Latest Commercial Lines Headlines

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Employers and Employees: How to Avoid a Burnout Crisis

Dec 28 2021 // In a more typical time, burnout is an exception. In the era of COVID, it almost feels like the norm.According to Jennifer Moss, organizations should take a hard look in the mirror for fostering cultures of overwork that...

Workplace Fatalities Fell 10.7% During Pandemic in 2020 But Severe Illness Cases Rose

Dec 27 2021 // During the pandemic, worker deaths decreased by 10.7% in 2020 compared to 2019, with 4,764 fatal workplace injuries, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics in its annual report on workplace fatalities for 2020. This...

Kansas Contractor Faces $223K in Penalties for Unsafe Workplace Exposures

Dec 22 2021 // A Kansas contractor faces $223,000 in penalties after a U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration found that the company exposes its workers to asbestos and other workplace hazards. The OSHA...

People Moves: Chubb Changes Commercial P/C Leadership; BHSI Promotes Meyer in Life Sciences; AIG Adds Hunter to ESG; J.D. Power Hires Ellingsworth

Dec 20 2021 // Chubb Bolsters Leadership in its North America Commercial P/C BusinessesChubb has changed the leadership in its North America commercial property and casualty businesses with two new appointments, strengthening its primary...

Arkansas Flooring Manufacturer Faces $204K in Proposed Fines for Unsafe Workplace

Dec 20 2021 // A knot saw operator suffered a partial amputation of an index finger in June 2021 when his hand came in contact with a rotating blade that lacked adequate machine guarding. A few weeks earlier, a similar saw at the Maxwell...

Vaccinated California Employees Face Workplace Restrictions

Dec 20 2021 // In a move criticized by business groups and hailed by labor advocates, California’s workplace regulators extended the state’s coronavirus pandemic regulations into next year with revisions that employers said...

Are Too Many Comp Claims Being Opposed? Some Major Employers Think So

Dec 20 2021 // Employers may be warming up to the idea that fighting some workers’ compensation claims and medical treatments can be counterproductive, and new emphasis should be placed on keeping injured workers happy — and...

Court OKs Biden Covid Vaccine Mandate for Employers; Supreme Court Appeal Likely

Dec 19 2021 // A federal appeals court panel on Friday allowed President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for larger private employers to move ahead, reversing a previous decision on a requirement that could affect some 84...

Update: After Latest Court Ruling, Must Employers Follow Biden’s Vaccine Mandates?

Dec 19 2021 // Tens of millions of workers across the U.S. are in limbo as federal courts have issued different rulings related to President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine mandates for larger private companies, certain health care...

People Moves: Aon Recruits WTW’s James as Chief Broking Officer, Commercial Risk UK; Allianz’ Strong to WTW as Head of Environmental; AGCS Promotes Yee for TMT

Dec 17 2021 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Aon, Willis Towers Watson and Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS).A summary of these new hires follows here. Aon Recruits James from WTW as...

Fox Point Expands E&O Liability Program for Small Business Risks

Dec 16 2021 // Fox Point Programs is expanding its professional liability insurance offerings for small businesses in more than 2,000 professional categories through the introduction of its FoxPro Defender series errors and omissions...

Commercial Surety 101: Why Contractors Need to Be Licensed and Bonded

Dec 15 2021 // This post is part of a series sponsored by Old Republic Surety.As you build a book of bond business to better serve your commercial clients, you’ll be surprised to learn how many need to be licensed and bonded. While...

Former Montana Mine Official Pleads Guilty to Workplace Accident Coverups

Dec 14 2021 // A former official for a central Montana coal mine plead guilty to conspiring with others to not make required reports about workplace accidents that injured employees, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for Montana said.Dale...

‘Catch-Up Care’ Helps Explain Rise in Employers’ Health Insurance Costs: Mercer

Dec 14 2021 // Health insurance costs for employers rose the most in over a decade this year as Americans resumed non-urgent procedures delayed earlier due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a survey published on Monday.The survey by...

Are Too Many Comp Claims Being Opposed? Some Major Employers Think So

Dec 14 2021 // Employers may be warming up to the idea that fighting some workers’ compensation claims and medical treatments can be counterproductive, and new emphasis should be placed on keeping injured workers happy – and out...

Charles Taylor Accelerates Growth Course in the US as it Launches New Business Lines, Acquisitions and Attracts Top-Tier Talent

Dec 7 2021 // Achieving Rapid Growth in the US Since Rolling Out National Expansion Strategy NEW YORK, NEW YORK – DECEMBER 7, 2021 – Charles Taylor Adjusting and Technical Services, a leading global loss adjusting business, today...

AM Best Raises Outlook for P/C Commercial Lines to Stable From Negative

Dec 6 2021 // AM Best has revised its 2022 market segment outlook for the U.S. property/casualty commercial lines insurance industry to stable from negative, despite some near-term challenges including inflation, an uneven economic...

Salesperson Injured Leaving Employer Happy Hour Could Receive Workers’ Comp

Dec 6 2021 // A traveling salesperson injured in a car accident after an employer-sponsored happy hour had to drive past the highway exit to his home on the way to the event, sparking debate over whether he was still considered...

Where Employers Stand on Vaccines, ‘New Normal’ Workplace, Remote Work, Travel

Dec 6 2021 // Although more than half (57%) of U.S. employers say they require or plan to require COVID-19 vaccinations of employees, much of that support depends on whether courts approve the Biden Administration’s emergency...

California Commissioner Orders FAIR Plan to offer More Commercial Coverage

Dec 6 2021 // California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara in late November ordered the FAIR Plan to implement his mandated increases to its decades-old commercial property coverage limits offered to businesses.“My order is part...