
Apr 20 2018 // Program administrator Business Risk Partners (BRP) has released an expanded professional liability form for insurance agents and brokers through Aspen American Insurance Co., part of Aspen Insurance Holdings Limited.The...
Apr 19 2018 // The New York City Council has passed 11 bills designed to strengthen workplace sexual harassment protections.According to The Wall Street Journal, Democratic Council Speaker Corey Johnson says the legislation is designed...