All the headlines from our Commercial Lines Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 4 2026 // Global commercial insurance rates declined by 4% in the fourth quarter of 2025, marking the sixth consecutive quarter of rate decreases, after seven years of increases, according to the Global Insurance Market Index...
Feb 4 2026 // (TOWSON, MD)—Chesapeake Employers’ Insurance Company’s Board of Directors declared the company’s highest-ever policyholder dividend of $60 million for 2026.This marks the ninth consecutive year that the...
Feb 2 2026 // Rokstone Agriculture, part of the International Speciality (Re)Insurance MGA Rokstone, has announced the launch of its new U.S. non-admitted Commercial Agriculture and Farm & Ranch Property Program.Available in all...
Jan 30 2026 // Net income at The Hartford increased 33% to about $1.1 billion in the fourth quarter 2025.Property/casualty written premiums increased 5% compared to Q4 2024, led by growth of 7% in the business insurance segment. CEO...
Jan 27 2026 // The U.S. agency that enforces laws prohibiting workplace discrimination on Thursday rescinded legal guidance that had strengthened protections against unlawful harassment for LGBTQ workers and women who have abortions.The...
Jan 23 2026 // Premium renewal rates increased year-over-year for all major commercial lines, except workers’ compensation, according to fourth quarter 2025 results of the Ivans Index.“The commercial insurance market remains...
Jan 20 2026 // Simon Hughes Cowbell named Simon Hughes chief commercial officer. Hughes, who previously served as senior vice president, global distribution and general manager, U.K., will oversee Cowbell’s global commercial...
Jan 15 2026 // Mosaic Insurance, headquartered in Hamilton, Bermuda, has expanded its North America and international transactional tax-liability teams to meet heightened demand in the sector, with the recent addition of four tax-risk...
Jan 12 2026 // Delaware officials announced Sunday that preliminary testing of a commercial broiler flock in Kent County has returned presumptive positive for avian influenza.The Delaware Department of Agriculture said it quarantined the...
Jan 7 2026 // M&A activity is expected to rise among midsize companies as private equity firms become more willing to do deals, according to a Citizens Financial survey of about 400 companies.Executives at middle market companies...
Jan 3 2026 // A round of changes impacting Washington workplaces now that 2026 has arrived include higher worker pay and several workplace safety alterations.The Washington State Department of Labor & Industries year calculates new...
Dec 30 2025 // The head of the U.S. Department of Transportation threatened to withhold $24 million in federal funding from the state of Colorado for what he described as a slow response to a major violation of federal commercial...
Dec 22 2025 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Chubb Overseas General Insurance and BMS Group.A summary of these new hires follows here. Chubb Overseas General Promotes DePeters to Lead Commercial...
Dec 22 2025 // Commercial lines insurance is changing—not with loud announcements or flashy tech demos, but through quiet, meaningful shifts in how work gets done.Much of this progress is driven by teams applying AI tools to everyday...
Dec 22 2025 // A Tualatin, Oregon company intentionally kept a faulty system in place for storing raw materials, exposing employees to struck-by and crushing hazards, an inspection by the Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Division...
Dec 17 2025 // New York is the eighth state found to routinely issue commercial driver’s licenses to immigrants that are valid long after they are no longer legally authorized to be in the country, U.S. Transportation Secretary...
Dec 16 2025 // AIG Appoints Clifford From Everest as CEO, Int’l Commercial InsuranceAmerican International Group (AIG) announced that Adam Clifford has been appointed chief executive officer, International Commercial Insurance,...
Dec 4 2025 // Washington Insurance Commissioner Patty Kuderer approved nine health insurers to sell group health plans to small employers in 2026. The insurers are: Asuris Northwest Health, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of the...
Dec 2 2025 // He was not covered by workers’ compensation insurance. But his course and scope of employment was enough for an employer’s liability insurance exclusion to apply, said the U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals,...
Dec 1 2025 // California plans to revoke 17,000 commercial driver’s licenses given to immigrants after discovering the expiration dates went past when the drivers were legally allowed to be in the U.S., state officials said.The...