All the headlines from our Commercial Lines Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jun 17 2009 // The Supreme Court of Ohio has ruled that a double dismissal of a workers’ compensation appeal does not entitle an employer to a refund of compensation benefits from the state.Specifically, according to the Ohio high...
Jun 16 2009 // Morristown, New Jersey-based program manager PGI Commercial today has added a railroad protective program with coverage provided by underwriters at Lloyd’s, London.PGI was appointed by the Ark Syndicate, which leads...
Jun 5 2009 // For the first time, an Illinois business has been closed down for failure to obtain workers¹ compensation insurance. The Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission and the City of Evanston shut down All Good Dogs Pet...
May 28 2009 // San Diego-based Cavignac & Associates, a risk management and commercial insurance brokerage firm, has hired Barbara M. Cohn as a senior commercial account manager within its construction department. Cohn is a 27-year...
May 22 2009 // A 10th Circuit Court of Appeals ruling that allows Oklahomans to store firearms in locked vehicles parked on company property will stand after the filing deadline passed for further legal appeals, Attorney General Drew...
May 21 2009 // The Swiss Re Group has announced the appointment, effective immediately, of Rudolf Flunger as Head of Insurance & Specialty, the company’s division responsible for commercial insurance, industrial insurance,...
May 19 2009 // Simon Noonan, senior vice president and president of Bristol West Holdings Inc., a subsidiary of Farmers Group Inc., has been promoted to chief operating officer of Farmers Business Insurance. Noonan joined Bristol West...
May 18 2009 // Influenza is nothing new. Seasonal flu epidemics — disease outbreaks with more cases than normal— occur annually killing between 250,000 to 500,000 people worldwide. While most deaths associated with influenza...
May 8 2009 // The Texas House of Representatives has passed a bill that will allow small businesses to claim state franchise tax exemptions for income up to $1 million, at least temporarily.House Bill 4765, joint-authored by Ken Paxton...
May 7 2009 // Employers Holdings Inc. headquartered in Reno, Nev., reported first quarter 2009 net income of $20.9 million or $0.43 per share compared with $25.5 million or $0.51 per share in the first quarter of 2008, a decrease of...
May 1 2009 // Marsh has appointed Joe Grogan to lead its Middle Market business in the UK and Ireland. In addition to these responsibilities, he will also retain leadership of Marsh’s operations in the Republic of Ireland, where...
Apr 28 2009 // Businesses and nonprofits are being urged to examine their ability to operate in the event of a flu pandemic.With the federal government declaring Swine Flu a public-health emergency, the Institute for Business & Home...
Apr 28 2009 // A workplace safety task force that’s examining why Wyoming has one of the highest worker fatality rates in the country plans to meet in Cheyenne this week.The state’s oil and natural gas industries are a...
Apr 27 2009 // According to a report from Willis Group Holdings, “over the last three months, London market insurers reported an average premium reduction of eight percent on renewal business for the commercial sector’s...
Apr 27 2009 // A new report says workplace accident deaths in Michigan have dropped significantly in the past two years.Michigan State University reported that 120 workers died on the job in Michigan in 2007, down from 157 in 2006. The...
Apr 24 2009 // Small-business owners are concerned about their retirement savings, nearly half have put a freeze on hiring, they are drinking way more caffeine than they used to — but at least they haven’t given up on...
Apr 23 2009 // Reno, Nev.-based Employers Holdings Inc., a Nevada-based company whose subsidiaries are specialty providers of workers’ compensation insurance focused on small businesses, will review the company’s first...
Apr 22 2009 // Employers would pay higher taxes under a revised proposal Indiana House Democrats presented as a way to fix Indiana’s bankrupt unemployment insurance fund.The taxes employers would pay into the fund overall would be...
Apr 20 2009 // Importers and exporters that ship only a modest volume of goods do not have to settle for the often pricey or inadequate marine cargo insurance that is available from freight forwarders — the usual source of this...
Apr 15 2009 // Insurance broker Aon Corp. has introduced a suite of insurance products designed to bring middle market technology companies the coverage enhancements historically only available to large corporate clients.Known as Aon...