All the headlines from our Commercial Lines Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 20 2006 // In response to unmet capacity needs created by the devastating natural disasters of 2005, International Catastrophe Insurance Managers, LLC (ICAT), and National Fire and Marine Insurance Company (Berkshire Hathaway Group)...
Mar 20 2006 // Beazley announced it has hired two senior underwriters to assist with the company’s U.S. operations mid market commercial property business a focus.Todd Hanes joins Beazley as the West Coast regional underwriting...
Mar 10 2006 // Commercial marine seminars have been scheduled March 22 in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. and Sept. 12 in Tampa by LIG Educational and Consulting Services, of St. Petersburg, Fla., an insurance wholesaler specializing in all lines...
Mar 9 2006 // Florida agents have been notified by Poe Financial Group that thousands of policyholders with its Southern Family Insurance Company will no longer be able to renew or insure new homeowner or commercial lines business.The...
Mar 6 2006 // A bill to expand a program that provides subsidies to cover much of the health insurance costs of employees of small businesses won approval Mar. 2 in the Oklahoma Senate.In other action, senators passed a bill to cut...
Mar 6 2006 // Massachusetts moved a step closer to dramatically expanding health coverage last week after House Speaker Salvatore DiMasi and Senate President Robert Travaglini said they’ve broken a legislative impasse blocking a...
Mar 2 2006 // The Progressive Group of Insurance Companies has announced it is now offering commercial auto insurance in West Virginia.While Progressive’s commercial coverages are available directly to consumers by phone and over...
Mar 1 2006 // Mo.-based Lockton Companies recently announced that Kerry R. Martin will be its new vice president, Commercial Insurance Division. Martin will be based in Chicago and focus on client development. Formerly, Martin was the...
Feb 28 2006 // The West Virginia Insurance Commission has released statistics indicating that more than $1.89 million in workers’ compensation payments are now outstanding from employers in the state. Notices asking 1,794 employers...
Feb 27 2006 // In a recently issued bulletin Lloyd’s said it has “reaffirmed its position as the world’s leading specialist insurer with new figures that reveal the global spread of its business in 2005.”According...
Feb 27 2006 // The U.S. Labor Department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has proposed $218,200 in fines against steel frame furniture manufacturer Dehler Manufacturing Co. Inc. following an inspection at the...
Feb 22 2006 // Louisiana Attorney General Charles C. Foti, Jr., reported that special agents from his office, in a joint effort with members of the fraud section of the Louisiana Department of Insurance, arrested Walter Glenn McMillan,...
Feb 21 2006 // Penn Millers Insurance Company, based in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., has created business units to focus on agribusiness and general commercial business.“The creation of dedicated business units enables us to align specific...
Feb 20 2006 // While shopping for turkey last Thanksgiving, it would have been good to pause and appreciate those millions of independent small businesses that provide the goods and services this thriving nation depends upon.Today, such...
Feb 20 2006 // The National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC) and the insurance industry are working with the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission to finalize and implement proposed rate regulations that would convert...
Feb 19 2006 // The ruling accurately determined that an employer’s duty to provide a safe workplace is limited to employees and does not extend to others such as spouses.While shopping for turkey last Thanksgiving, it would have...
Feb 19 2006 // Unusual circumstances surround dropped sale of Universal UnderwritersMost failed company mergers remain a secret, except to a handful of insiders. That was not the case with the collapsed attempt by Zurich Financial...
Feb 19 2006 // Rental firms can take advantage of financial liability laws to limit their exposureMany car rental operators can save significant expenses and still protect their business by using non-traditional risk management methods....
Feb 17 2006 // Hoping to reduce the number of uninsured Oklahomans, a state House of Representatives committee voted to provide financial incentives to businesses that contribute to employee health insurance premiums.House Bill 2463, by...
Feb 17 2006 // A.M. Best Co. has completed its assessment of the U.S. commercial market and is extending its negative outlook for 2006.As a consequence, A.M. Best anticipates that there will be few rating upgrades or positive rating...