All the headlines from our Commercial Lines Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 10 2023 // Allianz Group announced it is restructuring its global commercial insurance segment as one go-to-market business under the trading name Allianz Commercial, which will encompass its Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty...
Mar 7 2023 // The Confederation of British Industry said on Monday that its director-general, Tony Danker, had stepped aside while the employer body conducted a review into his behavior.The CBI said it had already conducted an internal...
Mar 6 2023 // United Insurance Holdings Corp. Corp. said it will move on to focus on specialty commercial lines business following news last month that its subsidiary United P&C Insurance Company (UPC) being was placed in...
Mar 6 2023 // Ford Motor Co.’s push to use reams of data generated by its vans and trucks – from engines to oil filters or brake pads – to attract more customers in the European and U.S. commercial vehicle market plays...
Mar 6 2023 // The past three years taught business owners resilience and adaptability. This is especially true for small businesses faced with the unique challenges of the pandemic, inflation, and the Great Resignation.But the pandemic...
Mar 6 2023 // Lisa Parry Becker, vice president of an independent insurance agency in Langhorne, Pennsylvania, recounted a computer hacking incident a longtime client suffered recently. It sounds almost like a thriller novel, with a...
Mar 3 2023 // Iowa lawmakers are considering legislation that would allow employees to carry firearms or ammunition onto employer’s property if the guns or ammunition are out of sight and locked in a vehicle.An employer, owner or...
Mar 2 2023 // AXA XL Adds to U.S. Mid-Market TeamAXA XL Insurance continues to build out its U.S. Mid-Market business with the recent addition of Bennett Turner as head of strategy and operations and Christopher Fallon, head of...
Mar 1 2023 // A Massachusetts hospital has been denied its insurance claim for Covid-19 related costs and lost revenues under business interruption and disease contamination provisions of its property insurance policy.U.S. District...
Feb 24 2023 // “Stabilization” and “moderation” continued to be the operative words for premium increases in the commercial property/casualty market, but many clients remain concerned about future hikes, according...
Feb 23 2023 // This post is part of a series sponsored by Insurance Quantified.Across the insurance landscape, commercial P&C firms are facing a host of challenges when it comes to underwriting talent. Rapid shifts in the makeup of...
Feb 23 2023 // Liberty Mutual Names Orloff President, Global Risk Solutions North America, Middle Market Liberty Mutual Insurance has appointed Marc Orloff as president of Global Risk Solutions (GRS) North America, middle market. Liberty...
Feb 22 2023 // Despite a range of disruptions, global commercial P/C insurance carriers have actually delivered good returns over the last few years—mostly thanks to higher premiums, which have risen 6 to 8 percent a year since 2018....
Feb 20 2023 // Global commercial insurance prices increased 4% in the fourth quarter of 2022, down from a 6% increase in Q3 and a 9% increase in Q2, which is a continuation of a trend of moderating increases that began in Q1 2021,...
Feb 16 2023 // Berkley Program Specialists said it has partnered with Talage to offer a new product line for workplace violence coverage.This new coverage and service offering was introduced Feb. 8 in select states with additional states...
Feb 14 2023 // OpenEyes, an insurtech serving commercial automotive fleets, today emerged from stealth with $18 million in Series A funding led by global software investor Insight Partners and Pitango First, with participation by MoreVC,...
Feb 9 2023 // Specialty MGA UK, a recently formed managing general agent focused on providing additional capacity for specialty lines of businesses, has acquired the ForestRe team from Globe Underwriting, the UK-based MGA.Financial...
Feb 7 2023 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at the brokers Howden Tiger, Aon and Miller.A summary of these new hires follows here. Howden Tiger Taps Carpenter’s Smith, Aon’s Walsh for...
Feb 6 2023 // There are rare moments in one’s professional life when you can take what you were taught in childhood into present-day learning. I’m thinking back to my 8th-grade Ancient Roman history class, where I learned...
Feb 3 2023 // Global commercial insurance prices increased 4% in the fourth quarter of 2022, down from a 6% increase in Q3 and a 9% increase in Q2, which is a continuation of a trend of moderating increases that began in Q1 2021,...