All the headlines from our Commercial Lines Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 1 2005 // Chicago-based InsuranceNoodle has signed an agreement with Boston-based OneBeacon Insurance Group to offer the carrier’s OnePac P&C solution to the more than 2,400 independent commercial agencies currently using...
Feb 24 2005 // New York State’s highest court has ruled that employers that fail to purchase workers compensation coverage cannot hide behind the workers’ compensation protection against being sued by employees.In reversing a...
Feb 23 2005 // Almost 71 percent of California small business owners polled are expecting 2005 to be an overall better year than 2004, according to the fifth annual statewide survey released today by Union Bank of California, N.A. The...
Feb 22 2005 // A new report titled, “Association Health Plans — A Step Backward for Small Employers and Consumers,” maintains that federal Association Health Plan legislation would have devastating consequences for small...
Feb 21 2005 // The commercial insurance industry experienced a full year of a soft market conditions in 2004, as the last months of the year represented the fourth consecutive quarter of declining prices, according to the RIMS Benchmark...
Feb 17 2005 // The Texas Workers’ Compensation Commission reported the Texas Senate has confirmed William A. Ledbetter, Jr. to serve as an Employer Commissioner of the TWCC. Gov. Rick Perry appointed Ledbetter to the Commission in...
Feb 7 2005 // The commercial insurance industry experienced a full year of a soft market conditions in 2004, as the last months of the year represented the fourth consecutive quarter of declining prices, according to the RIMS Benchmark...
Feb 7 2005 // The North American Free Trade Agreement, signed in 1992 by the United States, Canada and Mexico, was implemented in an effort to eliminate or reduce trade barriers between the three participating countries. In the area of...
Jan 24 2005 // Commercial auto underwriting results took a U-turn in the right direction from 1999 to 2003, according to a new study by Conning Research and Consulting Inc. The study, Commercial Automobile Markets: Solid Sectors, Worthy...
Jan 17 2005 // Beginning Feb. 1, employers must post a summary of the total number of job-related injuries and illnesses that occurred last year, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration recently noted.Employers are only...
Jan 11 2005 // The Ohio Casualty Insurance Company announced that Michael (Mike) Sullivan, 41, has been named senior vice president of the Commercial Lines Division, effective immediately. Ohio Casualty Corporation is the holding company...
Jan 7 2005 // A recent Minnesota workplace survey shows the state’s injury and illness rate decreased by 8.3 percent in 2003, according to the state’s Department of Labor and Industry. A total of 111,600 nonfatal workplace...
Jan 3 2005 // The commercial property market took a huge hit from four major hurricanes that struck the U.S. mainland this past year. The full effects may have yet to be felt, however, it looks like commercial property insurers came...
Jan 3 2005 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services placed its “A+” counterparty credit and financial strength ratings on Employers Reinsurance Corp., “A-” counterparty credit rating on GE Insurance...
Jan 3 2005 // New types of tax-advantaged account-based health plans, culminating in the health savings accounts created by Congress last year, could result in major changes to America’s health care financing and delivery systems,...
Jan 3 2005 // While the contingent commissions controversy has been roiling the upper decks of the insurance industry, mid-size brokers and carriers could benefit from increased disclosure, heightened professionalism among its ranks,...
Jan 3 2005 // The Ohio Workers’ Compensation Oversight Commission voted to grant employers a one-time 20 percent dividend on their upcoming bills. The 20 percent dividend reportedly means a savings of more than $61 million for...
Jan 3 2005 // Nuts & Bolts: Venture Programs expanded its banking program with a new package of products from The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. designed for banks and credit unions with less than $2 billion in assets,...
Jan 3 2005 // For the second year in a row, Oklahoma workplaces set records for lower numbers of recordable injuries and illnesses, as well as lower injury and illness rates, according to the state’s Department of Labor....
Dec 28 2004 // Ratings agency A.M. Best Co. has assigned a financial strength rating of “A-” (excellent) to Missouri Employers Mutual Insurance Co. The rating outlook is stable.The rating reflects Columbia, Mo.-based...