All the headlines from our Commercial Lines Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 27 2010 // Liberty Mutual Agency Markets said that its agents can now use one of two commercial lines service centers to help with a range of services for policyholders.The centers – located in Ohio and Washington — will...
Sep 27 2010 // Three employees wounded in a recent shooting at a cold-storage warehouse in southeast Nebraska don’t appear to have been random victims, a prosecutor says.Saline County Attorney Tad Eickman told the Associated Press...
Sep 24 2010 // Hughes-Gibb, the specialist bloodstock, livestock and aquaculture division of Willis Group Holdings, announced that it is expanding its services to clients in agri-business. Broadening its expertise to include Crop and...
Sep 23 2010 // PartnerOne Environmental, Beacon Hill Associates’ underwriting division, has established a partnership with Berkley Environmental, a Divisional of Berkley Specialty Underwriting Managers, servicing small to middle...
Sep 21 2010 // Reno, Nev.-based Employers announced it has named Stephen Hedglin vice president of business development for stragetic partnerships and alliances. It also has named David Morton vice president of sales, strategic...
Sep 20 2010 // Commercial roofing, already complicated, is getting more so as new types and materials are being introduced, according to a leading engineer who specializes in assessing roof losses for insurers.Kenneth R. Gilvary, a...
Sep 17 2010 // Reno, Nev.-based Employers announced that David Morton has been promoted to vice president of sales, strategic partnerships and alliances, and Stephen Hedglin has been promoted to vice president of business development for...
Sep 17 2010 // A new managing general agent facility has formed in Pasadena, Calif. Under the leadership of President Robert Markese and Senior Vice President Hal Thompson, the new company — called Commercial Program Insurance...
Sep 14 2010 // Healthy Texas, a statewide public/private partnership established by the 81st Legislature, provides a new health insurance option for small employers in Texas, the Texas Department of Insurance announced.Eligible employers...
Sep 7 2010 // Chartis has introduced an Auto Physical Damage Alternative Fuel Incentive Deductible designed to assist business customers in their efforts to be environmentally responsible. The enhancement allows customers to be...
Aug 31 2010 // Columbus, Ohio-based Grange Insurance has promoted Elizabeth Dinnin to president of Commercial Lines. In this role, she’ll be responsible for the overall growth and profitability of the company’s $200 million...
Aug 31 2010 // New Jersey workers’ compensation laws do not prevent a construction worker injured in a trench collapse from suing his employer, a state Appeals Court has ruled.The lawsuit — which was originally dismissed by a...
Aug 30 2010 // CNA has added nine new choice endorsements to its customized insurance solutions for small business clients. CNA Connect, the global business insurer’s flagship property and liability package policy for small...
Aug 25 2010 // James Stegemiller has been appointed Commercial Underwriting officer for CNA’s San Francisco territory. In this role, Stegemiller will work collaboratively with branch vice presidents and business development leaders...
Aug 24 2010 // The federal Bureau of Labor Statistics has released its preliminary statistics for 2009, reporting that work-related deaths declined in Washington state last year to numbers not seen since 2000.The BLS, which produces an...
Aug 23 2010 // The slump in the U.S. commercial property market didn’t quite plumb the depths of the downturn in residential real estate, but although there are signs that home prices are nearing the bottom, commercial real estate...
Aug 20 2010 // Mountain View, Calif.-based Lawson-Hawks Insurance Associates has added Marti Romaneck as vice president and manager of its Commercial Lines Divisionr. “As we continue to expand both organically with the addition of...
Aug 20 2010 // Preliminary results from the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ National Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries show a decline in workplace fatalities in 2009 compared with 2008.Last year, 4,340 workers died from...
Aug 18 2010 // As of Oct. 8, California employers must begin distributing an updated version of the workers’ compensation new hire pamphlet to all employees hire on or after that date; post revised workers’ comp employee...
Aug 18 2010 // Many of the biggest U.S. companies are removing spending limits from their employees’ health plans and taking other steps to comply with the new healthcare law, according to a report released on Wednesday.Most of the...