All the headlines from our Commercial Lines Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 19 2013 // Many Vermont employers are struggling with the decision whether to continue their workers on health insurance or allow them to buy it individually and take advantage of federal tax credits.At a forum Wednesday in...
Sep 19 2013 // Barack Obama wanted to change American health-care as we know it. And he is, in ways that go far beyond the goals of the Affordable Care Act.For weeks, headlines have cataloged the upheaval at private employers: UPS...
Sep 18 2013 // MarketScout, an insurance distribution and underwriting company headquartered in Dallas, Texas, has expanded its commercial insurance specialty program underwriting practice with the addition of Jackie Bourret as vice...
Sep 18 2013 // The share of Americans who get health insurance through their jobs fell for the fourth straight year as aging baby boomers piled into the U.S. government’s Medicare plan and other adults sought coverage on their...
Sep 17 2013 // MarketScout, the national electronic insurance exchange and specialty MGA headquartered in Dallas, Texas, has expanded its commercial specialty program underwriting practice with the addition of Jackie Bourret as vice...
Sep 16 2013 // The state-run property insurer of last resort in Louisiana plans to lower commercial rates.The Advocate reports the bulk of those cuts would benefit the 352 commercial policyholders Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance...
Sep 13 2013 // The reaction from an employers’ group to a suggested hike in California’s advisory workers’ compensation rates of nearly 7 percent was – surprisingly – cautiously optimistic.The insurer and public...
Sep 13 2013 // They have rented offices and zero customers. All their capital is borrowed. They’re trying to sign the kind of expensive, chronically ill individuals that insurers have avoided for decades. In three weeks they face...
Sep 13 2013 // Employers will not face a penalty if they fail to inform their workers by Oct 1 about changes under President Barack Obama’s healthcare law, the administration said, in what will likely come as a relief to many small...
Sep 12 2013 // Shreveport, La.-based Specialty Risk Associates Inc. announced the hiring of three new commercial lines underwriters – Ryan Gore, Laura Schlidt and Patti Haigler.Prior to joining Specialty Risk Associates, Gore...
Sep 10 2013 // Commercial insurance prices rose by six percent in aggregate during the second quarter of 2013, marking the 10th consecutive quarter of price increases, according to the latest Commercial Lines Insurance Pricing Survey...
Sep 10 2013 // The Main Street America Group has introduced its commercial product line, featuring its flagship main line business owners policy (Main Line BOP), to independent agents who represent the super-regional property/casualty...
Sep 9 2013 // Mississippi Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney plans to move ahead with a health insurance exchange for small businesses after federal officials approved regulations to allow the move.The Department of Health and Human...
Sep 9 2013 // Moody’s expects property/casualty commercial insurance rate hikes to continue for the balance of the year, making 2013 the third straight full year of rising rates for commercial lines carriers, according to a...
Sep 9 2013 // Both workers’ compensation benefits paid to insureds and costs for employers increased in 2011, a new study revealed.Total workers’ comp costs to employers rose by 7.1 percent to $77.1 billion, while...
Sep 6 2013 // Florida regulators have approved a first round of rate changes for the state-backed property insurer that include an 8.3 percent increase in condominium association multiperil policies.Citizens Property Insurance Corp. was...
Sep 6 2013 // August, traditionally a slower month for commercial property/casualty insurance renewals, was true to form as the composite rate for the P/C market held steady at plus 4 percent, matching the index for July, according to...
Sep 4 2013 // New figures from Bureau of Labor Statistics show there were 39 workplace deaths in 2012 in Utah – the same total as the year before.The preliminary data shows that transportation-related deaths were the most frequent in...
Sep 3 2013 // Small commercial lines insurance customers most value having an insurance agent or broker who completely understands their individual business and helps them assess and manage their risk. The highest-ranked small business...
Aug 30 2013 // Wal-Mart Stores Inc. told investors on Thursday that it could provide up to $50 million in low-interest loans or other types of payments to Bangladesh factory owners for building improvements.The money is part of the more...