All the headlines from our Commercial Lines Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jan 27 2020 // A proposal to rewrite Colorado’s rules for workplace harassment claims is expected to be introduced soon at the state capitol.It would change things for employers by limiting the use of confidentiality agreements in...
Jan 27 2020 // It has never been safer to fly on commercial airlines, according to a new study by an MIT professor that tracks the continued decrease in passenger fatalities around the globe.The study finds that between 2008 and 2017,...
Jan 27 2020 // The Louisiana Workforce Commission reports that the incidence rate of work-related injuries and illnesses among Louisiana’s private sector employers was essentially unchanged in 2018, according to a recent Bureau of...
Jan 17 2020 // Liberty Insurance, the Irish subsidiary of Liberty Mutual Insurance Group, is exiting its commercial liability, commercial property and development bonds lines of business.Liberty will continue to provide services and...
Jan 17 2020 // Liberty Mutual Surety has launched a new product line dedicated to contract transactional and small- to mid-sized surety business.Liberty Mutual Surety Plus is available through independent agents and serves contractors...
Jan 16 2020 // The Louisiana Workforce Commission reports that the incidence rate of work-related injuries and illnesses among Louisiana’s private sector employers was essentially unchanged in 2018, according to a recent Bureau of...
Jan 15 2020 // USI Insurance Services has named Peter Gilbertson commercial lines practice leader for the Greater San Francisco Bay Area. Gilbertson, who is based in San Francisco, will be responsible for leading a team of...
Jan 14 2020 // POWERS Insurance & Risk Management in St. Louis, Missouri, has hired Amy Russell as commercial lines account manager.Russell has more than 20 years of experience in the insurance and marketing industries. In this...
Jan 14 2020 // Southern Insurance Underwriters, Inc. (SIU) has added Jose Perez to the Commercial Property and Casualty underwriting team. Perez comes to SIU with more than 20 years of experience in the insurance industry and a penchant...
Jan 13 2020 // The Trump Administration announced a final rule setting forth standards for determining joint employer status under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), a rule that has been sought by franchisers and companies that employ...
Jan 13 2020 // Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear is restoring a workplace safety board that was abolished by former Gov. Matt Bevin.Beshear said on Friday the move to reestablish the 12-member Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board is...
Jan 13 2020 // Consumers are embracing digital purchasing habits, and that is creating new challenges for independent insurance agencies. At first these were only seen on the personal lines side of the business — in the forms of...
Jan 9 2020 // A long-time Aon executive is signing on with QBE North America as its new president of Specialty & Commercial.Tom Fitzgerald is taking on the new position in February 2020 after being with Aon Risk Solutions for more...
Jan 3 2020 // W. R. Berkley Corp. has appointed Dennis J. Levesque as president of its Preferred Employers Insurance subsidiary, a California specialty workers’ compensation writer.He succeeds Steven A. Gallacher, who has been...
Jan 3 2020 // The Hanover Insurance Group announced leadership appointments in its commercial lines business.Matthew S. Mitchell was appointed president of The Hanover’s middle market business. He has been with The Hanover for...
Jan 2 2020 // Bold Penguin, a commercial insurance exchange technology platform launched in 2016, announced it has acquired xagent, an independent, single-entry, multi-quote platform for standard and surplus lines business insurance...
Jan 2 2020 // The number of people killed in large commercial airplane crashes fell by more than 50% in 2019 despite a high-profile Boeing 737 MAX crash in Ethiopia in March, a Dutch consulting firm said on Wednesday. Aviation...
Dec 30 2019 // Liability insurance as we know it no longer suits a large fraction of today’s and tomorrow’s small-business owners. Brokers and insurers are at a crossroads on how to serve small businesses’ changing...
Dec 30 2019 // A California law that makes it harder for companies to treat workers as independent contractors takes effect next week, forcing small businesses in and outside the state to rethink their staffing.The law puts tough...
Dec 29 2019 // Time is running out for employers to familiarize themselves with new federal rules on overtime pay.Starting January 1, the threshold for who is entitled to overtime pay — and who is not — changes. It’s the first...