All the headlines from our Commercial Lines Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 2 2007 // Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley has setttled a case brought by the state against Employers Reinsurance Group (ERC), a former subsidiary of General Electric, for unlawfully hiking the price of the Boston Water...
Feb 2 2007 // Portland, Ore.-based McFall General Agency Inc. has hired Donna J. Carlson in the Commercial Transportation and Garage Department. Carlson has been in the commercial transportation underwriting arena for more than 25...
Feb 1 2007 // Morristown, N.J.-based PGI Commercial (PGIC), the U.S. program manager of Bermuda-based insurance distributor Primary Group Limited, has added an underwriting team and opened a branch office in Troy, Mich. The unit will...
Jan 31 2007 // According to recent weather statistics, average February temperatures in Louisiana range from 43 to 64 degrees. Consequently, many Louisiana workers who have become accustomed to working in these milder than usual winter...
Jan 30 2007 // Now is the time for small business owners to bone up on a new law that makes big changes in employee retirement plans.The Pension Protection Act of 2006, passed in August, rewrote many of the rules on pensions in an effort...
Jan 29 2007 // Stock Prices: Commercial insurers breathed a sigh of relief in the fourth quarter as the 2006 hurricane season officially ended with only minor losses, a dramatic contrast from a year ago. Insurers’ stock prices...
Jan 29 2007 // On average, younger workers have higher incidence rates of workplace injuries and illnesses than older workers while older workers have higher costs per claim, according to the industry’s National Council on...
Jan 28 2007 // Stock Prices: Commercial insurers breathed a sigh of relief in the fourth quarter as the 2006 hurricane season officially ended with only minor losses, a dramatic contrast from a year ago. Insurers’ stock prices...
Jan 26 2007 // The Boston-based Liberty Mutual Group recently donated $30,000 to the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) Foundation in continuation of its commitment to occupational safety and health research through the support...
Jan 26 2007 // Dallas-based America First Insurance, a member of Liberty Mutual Group, announced the expansion of its Online Billing Service Center to allow its commercial lines customers to make online payments and view their account...
Jan 24 2007 // Indiana Insurance, a member of Liberty Mutual Group, is expanding its Online Billing Service Center to allow its commercial lines customers to make online payments and view their account summaries and payment...
Jan 24 2007 // Commercial insurance premiums continued their decline in all but catastrophe-exposed areas during the fourth quarter of 2006, with insurers willing to lower prices and place fewer restrictions on coverage to get new...
Jan 19 2007 // Matthew Gardner has joined insurance broker Bollinger, Inc. as managing director of its Commercial Lines Division. He will operate out of the Short Hills, New Jersey corporate headquarters and will oversee...
Jan 19 2007 // The American Association of Insurance Services (AAIS) is introducing loss costs for pricing terrorism coverage in its Commercial Properties Program.A countrywide manual supplement filing, now underway, will substitute the...
Jan 18 2007 // Two days into a special legislative session, after debating 20 amendments, the Florida Senate voted to pass Senate Bill 4-A, a measure which promises an average 25 percent premium cut to homeowners and lets Citizens...
Jan 16 2007 // Burns & Wilcox, a Farmington Hills, Mich.-based national specialty insurance wholesaler, underwriter and managing general agent, is offering of a new commercial “all risks” property program that includes...
Jan 15 2007 // Specialty Underwriters’ Alliance, Inc. has amended its agreement with Appalachian Underwriters, Inc. to include small employer’ workers’ compensation.AUI will provide workers’ compensation through...
Jan 10 2007 // CNA has enhanced Epack, its management and professional liability package policy, to create Epack EZ. Targeting companies with less than 50 employees and $10 million in assets, Epack EZ offers a stand alone employment...
Jan 10 2007 // Drive Commercial Auto, part of The Progressive Group of Insurance Companies, announced plans to offer commercial auto insurance to Massachusetts business owners available exclusively through independent agents. With its...
Jan 8 2007 // St. Paul Travelers is scaling back plans to stop renewing most of its commercial policies in the New Orleans area this year, a decision that is “very good news” for businesses here after the 2005 hurricanes,...