All the headlines from our Commercial Lines Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 16 2021 // The U.S. agency that regulates workplace safety issued guidance on Friday urging employers to require many fully vaccinated workers to wear masks to protect unvaccinated colleagues and customers, amid a surge in COVID-19...
Aug 16 2021 // Liability insurers on both sides of the Atlantic are scaling back the cover they offer companies ahead of an expected wave of discrimination claims as employers call staff back to their desks after 18 months of...
Aug 12 2021 // As coronavirus infections rise again, U.S. companies mandating vaccinations are confronting an uncomfortable question rarely asked by an employer – what is an employee’s religious belief?Google’s parent...
Aug 9 2021 // The Biden administration is examining what authority businesses have to mandate vaccines, a top U.S. official told Reuters on Friday, as it considers what more steps can be done to halt the spread of COVID-19.“We are...
Aug 6 2021 // Liability insurers on both sides of the Atlantic are scaling back the cover they offer companies ahead of an expected wave of discrimination claims as employers call staff back to their desks after 18 months of...
Aug 3 2021 // The New Hampshire State Police discovered 189 commercial vehicle violations following a day-long focus on safety. Police said 42 of the violations discovered were so severe that they created a condition where the vehicle...
Aug 3 2021 // Colorado-based reThought Insurance, a managing general agency focused on the flood insurance market, has secured $15.5 million in investment to accelerate its growth.The company currently writes flood coverage for complex...
Aug 2 2021 // DoNotPay, a startup that describes itself as a robot lawyer striving to beat bureaucracy, has more than doubled its valuation to about $210 million, according to Chief Executive Officer Joshua Browder.The firm raised $10...
Jul 28 2021 // As a resurgence in Covid-19 cases prompts more U.S. employers to require vaccinations, workers who object face a common response: Get a shot or get another job.In the past six weeks alone, a federal judge in Texas...
Jul 28 2021 // There could be a shortage of merchant sailors to crew commercial ships in five years if action is not taken to boost numbers, raising risks for global supply chains, a report said on Wednesday.The shipping industry is...
Jul 28 2021 // Global commercial insurance prices rose 15% in the 2021 second quarter, continuing a stunning track record of increases but far from their peak at the end of 2020, according to a new Marsh report.The Q2 numbers reflect the...
Jul 23 2021 // Home insurtech Hippo is jumping into the commercial insurance market.The California-based managing general agency startup said its expansion will focus on “targeted commercial insurance” customers. Its first...
Jul 21 2021 // edical & Commercial International (MCI), the specialist managing general agency, has received “in-principle” approval from Lloyd’s for Syndicate 1902 to underwrite business incepting on or after Jan....
Jul 15 2021 // Almost half (48%) of business insurance buyers say their trust in insurance has increased since the start of the pandemic, but only 54% believe that insurance is meeting their businesses’ challenges very well.A new...
Jul 15 2021 // Allianz Holdings, the UK subsidiary of Allianz SE, has restructured its operations, to create distinct Personal and Commercial businesses, supported by a number of integrated service functions.These changes represent the...
Jul 13 2021 // A former office administrator in Maryland is facing federal charges for defrauding her employer of more than $700,000 for fraudulently obtaining social security disability payments and for tax evasion.A federal grand jury...
Jul 12 2021 // Louisiana insurance regulators have issued a new advisory letter reminding authorized property/casualty insurers writing in the state about the information they must provide in writing when they issue a renewal notice to...
Jul 9 2021 // Last year, companies around the U.S. scrambled to figure out how to shut down their offices and set up their employees for remote work as the COVID-19 virus suddenly bore down on the world.Now, in a mirror image, they are...
Jul 7 2021 // As America’s job market rebounds this summer and the need for workers intensifies, employers won’t likely have a chance to relax anytime soon. Worker shortages will likely persist for years after the...
Jul 5 2021 // Employee mental health has become a serious issue in the workplace and employers are increasingly likely to recognize not only the costs but also how the stigma surrounding mental illness is an obstacle to treatment.A...