All the headlines from our Commercial Lines Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 6 2018 // The family of a man who was killed in August in a shooting at a Houston-area food warehouse has filed a lawsuit asking for $25 million in damages from his employer.The lawsuit was filed in state civil court in Houston by...
Sep 6 2018 // Matching grants of up to $5,000 to improve workplace safety and health are being made available for Michigan companies that have up to 250 employees.Michigan’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration says the...
Sep 5 2018 // More than one-third (35 percent) of employees in the U.S. feel they’ve experienced workplace harassment, and half of them believe it was due to their gender.A study released by specialty insurer Hiscox also found...
Sep 3 2018 // The old saying, “Our agency is constantly recruiting,” used to make firms sound very progressive. That barely cuts the mustard these days.Agencies must adopt a new philosophy: “We’re constantly...
Aug 31 2018 // As small business owners in Hawaii and California clean up following Hurricane Lane and wildfires, they’ll find there’s no one formula for recovery. The same disaster can devastate businesses in divergent ways...
Aug 31 2018 // Lloyd’s announced that its chief commercial officer, Vincent Vandendael, has decided to leave the corporation after almost six years. He will be moving to Everest Insurance as CEO of International Insurance in early...
Aug 30 2018 // After 30 years at brokerage Marsh, George Parks is joining The Hartford to become head of sales and field operations for national accounts in the insurer’s Specialty Commercial business. Parks will oversee national...
Aug 27 2018 // Work is getting safer in Indiana, with employment-related injuries hitting an all-time low. The (Northwest Indiana) Times reports that recently released federal statistics from 2016 show the state hit an all-time low that...
Aug 23 2018 // A group of investors is putting up $165 million to fuel an expansion of Paladina Health, bringing a recent surge of private funds flowing into companies that run primary-care clinics to more than a half-billion dollars.The...
Aug 23 2018 // The trend of increasing commercial insurance premiums that began in the fourth quarter of 2017 continued last quarter. Average premiums across all sized accounts increased by 1.5 percent in Q2, according to The Council of...
Aug 20 2018 // Through a program to protect firefighters from carcinogens and other harmful health hazards encountered by firefighters during their daily work activities, the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) will...
Aug 20 2018 // Small business used to be associated with small exposures — simple business risks addressed with simple insurance products. However, changing customer needs and expectations, technology advancements, new regulations...
Aug 17 2018 // ACORD, the global standards body for the insurance industry, has launched an Adoption Toolkit to support the application of data standards for global reinsurance and large commercial risks in the London market.“The...
Aug 17 2018 // Global broker has appointed Brian Wanat as chief broking officer of U.S. Commercial Risk Solutions. In his new role, Wanat will have direct management responsibility for Financial Services Group, National Property,...
Aug 13 2018 // A New Hampshire woman has been sentenced to five years of probation for defrauding her Vermont employer of more than $70,000.The U.S. Attorney’s Office says 29-year-old Katie Stygles was sentenced after she pleaded...
Aug 10 2018 // Swiss Re Corporate Solutions has named Chris Grabowksi as head of Middle Market Casualty, responsible for overseeing a team of middle market underwriters across North America and working with brokers and clients. Based in...
Aug 10 2018 // Global commercial insurance prices rose in the second quarter of 2018, marking the third consecutive quarter of increases, according to Marsh’s “Global Insurance Market Index.”These average increases were...
Aug 9 2018 // A Texas-based oil and gas company, operating in Tioga, N.D., violated civil rights law by subjecting an African-American employee to a hostile work environment based on his race, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity...
Aug 9 2018 // Lafayette, Calif- based Stone Creek has named Joe Bornstein a commercial producer in its Spokane, Wash. office. Bornstein’s emphasis will be on small business on the West Coast. Bornstein comes to Stone Creek by from...
Aug 7 2018 // Everest Insurance, a subsidiary of Everest Re Group Ltd., has hired Jessica Mann as vice president, commercial surety lead, working in the company’s Houston office.Mann will be responsible for leading Everest’s...