All the headlines from our Commercial Lines Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jan 19 2016 // Washington’s Department of Labor & Industries has fined Phillips 66 Refinery $324,000 for failing to correct serious workplace safety and health violations.An L&I inspection of the Ferndale facility found the...
Jan 15 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 12 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 8 2016 // Rating agency A.M. Best said it is maintaining its negative outlook on the commercial lines segment of the U.S. property/casualty (P/C) industry, despite relatively solid aggregate results over the past several years. The...
Jan 8 2016 // CNA said it has named Peter McCarron as senior vice president, Commercial Claim. McCarron joins CNA from Zurich North America, where he most recently served as senior vice president, Global Workers’ Compensation and...
Jan 7 2016 // The Texas Windstorm Insurance Association has submitted new mandatory endorsements for its dwelling and commercial insurance policies to the Texas Department of Insurance for approval.The endorsements add storm doors to...
Jan 6 2016 // Giant insurer American International Group Inc. is betting on new technology, artificial intelligence and connectivity to give companies more control over workers in risky jobs and make workplaces safer and more...
Jan 5 2016 // Oak Brook, Ill.-based VistaNational Insurance Group Inc. has acquired Business Insurance Underwriters of Wheaton, Ill. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.VistaNational Insurance specializes in employee benefits....
Jan 3 2016 // Deadly flooding across the U.S. Midwest is disrupting everything from oil to agriculture, forcing pipelines, terminals and grain elevators to close.The floods have killed at least 30 people and shut hundreds of roads...
Dec 30 2015 // Tokio Marine Kiln (TMK), the provider of specialist and corporate insurance, has appointed Paul Dreblow as head of Corporate and Commercial Property in its London office.The newly created position will see Dreblow...
Dec 29 2015 // The U.S. Treasury and Internal Revenue Service said they are extending some Affordable Care Act reporting deadlines to help companies meet the requirements.Employers will have two more months past Feb. 1 to give...
Dec 21 2015 // A recently released survey of Indiana employers shows that 80 percent have been impacted by prescription drug misuse and abuse, including opioid painkillers, in their workplaces, the state attorney general’s office...
Dec 21 2015 // In the mad rush to economize on and digitize virtually every insurance transaction and relationship activity, some small-business owners are getting shortchanged — and that’s shortsighted.Still, the growing...
Dec 21 2015 // U.S. commercial insurance market segments, including directors and officers (D&O) liability insurance, are continuing to soften and are likely to stay on this path for the near-term even as several large competitors...
Dec 18 2015 // The terror attack at a social services facility in California has become a sobering reminder to companies of how vulnerable workplaces can be when employees are confronted with active shooters.Since a gun-wielding...
Dec 16 2015 // The Council of Insurance Agents & Brokers (CIAB) announced four additions to its association staff.John P. Fielding is joining as in-house general counsel. Fielding has spent the last nine years with the law firm...
Dec 15 2015 // A newly-formed commercial insurance fronting provider, Clear Blue Financial Holdings LLC, said it has officially launched with two fully-licensed fronting carriers and will begin servicing clients immediately.To launch its...
Dec 11 2015 // Nationwide is launching FastPath, a quicker commercial quoting system for insurance agents serving small-business clients.Features of FastPath include: Faster quoting with an average of 80 percent fewer screens Streamlined...
Dec 8 2015 // U.S. commercial insurance market segments, including directors and officers (D&O) liability insurance, are continuing to soften and are likely to stay on this path for the near-term even as several large competitors...
Dec 7 2015 // Property/casualty insurers writing commercial policies in Maryland are no longer required to file the cancellation or nonrewal notices they send out to insureds for approval, the Maryland Insurance Administration (MIA)...