All the headlines from our Commercial Lines Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 22 2019 // New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu was surrounded by the family of a deceased highway department worker as he signed a bill aimed at improving workplace safety for New Hampshire’s public sector employees. Tom...
May 21 2019 // Brian Winters has been appointed head of Sales and Distribution, U.S. Commercial Insurance, for Zurich North America.Zurich said the appointment is part of its effort to strengthen relationships with customers and brokers....
May 20 2019 // A common hiring philosophy used for generations is being flipped on its head by new research from Florida State University.Screening job applicants based on their prior work experience is often a mistake among employers,...
May 20 2019 // The top three risks facing UK risk managers are reputational damage, Brexit and cyber attacks, according to Aon’s 2019 Global Risk Management Survey of thousands of risk managers across 60 countries and 33...
May 20 2019 // The Louisiana Supreme Court has determined that state law does not expressly prohibit a clause in a commercial property insurance policy that specifies that any coverage dispute ending up in litigation must be heard in a...
May 20 2019 // Amazon has resolved the workplace violations cited against the online retail giant’s temporary distribution center in Idaho.The Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited the company’s modular...
May 17 2019 // The Louisiana Supreme Court has determined that state law does not expressly prohibit a clause in a commercial property insurance policy that specifies that any coverage dispute ending up in litigation must be heard in a...
May 16 2019 // California Insurance agent Francis Okyere, 67, self-surrendered this week at the Los Angeles County Superior Court after being charged with four felony counts of grand theft.The charges arose from an investigation by the...
May 16 2019 // Average global commercial insurance prices increased 3% in the first quarter of2019, according to broker Marsh.This represents the sixth consecutive quarter of average commercial insurance pricing increases, Marsh said in...
May 15 2019 // Des Moines, Iowa-based Employers Mutual Casualty Co. (EMCC) and EMC Insurance Group Inc. (EMCI) have entered into a mutual agreement under which EMCC will acquire all the remaining shares of EMCI that it does not currently...
May 15 2019 // Employers deploying wearables in the workplace are possibly exposing themselves to more risk than they realize by collecting more data than they need.While some firms may want to deploy the technologies as much as...
May 10 2019 // The Insurance Council of Texas has reported several insurance bills of interest are moving in the Texas Legislature as the end of the session draws closer.SB 590/HB 1411, which addresses amendments, cancellations and...
May 9 2019 // UFG Insurance has appointed David Donlick as commercial lines underwriting manager for its East Coast regional office in Pennington, N.J.Donlick will succeed current assistant vice president and Commercial Lines...
May 9 2019 // Lloyd’s announced it is investing in Layr, a cloud-based commercial insurance platform for small businesses looking to purchase liability insurance.The investment follows Layr’s successful trial in the...
May 8 2019 // Ohio-based national insurer Progressive has joined the ranks of carriers offering small businesses a platform to buy insurance quickly and simply.The insurer’s new online BusinessQuote Explorer (BQX) delivers...
May 8 2019 // Iowa’s high court has ruled in favor of a workers’ compensation insurer in a case in which a group of employees and former employees of a manufacturing plant alleged that the insurer failed to protect workers...
May 7 2019 // Amazon has resolved the workplace violations cited against the online retail giant’s temporary distribution center in Idaho.The Idaho Statesman reported the Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited the...
May 6 2019 // AmWINS Group, Inc., in conjunction with its recent acquisition of The Flood Insurance Agency (TFIA), has launched FloodFLEX, a new commercial property flood product designed to eliminate out-of-pocket expenses not covered...
May 6 2019 // Chubb Chairman and CEO Evan Greenberg referred to his company as being in the midst of a “rational market” and appeared pleased with its direction and tone so far in 2019.“In the first quarter, in total,...
May 6 2019 // The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled the Tennessee Valley Authority can be sued over its commercial activity. But it left a lower court to decide whether the case of an Alabama man injured by a power line can proceed. The...