All the headlines from our Commercial Lines Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 19 2019 // Berkshire Hathaway GUARD Insurance Companies have expanded its commercial automobile product into Delaware, Kentucky, and the District of Columbia.The company’s policy is designed for local and intermediate travel...
Jul 19 2019 // Workers’ compensation claim frequency reported by private self-insured employers in California rose last year, as the incidence of both indemnity and medical-only claims rose from the 2017 levels, the California...
Jul 17 2019 // It is an insurtech startup operating an artificial intelligence-powered platform that aims to transform commercial insurance underwriting. While the goal may seem ambitious, Cytora is making significant inroads toward...
Jul 16 2019 // Chubb has added small business insurance to cover risks faced by the food service industry to its digital platform – the Chubb Marketplace, which features a suite of products for businesses with up to $30 million in...
Jul 15 2019 // A federal appeals court upheld a lower court order that blocked the Trump administration from enforcing rules that allow more employers to deny insurance coverage for contraceptives to women.The three-judge panel of the...
Jul 11 2019 // A group of Rochester, Minnesota-area construction workers are pursuing a wage theft claim, testing a new state law that aims to clamp down on companies that don’t pay for labor.Minnesota Department of Labor and...
Jul 9 2019 // Giant insurer Nationwide is partnering with an insurtech in an effort to speed up its product underwriting for commercial lines property/casualty agents.The technology Nationwide is deploying was developed by Ohio-based...
Jul 9 2019 // A metal treating facility in Glendale Heights, Illinois, has been cited by federal officials for workplace safety violations and faces imposed penalties of $181,662.The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety...
Jul 3 2019 // Workplace violence leaves chaos in its wake. Besides the psychic trauma, physical injuries and even sometimes fatalities, there are enormous financial impacts. Some are obvious, but many show up only with insightful...
Jul 2 2019 // The Kentucky Chamber Workforce Center has been awarded about $700,000 in grant money to identify how businesses can prevent opioid addiction in the workplace and help employees recover. The Lexington Herald Leader reports...
Jun 28 2019 // When Jim McLaughlin died suddenly from a heart attack at age 64, his family assumed they would have to close his homebuilding business. He’d made no plans for someone to succeed him at McLaughlin Construction, and...
Jun 21 2019 // Satellite Agency Network Group Inc. (SAN), a Hampton, N.H.-based alliance of independent insurance agencies in the Northeast, has hired Kathy Gray as commercial lines placement specialist.Gray, a licensed broker and notary...
Jun 20 2019 // The Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) has issued special data call to companies that wrote direct commercial property or businessowners insurance in Texas and to certain farm mutual insurance companies that wrote...
Jun 19 2019 // Extraco Banks has sold its commercial insurance operation to Fort Worth, Texas-based independent insurance broker, Higginbotham.Extraco Insurance is a group of five property/casualty insurance professionals operating in...
Jun 18 2019 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced the acquisition of Hawthorn, Victoria-based P2 Group.Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 2003, P2 Group helps employers proactively manage occupational health and...
Jun 17 2019 // Commercial insurance prices in the U.S. increased in the first quarter about 2%, according to insurance broker and advisor Willis Towers Watson.The company’s Commercial Lines Insurance Pricing Survey (CLIPS) survey...
Jun 14 2019 // A postal worker on disability retirement for psychological issues returned to her workplace years later and killed six people. A Connecticut beer delivery worker irate over being forced to resign opened fire as he was...
Jun 13 2019 // Fitch Ratings said it maintains a stable outlook for U.S. commercial lines, reflecting the potential for moderately better underwriting profits and the ability of insurers to withstand potential adversity due to capital...
Jun 11 2019 // Federal workplace safety officials have proposed $302,147 in penalties against a Family Dollar Store in Omaha, Nebraska.The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited...
Jun 11 2019 // IronPro, the professional liability unit of Ironshore, has introduced a two-term policy endorsement for its miscellaneous professional liability (MPL) product for small business accounts.The MPL policy endorsement was...