All the headlines from our Commercial Lines Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 12 2016 // The August 2016 flooding in Louisiana caused an estimated $8.7 billion in damage to residential and commercial properties, according to Louisiana Economic Development.Damage to businesses in the state has exceeded $2...
Sep 7 2016 // More than 3.5 million workplace injuries and illnesses occur each year in the United States, costing an estimated $250 billion annually.A new study from The University of Texas at Dallas examined how financing constraints...
Sep 6 2016 // Hudson Insurance Group has launched its new commercial excess and umbrella business unit that will provide coverage on a non-admitted basis in all 50 states. Led by Thomas Farrell, the unit will operate on a limited...
Sep 6 2016 // Thousands of nurses at five Minnesota hospitals on Sept. 5 began an open-ended strike in a dispute over health insurance, workplace safety and staffing.Clad in red T-shirts, members of the Minnesota Nurses Association,...
Sep 6 2016 // In most incidents involving violence in the workplace, there are warning signs that precede an event, according to Jim Satterfield, president, COO and founder of crisis coaching firm Firestorm.According to a Firestorm...
Sep 6 2016 // California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones approved rate reductions for several State Farm commercial policies that he said will bring millions of dollars in premium savings for tens of thousands of small businesses,...
Sep 1 2016 // Missouri has seen an increase in the number of workers killed while on the job, according to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.Agency officials said 24 workplace deaths have been reported since October. The...
Aug 30 2016 // Insurance and financial services firm, Higginbotham, has hired commercial property/casualty insurance broker Ryan B. Dill as associate at its Houston practice.Dill joins Higginbotham’s 110 local insurance, risk...
Aug 24 2016 // California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones has approved rate reductions for several State Farm commercial policies that he said will bring millions of dollars in premium savings for tens of thousands of small businesses,...
Aug 23 2016 // Cincinnati Financial Corp. announced that Charles P. (Bud) Stoneburner II, senior vice president – commercial lines for its lead subsidiary, Cincinnati Insurance Co., will retire within the next six months. Upon his...
Aug 22 2016 // A man federal prosecutors say was victimized in an overseas, online romance scam has pleaded guilty to wire fraud for stealing more than $1.4 million from two Pittsburgh, Penn., area companies whose funds he controlled,...
Aug 22 2016 // No longer able to compete primarily on price, insurers are now focusing their efforts on pleasing customers, with the payoff being a significant increase in satisfaction among their small business commercial customers,...
Aug 19 2016 // National Manufacturing Co. Inc. of Chatham, N.J., was cited in July by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) for 10 workplace safety violations, amounting to $56,000 in...
Aug 18 2016 // Rocklin, CA, August 18, 2016- Builders & Tradesmen’s Insurance Services, Inc. (BTIS) is pleased to announce the launch of a new instant online quote Commercial Auto program, available in 30...
Aug 15 2016 // A New York court has ruled in favor of an electrician seeking recovery of unsatisfied judgment from his employer and its insurance company after being injured on the job.Pramendra Persaud was injured after falling off of a...
Aug 12 2016 // Hanover Stone Partners, a risk management services firm, and accounting and advisory firm Baker Tilly Virchow Krause, LLP, have partnered on a vendor risk management services to help businesses and other commercial...
Aug 10 2016 // A 61-year-old New York woman has been sentenced to prison time for stealing nearly half a million dollars from her longtime employer. The Erie County District Attorney’s Office said Bernadette Szymanski of...
Aug 9 2016 // Business Insurance – a well-known industry publication for 49 years, has been abruptly shut down by parent company Crain Communications.The final issue of Business Insurance came out on Aug. 1. The publication’s...
Aug 9 2016 // No longer able to compete primarily on price, insurers are now focusing their efforts on pleasing customers, with the payoff being a significant increase in satisfaction among their small business commercial customers,...
Aug 8 2016 // Several recent manmade events, including the attack at Pulse nightclub in Florida and the Belgium airport terrorist bombing, highlight the vulnerability of the workplace. Workplace violence costs employers more than $120...