All the headlines from our Commercial Lines Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nov 18 2014 // Facebook Inc. is testing a version of its social network that will let people communicate and collaborate at work, a person familiar with the matter said, taking on tools from Microsoft Corp. and Salesforce.com Inc.The...
Nov 17 2014 // San Diego, Calif.-based Surmount Insurance Services has named James Phin a commercial lines coverage specialist in its firm. His focus is on working with manufacturers and startups. Phin has more than a decade of sales...
Nov 17 2014 // David DeVinney CNA Financial Corporation hired David DeVinney as commercial underwriting officer for its branch offices in Long Island and Westchester, New York, and Hartford, Connecticut. Based in New York, DeVinney will...
Nov 13 2014 // In 2014, U.S. companies and their employees saw a slight uptick in the rate of U.S. health care cost increases, according to an analysis by corporate health and benefits consultant Aon Hewitt.After plan design changes and...
Nov 13 2014 // Online small business insurance provider AssureStart is now open for business in six additional states: Alabama, Georgia, Idaho, Maine, Nebraska and North Carolina.Seattle-based AssureStart sells business property and...
Nov 12 2014 // The world’s top 15 insurance brokers write more than 43 percent of the commercial lines property/casualty business globally, according to a new ranking by London research firm Finaccord.The same report says that the...
Nov 11 2014 // CorPro Underwriting Managers will now offer directors and officers, employment practices, fiduciary and crime insurance coverage to small and mid-sized enterprises through its partnership with subsidiaries of American...
Nov 11 2014 // San Diego, CA, November 11, 2014 – Atlas General Insurance Services, LLC, has been selected as a winner in the 2014 U-T San Diego Top Workplace Awards in the small business category. This is the second year that Atlas...
Nov 10 2014 // Reno, Nev.-based Employers Holdings Inc. has named Terry Eleftheriou executive vice president and chief financial officer.Eleftheriou is responsibile for the company’s financial reporting, treasury, corporate...
Nov 7 2014 // The holiday season can be one of the most prosperous times of year for many businesses.Increased activity in the workplace often means hiring temporary, seasonal employees. Continued employment gains across all industries...
Nov 6 2014 // KENNESAW, GA, November 6, 2014 — Blue River Underwriters, a division of Breckenridge Insurance Group, has introduced a new United States Longshoreman and Harbor Workers Act (USL&H) and Maritime Employers Liability...
Nov 5 2014 // The composite rate for U.S. commercial insurance was plus 1 percent in October 2014 while the composite rate for U.S. personal lines was plus 3 percent for the month, according to MarketScout’s monthly analysis of...
Nov 3 2014 // The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is launching a national dialogue on ways to prevent work-related illness caused by exposure to hazardous substances. The first stage...
Nov 2 2014 // Commercial property/casualty insurance program administrators outperformed the overall property/casualty insurance market last year. Program business premium revenues increased by 9.8 percent, reaching $30.1 billion in...
Nov 2 2014 // U.S. small businesses are dropping health insurance for their workers, as Obamacare lets them send employees to new marketplaces where they can often get subsidies from the government to buy coverage.WellPoint Inc.’s...
Oct 31 2014 // The Hartford is offering small and midsize businesses the opportunity to receive commercial auto insurance premium discounts and rewards for safety.The company has also expanded its quoting system for agents and brokers to...
Oct 30 2014 // A NASA advisory panel said earlier this year that inadequate funding jeopardized the safety of commercial space cargo shipments, such as the unmanned Orbital Sciences Corp. mission that exploded this week over Virginia.In...
Oct 29 2014 // The South Carolina Department of Insurance last week declared an insurer that specialized in providing commercial auto insurance to be insolvent and the insurer is now being liquidated.The First Keystone Risk Retention...
Oct 28 2014 // Michigan’s rate of job-related deaths has decreased in recent years even as more people enter the workforce following the economic recession.The Detroit News reports federal data show Michigan’s rate of...
Oct 23 2014 // Employers Holdings Inc. in Reno, Nevada, has hired Martha Collins as vice president, regional sales for the eastern region that includes 16 states. Collins will be based in Baltimore, Maryland.Collins brings to Employers...