All the headlines from our Commercial Lines Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jun 17 2020 // Sarasota, Florida-based property and casualty insurer FCCI Insurance Group (FCCI) is expanding its geographic reach, announcing it will begin writing commercial insurance in the state of Pennsylvania as of September 1,...
Jun 15 2020 // Employees who come to work even though they are sick are a top concern for workers in Wisconsin, according to a new study released by Wisconsin Safety Council (WSC) and Rural Mutual Insurance Co.WSC and Rural Mutual...
Jun 15 2020 // Smithfield Foods Inc. is missing about a third of its employees at a South Dakota pork plant because they are quarantined or afraid to return to work after a severe coronavirus outbreak, according to the workers’...
Jun 15 2020 // Mississippi has established a website where owners of small businesses can soon start applying for grants funded by a federal coronavirus pandemic relief package, Gov. Tate Reeves said.The site – backtobusinessms.org...
Jun 11 2020 // Senate Republicans are drafting legislation that would let employers choose which government coronavirus safety guidelines to follow in order to be shielded from lawsuits if their customers or workers contract the virus,...
Jun 10 2020 // Neptune Flood, a digital flood insurance company. has launched a commercial flood insurance product for small and mid-sized businesses in 48 states.Phase 1 of the rollout makes Neptune Flood available for non-residential...
Jun 9 2020 // U.S. commercial insurance prices climbed more than 6 percent in aggregate during the 2020 first quarter compared to the year, Willis Towers Watson’s pricing survey for the sector.Price increases surpassed 6 percent...
Jun 5 2020 // Most workers in Washington will be required to wear a mask or face covering at work under new coronavirus workplace safety and health requirements that take effect June 8.With few exceptions, workers must wear some type of...
Jun 2 2020 // Mississippi has established a website where owners of small businesses can soon start applying for grants funded by a federal coronavirus pandemic relief package, Gov. Tate Reeves said Friday.The site –...
Jun 2 2020 // The leader of governor’s committee studying how to best reopen South Carolina after the coronavirus said one of the most critical pieces of unfinished business is protecting businesses from lawsuits if they follow...
May 27 2020 // A Georgia man faces charges after authorities say he lied to his employer that he had tested positive for COVID-19.Santwon Antonio Davis, 34, is charged with defrauding his employer, the U.S. attorney’s office in...
May 27 2020 // Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker has implemented mandatory safety standards for workplaces to reduce the risk of COVID-19 transmissions as the state begins its phased reopening of businesses.All businesses in...
May 27 2020 // Florida CFO Jimmy Patronis said he will pursue legislation that establishes liability protections for businesses in the next legislative session slated to start in March 2021.The Florida Department of Financial Services...
May 20 2020 // Chubb has appointed Michelle McLaughlin to be chief underwriting officer of its North America retail commercial property/casualty insurance division. In this capacity, McLaughlin will guide the business lines’...
May 20 2020 // Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves said last week that he expects to sign a bill to create grants for small businesses by using part the state’s coronavirus relief money.The governor’s staff was involved in...
May 19 2020 // U.S. employers have cooled to the idea of testing workers for possible immunity to the coronavirus as they prepare to reopen factories and other workplaces.Blood tests that check for antibodies to the new coronavirus have...
May 14 2020 // Year over year, all lines of property/casualty insurance business experienced an increase in average premium renewal rate, except workers’ compensation, which saw a premium decrease, according to the April results of...
May 13 2020 // Congressional Republicans have made liability protection for employers a nonnegotiable demand in any new coronavirus stimulus, but Senator Lindsey Graham, an ally of President Donald Trump, says that regulators have a role...
May 12 2020 // Global average commercial insurance prices increased 14% in the first quarter of 2020 – but the rate hikes were not due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to insurance broker Marsh in its quarterly Global Insurance...
May 12 2020 // Eighty-one percent of small U.S. companies surveyed by Veem, a global payments network, expect the new coronavirus pandemic to affect their business over the next 12-16 months, and nearly 90% are bracing for an economic...