All the headlines from our Commercial Lines Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jan 25 2006 // National Program Administrator Venture Insurance Programs (www.ventureprograms.com) recently came out swinging with a 30-second video spot on www.insurancejournal.com designed to target agents and brokers with information...
Jan 23 2006 // Nuts & Bolts: CNA introduced CNA Connect for small business customers that will combine the company’s former business owners’ policy and commercial package policies. CNA Connect provides agents with access...
Jan 23 2006 // Montana sealed a deal with the state’s largest health insurer Thursday to offer affordable group coverage to small businesses that enroll in a new insurance pool.The pool is part of a $13 million state program called...
Jan 23 2006 // Stock Prices: Commercial lines stocks advanced for the second consecutive two-month period, up 5 percent for November/December, compared to a 7 percent increase in September/October. Companies continue to impress despite...
Jan 22 2006 // Stock Prices: Commercial lines stocks advanced for the second consecutive two-month period, up 5 percent for November/December, compared to a 7 percent increase in September/October. Companies continue to impress despite...
Jan 20 2006 // Nevada-based Employers Insurance Group (EIG) reported a corporate reorganization designed to position the group of companies for expansion in commercial property and casualty insurance beyond its position as the...
Jan 18 2006 // Minnesota-based RJF Agencies Inc. reported that Tim Gallagher was hired as its director of Marketing/Commercial Lines. In this role, Gallagher will oversee the marketing of commercial insurance risks, design risk...
Jan 16 2006 // RISC Inc. announced it is rolling out a new commercial auto market in Oklahoma.Coverage highlight include: –Service vehicles of all types –Waste disposal; salvage and recycling operations –Oil Lease...
Jan 13 2006 // For the 2005-06 premium year, North Dakota employers are reportedly enjoying the benefits of an estimated $46 million in premium dividend credits from Workforce Safety & Insurance (WSI), the state’s...
Jan 11 2006 // PGI Commercial, a provider of property and casualty insurance programs based in Morristown, N.J., has formed new partnerships in order to provide habitational insurance programs.PGI’s new partners, Sirius America...
Jan 9 2006 // Insurance buyers see increasing value from reducing their total cost of risk across multiple lines of commercial insurance, according to a new survey commissioned by Wausau Insurance of 200 financial executives.Eighty-one...
Jan 6 2006 // Jimcor Agencies iannounced that Renee M. Azelby has joined the staff in Marlton, N.J. Azelby comes to Jimcor with 15 years of experience in the industry, most recently working as a professional liability underwriting...
Jan 5 2006 // A survey, commissioned by the General Insurance Market Association (GIMRA), which queried 500 small and medium-sized businesses (SME’s), has determined that they continue to have confidence in traditional insurance...
Jan 2 2006 // A Southern California man was found guilty of federal fraud charges for bilking the customers of Employers Mutual LLC, which purported to provide healthcare coverage to more than 20,000 people nationwide, but left more...
Dec 28 2005 // Vermont Gov. James Douglas and the Vermont Department of Labor annually recognize employers that have made outstanding achievements in workplace safety and health.The first annual Governor’s Workplace Safety Award...
Dec 22 2005 // International Catastrophe Insurance Managers LLC (ICAT) and Lantana Insurance Ltd., a member of the Glencoe Group of Companies, have launched a commercial Builder’s Risk catastrophe product to be written on a surplus...
Dec 22 2005 // Henry Pippins has been named vice president, Commercial Lines for the Main Street America Group in Jacksonville, Fla. Pippins will report to Bob Restrepo, senior vice president of Insurance Operations and be based at the...
Dec 21 2005 // An Indiana state lawmaker is drafting a bill he calls “the corporate manslaughter act” which, if passed, would send employers to jail if they ignore on-the-job safety violations that lead to a serious injury or...
Dec 19 2005 // Costs Lower When Employers Choose, Says Study that Included Mass., Pa. SystemsThe choice of medical care providers to treat injured workers by either workers or their employer not only impacts medical costs but also a...
Dec 15 2005 // CNA has introduced a new product, CNA Connect, for small business customers that will combine the company’s former business owners policy and commercial package policies into one broad flexible product.CNA Connect...