All the headlines from our Commercial Lines Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 9 2004 // As Abbott and Costello famously observed, “Who’s on First?” A new report from independent insurance intermediary Benfield concludes that despite “ample capacity and signs of resurgent competition,...
Feb 9 2004 // The information provided below was taken from the 2002 Colorado Insurance Industry Statistical Report. All figures quoted are acquired from information filed by each company with the Colorado Division of Insurance, and the...
Feb 9 2004 // The auto insurance market has come a long way since Travelers wrote the first third-party policy for Gilbert J. Loomis’s one-cylinder car in 1897.“I’ll never insure a gasoline can on wheels,”...
Feb 5 2004 // Ohio-based Westfield Insurance has named Martha Oakes senior executive of small business accounts. Her responsibilities include overall management responsibility for the growth and profitability of the small business...
Feb 5 2004 // The Hartford announced that it’s broadening its definition of small businesses and plans to offer more tailored coverages from more “dedicated underwriters” and faster responses to the needs of the...
Jan 27 2004 // San Antonio-based Argonaut Group Inc. announced it has appointed B. Thomas Johns as president of its Specialty Commercial Group. Johns is currently senior vice president and chief underwriting officer of Argonaut...
Jan 22 2004 // Commercial insurance buyers say the cost of property insurance fell 8.8 percent in the fourth quarter of 2003 marking the first decline in premium prices in any major line of commercial insurance in nearly four years,...
Jan 21 2004 // The small business unit of Schaumburg, Ill.-based Zurich North America has elevated the position of its 175 account executives to the position of state agent, the company said in a statement.The transition recognizes the...
Jan 20 2004 // Zurich Financial Services announced a decision to regroup the company’s businesses in Europe to create one Business Division. Effective March 1, the new division will comprise Continental Europe, the United Kingdom,...
Jan 20 2004 // GE Commercial Insurance announced the launch of a new insurance program created specifically for Masonic Associations.Thompkins & Company, a full-service, independent agency specializing in Masonic Associations, will...
Jan 13 2004 // Employers Insurance Company of Nevada, A Mutual Company (EICN), announced that Ronald F. Mosher has joined the company’s Board of Directors. Mosher possesses extensive knowledge of the insurance industry, and most...
Jan 12 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: Superior Access Insurance Services Inc., has a new small business BOP designed for office, retail, wholesale, service and high-tech classes of business. Businesses must have less than $5 million in...
Jan 12 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: Cascade/Amstar is offering a commercial auto program for any size truck.Dollars: $500 minimum deductible for liability, $250 minimum for physical damage. Policy limits of up to $1 million CSL. Carrier:...
Jan 12 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: E.L.M. Insurance Brokers Inc. has a professional liability suite of products for small to mid-size businesses that includes liability coverage for employment practices, directors and officers, entity...
Jan 12 2004 // Washington has ordered a 62-year-old woman from Okanogan to pay back $117,004 after an investigation reportedly showed that she had collected survivor benefits illegally. And a 52-year-old Olympia man, Richard Sundblad,...
Jan 12 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: E.L.M. Insurance Brokers Inc. targets small to mid-size businesses with its “professional liability suite of products,” which includes liability coverage for employment practices, directors...
Jan 12 2004 // The Seibels Bruce Group Inc. has received approval from the Tennessee Department of Insurance allowing subsidiary Catawba Insurance Company (CIC) to resume writing new risk-bearing commercial lines business in Tennessee....
Jan 12 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: Superior Access Insurance Services Inc., has a new Small Business BOP designed especially for office, retail, wholesale, service and high-tech classes of business. Businesses must have less than $5...
Jan 12 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: E.L.M. Insurance Brokers Inc. targets small to mid-size businesses with its professional liability suite of products, which includes liability coverage for employment practices, directors and officers,...
Dec 31 2003 // MFXchange Holdings, Inc. (MFX) announced the launch of its end-to-end application service provider (ASP) commercial lines solution. The comprehensive processing system is Web-based and features benefits of ASP-based...