All the headlines from our Commercial Lines Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 14 2010 // National Interstate Insurance Co. is now making its commercial vehicle insurance product available in Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee and Virginia.The Richfield, Ohio company said it is actively seeking to increase its...
Jul 14 2010 // Allied Insurance, based in Des Moines, Iowa, announced new changes to its commercial quoting process that it says will allow independent agents to write business insurance quicker and easier. Among the new features: 25...
Jul 13 2010 // CNA Financial Corp., based in Chicago, has appointed Don Wehrkamp as Commercial Underwriting officer for its Kansas City territory. In this role, Wehrkamp will ensure that the full complement of CNA’s products and...
Jul 12 2010 // Heffernan Insurance Brokers has hired Jared Morrison as a commercial lines producer in its Portland, Ore., office. Morrison will expand the company’s large commercial hospitality and Allied Health client base in the...
Jul 9 2010 // A new study from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce shows that small businesses shoulder a sizable burden of the nation’s tort liability costs, having paid $105.4 billion in 2008— a third of it out of their own...
Jun 30 2010 // Cincinnati, Ohio-based Great American Insurance Group has been recognized as one of the “Healthiest Companies in America” and one of Cincinnati’s 2010 Top Workplaces.For the second consecutive year, Great...
Jun 22 2010 // Reno, Nev.-based Employers announced that Richard P. Hallman has been promoted to senior vice president and chief information officer. Hallman previously served for the past five years as Employers’ vice president of...
Jun 22 2010 // The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) Board of Directors has voted to modify two tables that impact experience-based rate adjustments for Public Employer Taxing Districts (PEC), effective Jan. 1, 2011.The...
Jun 21 2010 // Florida Gov. Charlie Crist has signed into law a bill exempting certain commercial and professional liability insurance rates from state review prior to use. Current state law exempts only those policies with annual...
Jun 21 2010 // Risk management ranks relatively low on the priorities list for small business owners, according to a recent survey by Travelers. And that outlook could mean trouble down the road when problems arise for those firms, the...
Jun 15 2010 // Medical costs for U.S. employers will rise by 9 percent in 2011, slightly less than they have risen this year, according to a survey released Monday.To try to control the impact, employers are turning to wellness programs...
Jun 14 2010 // CNA insurance companies recently formalized its relationship with SeaPass Solutions, Inc. to support the expansion of on-line quoting resources for its small business agents and brokers. Through the SeaPass Hub platform, a...
Jun 14 2010 // A fragile global economy, excess capacity in virtually every line of commercial insurance and last year’s below-average catastrophic losses combined to keep commercial insurance prices flat during the first quarter...
Jun 7 2010 // Despite the global economic crisis, the commercial insurance market is poised to remain stable through 2010, but new challenges are emerging for risk managers, according to a report issued by insurance broker Marsh.The...
Jun 2 2010 // Chartis has renamed one of its divisions as Growth Enterprises, replacing the previous division name, Small Business. Growth Enterprises, established in 2001, delivers products and platforms to growing companies in a wide...
Jun 2 2010 // Florida Gov. Charlie Crist has signed into law a bill exempting certain commercial and professional liability insurance rates from state review prior to use.Current state law exempts only those policies with annual...
May 28 2010 // London American Risk Specialists Inc., based in Houston, Texas, has contracted with Travelers Insurance Co. to offer small commercial standard lines business through the firm’s Select Division.London American will...
May 27 2010 // Alteris Inc. and California-based specialty insurance program administrator Tangram Insurance Services are introducing a commercial janitorial package program to be available in four western states.Alteris’...
May 25 2010 // A survey of mid-sized Southeast Michigan employers shows that health benefits are on par with national trends as traditionally rich benefit offerings go by the wayside, according to McGraw Wentworth, a Michigan-based...
May 20 2010 // Despite the global economic crisis, the commercial insurance market is poised to remain stable through 2010, but new challenges are emerging for risk managers, according to a report issued by insurance broker Marsh.The...