All the headlines from our Commercial Lines Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jan 21 2010 // The Hanover won’t have to pay $26,000 in claims on behalf of a Connecticut contractor who accidentally knocked over the house he was working on, a Connecticut Superior Court has ruled.The decision comes from a...
Jan 20 2010 // Arrowhead General Insurance Agency Inc. of San Diego has a market for commercial surety and fidelity bonds available in Arizona, California, Nevada, Oregon and Washington. Coverage is being provided on an admitted basis by...
Jan 14 2010 // Arrowhead General Insurance Agency of San Diego has a new commercial package available in Cailfornia.As part of the commercial contractor suite of products, the Commercial Package product offers more than 170 eligible...
Jan 10 2010 // Small business owners are at risk from employment-related charges and lawsuits. Workplace discrimination claims are at an all-time high and small business owners feel vulnerable. Yet, although a recent survey showed that...
Jan 6 2010 // Willis Group Holdings announced that it is expanding its highly successful UK Willis Commercial Network (WCN) business model into Northern Ireland with the addition of three new independent brokers: McCausland Light &...
Jan 6 2010 // Todd Richardson has been promoted to regional vice president – State Auto Middle Markets Insurance (SAMMI) for the company’s Western region, which includes Utah, Colorado, Arizona, Oklahoma and Texas.Richardson...
Jan 5 2010 // Soon after she became the nation’s labor secretary, Hilda Solis warned corporate America there was “a new sheriff in town.”Less than a year into her tenure, that figurative badge of authority is...
Dec 6 2009 // Members of Wyoming’s Joint Judiciary Committee have voted down a measure that would have increased liability for oil and gas operators whose employees are injured in workplace accidents.Proponents of the bill, known...
Dec 4 2009 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company reports that Donna Iverson, owner of C&D Business Services Inc., and Carol Wiesman pleaded guilty to workers’ compensation fraud-related charges.The 299th District Court in Austin...
Nov 23 2009 // New England recorded fewer work-related deaths last year, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Thursday, a trend that could be at least partly attributable to the economic downturn.Preliminary figures for the...
Nov 19 2009 // Members of Wyoming’s Joint Judiciary Committee have voted down a measure that would have increased liability for oil and gas operators whose employees are injured in workplace accidents.Proponents of the bill, known...
Nov 13 2009 // An influential business group said Thursday that its continued support for President Barack Obama’s healthcare overhaul hinges on whether it slows the soaring growth rate of healthcare costs.The Business Roundtable,...
Nov 13 2009 // A preliminary report by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics says 18 people were killed on the job in Hawaii in 2008.That’s the third lowest number for the islands since the federal government starting tracking fatal...
Nov 12 2009 // International Excess, headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, has launched a new division dedicated to crop, farm and livestock insurance.Chuck Gabel, divisional vice president of International Excess Agribusiness, has...
Nov 12 2009 // The advisory aand policy form organzation American Association of Insurance Services (AAIS) is introducing an optional Green Coverage Endorsement and accompanying schedules under its Commercial Output Program (COP).AAIS...
Nov 10 2009 // As the economic downturn forces more companies to lay off workers, a workplace aggression expert at the University of New Hampshire cautions employers about what to do and not do when breaking bad news to employees and to...
Nov 10 2009 // Private industry workplaces in Texas reported a total of 234,559 nonfatal injuries and illnesses during 2008. The incidence rate of 3.1 cases per 100 equivalent full-time workers marks the sixth consecutive year that the...
Nov 9 2009 // The leaders of the Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America (IIBA) are not pleased with the healthcare reform bill that was passed by the U.S. House of Representatives.The group is particularly opposed to the...
Nov 6 2009 // Willis Group Holdings announced plans to expand its successful Willis Commercial Network business model for serving independent brokers from its base in the UK to countries around the world.Willis selected Mark Radburn...
Nov 5 2009 // Lower profit margins, the downturn in the economy and significant premium increases are among the reasons small business employers have more difficulty than larger competitors affording insurance coverage for their...