All the headlines from our Commercial Lines Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 5 2016 // The Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co. (HSB), part of Munich Re, has introduced HSB Total Cyber, a stand-alone insurance product that offers mid-size companies direct coverage for multiple types of data and...
Feb 5 2016 // Rates for commercial property/casualty insurance fell four percent in the first month of the new year, continuing a downward trend that is unlikely to halt anytime soon, according to Richard Kerr, CEO of...
Feb 4 2016 // XL Catlin has introduced a new insurance policy to help mid-size companies in the U.S. respond and recover from incidents of workplace violence.According to Denise Balan, Americas Head for XL Catlin’s Crisis...
Feb 3 2016 // Chicago-based insurer CNA appointed John Mizzi to senior vice president, Commercial Field Operations, effective Feb. 16, 2016. Mizzi will be responsible for integrating and accelerating CNA’s Commercial underwriting...
Feb 3 2016 // An Oklahoma state lawmaker has filed a bill that would reform Oklahoma’s civil asset forfeiture law, an effort he says is supported by small businesses in the state.In May 2015, Sen. Kyle D. Loveless (R-Oklahoma...
Feb 3 2016 // Victor O. Schinnerer & Company, an underwriting manager, has launched Schinnerer Flood – an online program offering primary insurance for commercial and residential properties through the National Flood Insurance...
Feb 2 2016 // Glatfelter Commercial Ambulance (GCA) is expanding into several new states. After an initial rollout in Pennsylvania and New Jersey last year, GCA plans to expand to Illinois, Kentucky, Maryland, New York, Ohio and Texas...
Feb 1 2016 // As Iowa and New Hampshire citizens prepare to caucus and vote, it’s worth remembering that sparring over immigration reform, ISIS and whether Donald Trump should be in the White House can go quickly from casual to...
Feb 1 2016 // The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is seeking public input on proposed enforcement guidance addressing retaliation and related issues under federal employment discrimination laws. The enforcement...
Jan 25 2016 // Christos Satrazemis Sachs Walsh Insurance, an independent agency in Westport, Connecticut, has hired Christos Satrazemis to replace Arthur Sachs as Commercial Lines manager. Sachs, who founded the agency in 1978, retired...
Jan 25 2016 // A California waste management company has launched a legal challenge to a new U.S. labor board standard for “joint employment” that could make it easier for unions and regulators to hold companies accountable...
Jan 25 2016 // The number of work-related deaths in the North Dakota oil patch in 2015 dropped from the previous year.Occupational Safety and Health Administration data show three such fatalities last year, down from seven in 2014 and 10...
Jan 25 2016 // The commission responsible for enforcing workers’ compensation laws in North Carolina has cracked down in the last year on employers who don’t carry proper insurance, collecting $1 million in civil fines from...
Jan 25 2016 // Rating agency A.M. Best said it is maintaining its negative outlook on the commercial lines segment of the U.S. property/casualty industry, despite relatively solid aggregate results over the past several years. The...
Jan 22 2016 // Allianz has agreed to acquire the commercial P&C portfolio of Aegon in the Netherlands. Details of the transaction were not disclosed.Allianz’s P&C market share in the Netherlands will rise from 4.4 percent...
Jan 21 2016 // More U.S. companies could be classified as “joint employers” of workers employed by a staffing agency or contractor and held liable for labor violations tied to those staff, the U.S. Labor Department said in...
Jan 20 2016 // Canadian insurer Intact Insurance has launched drone insurance for its commercial lines customers.This Unmanned Air Vehicle (UAV) coverage caters specifically to small and medium-sized businesses in Canada that currently...
Jan 20 2016 // The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) and Markel FirstComp, a division of Markel Service, Inc., have formed a new relationship through which eligible small business owners across the country can qualify...
Jan 19 2016 // Ironshore Global Property has expanded its builders’ risk coverage to include wood frame commercial construction projects in the U.S. and Canada. The stand-alone policy offering will protect against property risks of...
Jan 19 2016 // American International Group, Inc. (AIG) has significantly raised available global commercial property limits to $2.5 billion per occurrence. According to the company, the move responds to the growing demand for capacity...