All the headlines from our Commercial Lines Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 28 2013 // The state says workplace deaths in Montana decreased last year.The Montana Department of Labor and Industry’s Research and Analysis Bureau says there were 34 workplace fatalities in 2012. That is down by 15 from the...
Aug 27 2013 // Aon Risk Solutions, the global risk management business of Aon plc, announced the addition of Jack Reick as a middle-market practice leader in the Philadelphia office. In his new role, Reick will be responsible for driving...
Aug 27 2013 // A popular water park on Texas’ South Padre island has been fined nearly $100,000 after a 20-year-old lifeguard died and a maintenance supervisor was severely injured at the facility.The U.S. Department of...
Aug 27 2013 // The number of workplace deaths in Indiana declined in 2012 to the lowest level in the past two decades, according to a new report by the state Department of Labor.The report, released Aug. 22, said Indiana had 113 worker...
Aug 27 2013 // Moody’s said it expects U.S. property/casualty (P/C) insurance rates to continue to rise during the remainder of 2013 for the major commercial lines, following significant rate increases for 2012.This increase would...
Aug 26 2013 // Workplace fatalities in Wyoming reached the highest number in five years in 2012, slightly surpassing the number of deaths the state has seen in each of the past several years.Last year, 35 people died on the job in...
Aug 26 2013 // Liberty Mutual Insurance’s Commercial Insurance strategic business unit has appointed Mike Martin as executive vice president and general manager, National Insurance Property. Martin will lead a unit that provides...
Aug 22 2013 // Health-insurance premiums to cover working Americans rose 4 percent this year, less than the previous two years in another sign that the cost of employee benefits for U.S. companies may be slowing.Annual premiums for a...
Aug 20 2013 // Both workers’ compensation benefits paid to insureds and costs for employers increased in 2011, a new study released today revealed.Total workers’ comp costs to employers rose by 7.1 percent to $77.1 billion,...
Aug 19 2013 // A new report says that in recent years many states have enacted legislation to protect retailers from commercial host liability by increasing the evidentiary requirements, limiting the amount of liability awards and/or...
Aug 19 2013 // Median organic revenue growth reached 6.9 percent in the 2013 second quarter for mid-size and large privately held insurance agencies and brokerage firms, according to a survey by Reagan Consulting, a management consulting...
Aug 19 2013 // After four months of going up at 5 percent, commercial property/casualty insurance rates have moderated. The July 2013 rate increase was plus 4 percent, according to MarketScout’s market index.Rate increases for...
Aug 13 2013 // Rates of serious workplace injury and illness vary significantly between states, even for workers in the same industries, according to a recent report.Allsup, a provider of Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI)...
Aug 8 2013 // Courtney Woodruff has been promoted to vice president of commercial client services at Texas-based insurance brokerage, Roach Howard Smith & Barton (RHSB).Woodruff joined RHSB in 2007 as an account executive leading...
Aug 8 2013 // For the first time, an uninsured employer has been convicted of a Class 4 felony for failing to obtain workers’ compensation insurance in Illinois, the state workers’ compensation commission announced.Ahmed...
Aug 6 2013 // After four months of going up at 5 percent, commercial property/casualty insurance rates have moderated. The July 2013 rate increase was plus 4 percent, according to MarketScout’s market index.Rate increases for...
Aug 6 2013 // Median organic revenue growth reached 6.9 percent in the 2013 second quarter for mid-size and large privately held insurance agencies and brokerage firms, according to a survey by Reagan Consulting, a management consulting...
Aug 5 2013 // CNA has launched CNA Paramount, a new package policy for mid-sized businesses that combines property and general liability coverage.CNA Paramount brings all the basic and critical property and crime coverage needs into one...
Aug 5 2013 // Liberty Mutual Insurance has given Executive Vice President Julie Burnett an added responsibility as head of distribution for the company’s Business Insurance operation. In addition to this appointment, Burnett will...
Aug 5 2013 // The Obama Administration’s recent decision to delay implementation of the Employer Mandate and reporting requirements in the Affordable Care Act should be viewed as a welcomed move.Namely, it’s an opportunity...