All the headlines from our Commercial Lines Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
Aug 4 2016 // Chubb said it has enhanced insurance policy wording for companies producing television and other advertising commercials in the UK & Ireland, as the creative industry sector continues to grow and its risks evolve.The...
Aug 1 2016 // Sompo Canopius* AG has appointed Paul Kedney as chief commercial officer. Kedney will join the group’s executive committee and work closely with Stuart Davies, group chief executive officer, and Mike Duffy, group...
Jul 27 2016 // POWERS Insurance and Benefits, headquartered in St. Louis, Mo., has promoted Amy Simkins to commercial account manager. Simkins will assist the company’s producers when pursuing new business avenues, as well as...
Jul 27 2016 // Businesses that are found in violation of federal occupational safety and health laws will pay more in penalties starting Aug. 1.Under a law passed by Congress last year, penalties that were last adjusted in 1990 are going...
Jul 25 2016 // Insureon, an online agency for small business insurance, has formed a new managing general agency (MGA), Insureon Underwriting Managers, which will operate as a division of Insurance Noodle, the company’s wholesale...
Jul 25 2016 // Suren Hovhannisyan, 27, a licensed insurance agent in North Hollywood, Calif., was arrested at his residence in early July on multiple felony counts of burglary, grand theft, and unauthorized use of access cards after...
Jul 22 2016 // Federal safety officials have cited Air Liquide Large Industries US LP for workplace health and safety violations at the company’s plant in Corpus Christi, Texas.The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational...
Jul 20 2016 // Minor changes to a North Carolina law limiting protections for LGBT people have been signed by the governor.Legislators left the law mostly intact during their yearly session. They did make a change requested by Republican...
Jul 20 2016 // More U.S. employers are taking steps to make Muslims feel accepted and safe at work, as their faith comes under scrutiny with the rise in terror attacks and calls by presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump...
Jul 19 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...
Jul 18 2016 // Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) has introduced its Commercial Output Policy (COP) that combines the company’s new admitted property insurance policy with its inland marine coverages. BHSI’s COP...
Jul 18 2016 // Middle market businesses in all parts of the world view their exposures to natural catastrophes as increasing but some fall short when managing these risks effectively, according to a new survey of senior executives at...
Jul 15 2016 // Allied World North America has teamed with program administrator Great Point Insurance to offer umbrella coverage in the U.S. and Canada for small businesses through their online portal, UmbrellaPro. Designed for companies...
Jul 14 2016 // Federal safety and health investigators have cited Altamont Ambulance Service Inc. in Fairview Heights, Ill., for workplace safety and health violations and find the company $290,100.The federal Occupational Safety and...
Jul 13 2016 // Unsafe working conditions have landed combined fines of more than $120,000 for two companies operating in the Texas oil and gas sector.Exterran Energy Solutions LP and South Texas Specialty Welders LLC were cited by...
Jul 13 2016 // Chicago-based Mesirow Insurance Services (MIS), a division of Mesirow Financial, has joined Alliant Insurance Services’ middle market platform, Alliant Americas.Terms of the agreement were not disclosed. Founded in...
Jul 13 2016 // Mark Paccione has been appointed as executive vice president of Commercial Management Solutions (CMS) at Bermuda-based specialty insurers AXIS Insurance. The CMS team specializes in commercial public and private directors...