All the headlines from our Commercial Lines Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 18 2021 // A federal judge is weighing what she called a first-of-its-kind lawsuit that would hold an employer responsible for a worker’s spouse getting sick with Covid-19.Plenty of families have sued businesses, from retailers...
Feb 17 2021 // QBE North America has launched a new modular property form designed to give underwriters and brokers the ability to tailor a program for each individual customer. The QBE Custom Property product contains 33 additional...
Feb 16 2021 // It’s been a year now since we came under the relentless domination of the coronavirus. After all this time, the picture isn’t pleasant. The end is uncertain and the implications for the future are far from...
Feb 12 2021 // Amazon.com Inc. on Friday sued New York’s attorney general to stop the state from filing its own lawsuit over the online retailer’s early response to COVID-19, including its firing of activist Christian...
Feb 10 2021 // A valet at a Boston hospital who was shot in the eye by police as officers confronted a man armed with what they thought was a real gun has sued his employer, saying the hospital’s security staff mishandled this...
Feb 8 2021 // There was no escaping the coronavirus in 2020 and the pandemic will dominate the risk landscape again in 2021, according to global leaders in business, risk management and insurance.A trio of Covid-19 related risks —...
Feb 8 2021 // The insurer that targets members of the military and veterans, USAA, is going to start writing its own small business insurance policies for the first time.The company will initially offer the coverage in five states...
Feb 5 2021 // A new offering from Chubb’s Workplace Benefits division looks to integrate and streamline absence management and workplace benefits for mid-size to large employers.The Chubb WorkInsight product enables employers to...
Feb 4 2021 // Global commercial insurance prices increased 22% in the fourth quarter of 2020, according to the Global Insurance Market Index released by insurance broker Marsh.The increase, the largest since the index was launched in...
Feb 4 2021 // The vast majority of U.S. small businesses took a hit to their revenue last year because of the coronavirus pandemic, with minority-owned businesses struggling the most and worrying more about accessing credit, according...
Feb 3 2021 // Global insurer Chubb reported fourth quarter results for 2020 significantly better than the same period in 2019.For the 2020 fourth quarter, Chubb’s net income grew significantly higher, as did its net premiums...
Feb 2 2021 // Oregon OSHA is proposing a permanent rule that largely maintains risk-reducing measures required by the current temporary emergency rule to help protect workers against COVID-19.It would replace the temporary rule, which...
Feb 1 2021 // Nearly 21,000 Louisiana businesses received more than $262 million in grants to help them weather the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, under a program managed by state Treasurer John Schroder and financed by lawmakers...
Feb 1 2021 // Global insurance broker Hub International reported that Michael Chapman has been named national director of Commercial Markets. Chapman will also retain his current role as president of the Hub South region.As Hub’s...
Feb 1 2021 // A Bath Iron Works shipbuilder is recovering after being “critically injured” in a workplace accident in Bath, Maine, according to the Machinists Union Local S6.Neither the company nor the union would provide...
Feb 1 2021 // President Joe Biden’s administration released new workplace guidelines Friday that signaled a more proactive approach to protecting workers from the coronavirus.The new guidance from the U.S. Occupational Safety and...
Jan 29 2021 // Coalition has appointed five new production underwriters to help grow and serve the company’s middle market relationships.New Coalition production underwriting team members include: Andrew Cross, based in San...
Jan 28 2021 // The insurer that targets members of the military and veterans, USAA, is going to start writing its own small business insurance policies for the first time.The company will initially offer the coverage in five states –...
Jan 27 2021 // There was no escaping the coronavirus in 2020 and the pandemic will dominate the risk landscape again in 2021, according to global leaders in business, risk management and insurance.A trio of Covid-19 related risks —...
Jan 25 2021 // United Airlines may make the COVID-19 vaccine mandatory for employees, and other companies should do the same, United Chief Executive Officer Scott Kirby told workers at a meeting on Thursday, according to a transcript...