All the headlines from our Business Insurance Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 14 2016 // Argentina is preparing a new workplace injury law as it seeks to reduce costs for companies, some of which spend as much as 20 percent of their labor budget on insurance, said Cabinet Secretary Mario Quintana.The bill will...
Sep 12 2016 // American International Group Inc. would weigh acquisitions to bolster high-priority businesses, even as Chief Executive Officer Peter Hancock exits other units, the head of the company’s commercial insurance...
Sep 12 2016 // The state Bureau of Workers’ Compensation has awarded two Ohio universities with money to research occupational health and safety.The grants support research in how injuries can prevented in the workplace and ways to...
Sep 7 2016 // More than 3.5 million workplace injuries and illnesses occur each year in the United States, costing an estimated $250 billion annually.A new study from The University of Texas at Dallas examined how financing constraints...
Sep 6 2016 // Thousands of nurses at five Minnesota hospitals on Sept. 5 began an open-ended strike in a dispute over health insurance, workplace safety and staffing.Clad in red T-shirts, members of the Minnesota Nurses Association,...
Sep 6 2016 // In most incidents involving violence in the workplace, there are warning signs that precede an event, according to Jim Satterfield, president, COO and founder of crisis coaching firm Firestorm.According to a Firestorm...
Sep 1 2016 // Missouri has seen an increase in the number of workers killed while on the job, according to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.Agency officials said 24 workplace deaths have been reported since October. The...
Aug 23 2016 // Cincinnati Financial Corp. announced that Charles P. (Bud) Stoneburner II, senior vice president – commercial lines for its lead subsidiary, Cincinnati Insurance Co., will retire within the next six months. Upon his...
Aug 22 2016 // A man federal prosecutors say was victimized in an overseas, online romance scam has pleaded guilty to wire fraud for stealing more than $1.4 million from two Pittsburgh, Penn., area companies whose funds he controlled,...
Aug 22 2016 // No longer able to compete primarily on price, insurers are now focusing their efforts on pleasing customers, with the payoff being a significant increase in satisfaction among their small business commercial customers,...
Aug 19 2016 // National Manufacturing Co. Inc. of Chatham, N.J., was cited in July by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) for 10 workplace safety violations, amounting to $56,000 in...
Aug 18 2016 // Rocklin, CA, August 18, 2016- Builders & Tradesmen’s Insurance Services, Inc. (BTIS) is pleased to announce the launch of a new instant online quote Commercial Auto program, available in 30...
Aug 15 2016 // A New York court has ruled in favor of an electrician seeking recovery of unsatisfied judgment from his employer and its insurance company after being injured on the job.Pramendra Persaud was injured after falling off of a...
Aug 10 2016 // A 61-year-old New York woman has been sentenced to prison time for stealing nearly half a million dollars from her longtime employer. The Erie County District Attorney’s Office said Bernadette Szymanski of...
Aug 9 2016 // Business Insurance – a well-known industry publication for 49 years, has been abruptly shut down by parent company Crain Communications.The final issue of Business Insurance came out on Aug. 1. The publication’s...
Aug 9 2016 // No longer able to compete primarily on price, insurers are now focusing their efforts on pleasing customers, with the payoff being a significant increase in satisfaction among their small business commercial customers,...
Aug 8 2016 // Several recent manmade events, including the attack at Pulse nightclub in Florida and the Belgium airport terrorist bombing, highlight the vulnerability of the workplace. Workplace violence costs employers more than $120...
Aug 8 2016 // The Massachusetts Department of Industrial Accidents (DIA) reduced the assessment that private employers pay to the state on workers’ compensation policies to 5.6 percent of the policy premium for the new fiscal...
Aug 5 2016 // A Texas-based pre-cast concrete structure manufacturer has been cited by federal safety officials for 17 repeat, serious workplace safety violations and faces penalties totaling $99, 248.The Turner Company LLP was cited by...
Aug 4 2016 // Federal safety officials have proposed penalties of $106,700 against a Houston tortilla factory over unsafe conditions at the company’s workplace.The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health...