All the headlines from our Business Insurance Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Dec 21 2017 // Though employers and workers’ compensation insurers have been utilizing telemedicine for quite some time, there’s been a recent uptick in interest surrounding virtual physical therapy, also known as...
Dec 19 2017 // Deerfield, Illinois-based employee benefits, property/casualty, risk management and wealth management firm, Alera Group, has acquired Hallberg Commercial Insurers Inc. in Oakbrook, Illinois.Hallberg Commercial provides...
Dec 19 2017 // British employers plan to hire more workers and raise pay more quickly in 2018, but they also fear that Brexit will make the country a less attractive place to do business, a survey showed on Tuesday.Fifty-one percent of...
Dec 19 2017 // Chubb has named Matt Booker, as senior vice president, Major Accounts Property, in the United States. In this capacity, he will have responsibility for underwriting, strategy, production, product development, management,...
Dec 18 2017 // Workers’ compensation insurer, Missouri Employers Mutual (MEM), has announced a third round of safety grant recipients after awarding safety grants to 37 Missouri businesses previously. Safety grants help Missouri...
Dec 18 2017 // CVS Corp.’s proposed purchase of Aetna Inc. will affect decision-making by a majority of large and mid-size U.S. corporations on employee health benefits, a survey by benefits consultant Aon Plc found.CVS, the...
Dec 18 2017 // Overall customer satisfaction with large commercial insurers increased in 2017, driven primarily by insurers’ focus on more tailored and diversified products for their customers. That’s according to the J.D....
Dec 15 2017 // A U.S. labor board on Thursday overturned an Obama-era ruling that had made it easier for unions and workers to hold companies accountable for practices of contractors and franchisees, a decision welcomed by business...
Dec 14 2017 // San Diego, CA, December 14, 2017 – Arrowhead General Insurance Agency, Inc. (Arrowhead) has announced the addition of Alan Nelson as West region leader of Arrowhead Core Commercial. Al comes to Arrowhead with over 30...
Dec 12 2017 // Sexual misconduct happens at work not because companies don’t publish anti-harassment policies, experts say, but because managers don’t enforce them – and because people fail to apply them to themselves.While...
Dec 11 2017 // Commercial insurance prices in the U.S. were again nearly flat during the third quarter of 2017. Price changes reported by carriers averaged less than one percent for the ninth consecutive quarter, following a moderating...
Dec 7 2017 // Indiana state regulators have fined farm supply chain Rural King $14,000 for alleged safety violations at a southern Indiana warehouse.The Indiana Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued a Nov. 30 order that...
Dec 7 2017 // Overall customer satisfaction with large commercial insurers has increased in 2017, driven primarily by insurers’ focus on more tailored and diversified products for their customers. That’s according to the...
Dec 4 2017 // USI Insurance Services announced the closing on its acquisition of Wells Fargo Insurance Services USA (WFIS), formerly part of Wells Fargo & Co.This purchase includes the commercial insurance brokerage and consulting,...
Dec 4 2017 // Average global insurance rates decreased for the 18th consecutive quarter, although the rate of decline slowed in the third quarter of 2017 (down 1.6 percent) as compared to the prior quarter (down 2.2 percent), according...
Dec 4 2017 // Nearly a quarter (23 percent) of America’s small business owners believe workers’ compensation carriers could improve their customer service if they offered more online or self-service tools. Better...
Nov 30 2017 // Towne Insurance, an independent insurance agency headquartered in Hampton Roads in Virginia, has hired Christopher Rogerson as vice president and manager of its Select Business Unit.He will be responsible for further...
Nov 22 2017 // Average global insurance rates decreased for the 18th consecutive quarter, although the rate of decline slowed in the third quarter (down 1.6 percent) as compared to the prior quarter (down 2.2 percent), according to...
Nov 22 2017 // Nearly a quarter (23 percent) of America’s small business owners believe workers’ compensation carriers could improve their customer service if they offered more online or self-service tools. Better...
Nov 20 2017 // Commercial insurance buyers should brace for rate increases for 2018 as the industry continues to tally losses following one of the most financially disruptive hurricane seasons in history, according to global insurance...