Latest Business Insurance Headlines
All the headlines from our Business Insurance Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Fall into Efficiency This Season with Simplified Commercial Lines Submissions
Nov 19 2025 // This post is part of a series sponsored by EZLynx. With fall in full swing, independent insurance agencies are gearing up for one of the busiest—and most festive—times of the year. Between Thanksgiving dinners, holiday...
Ohio Man Pleads Guilty to Hacking Ex-Employer’s Network, Costing $862K in Damages
Nov 19 2025 // A 35-year-old Ohio man has pleaded guilty to computer fraud for hacking his former employer’s network after he was fired, announced U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei. On May 14, 2021, Maxwell Schultz, Columbus, Ohio,...
Survey: Employer, Employee Views on Workplace Safety Differ
Nov 17 2025 // Employers and employees see safety issues and solutions differently, and open communication could be the easy solution, according to a recent report. When comparing findings from Pie Insurance’s 2025 State of Small...
California Revokes 17,000 Commercial Driver’s Licenses for Immigrants
Nov 14 2025 // California plans to revoke 17,000 commercial driver’s licenses given to immigrants after discovering the expiration dates went past when the drivers were legally allowed to be in the U.S., state officials said. The...
People Moves: MMA Appoints Balentine as President of National Business Insurance
Nov 7 2025 // Adam Balentine Marsh McLennan Agency (MMA), headquartered in White Plains, New York, appointed Adam Balentine as President of National Business Insurance. Based in Kansas City, Missouri, Balentine leads the development of...
Zurich Invests Heavily in Underwriting Talent to Boost Mid-Market, Specialty Growth
Nov 7 2025 // Zurich Insurance Group is continuing to expand its middle market and specialty footprint by investing heavily this year in targeted recruitment of “top-tier underwriting talent” across the company. “In...
Mission Launches New D&O and Other Liability Products for Small Businesses
Nov 6 2025 // Mission, a group of specialty underwriters and program administrators based in Alpharetta, Georgia, announced it has launched Diamond Head Specialty Underwriting, a program administrator offering executive liability...
People Moves: Cowbell Names Klipphahn and Hewerdine to Mid-Market and Claims Leadership; Alliant Human Capital Names Steinhoff as First VP
Oct 27 2025 // Cowbell Names Klipphahn and Hewerdine to Mid-Market and Claims Leadership Jessica Klipphahn Cowbell named Jessica Klipphahn head of North America mid-market and Stephanie Hewerdine as director of claims. Klipphahn has more...
Global Commercial Insurance Rates Drop 4% in Q3, for 5th Quarterly Decline: Marsh
Oct 23 2025 // Global commercial insurance rates fell, on average, by 4% in the third quarter of 2025, repeating the 4% decline recorded in Q2 2025, according to the latest Global Insurance Market Index published by Marsh, the insurance...
Rockford Mutual Launches Commercial Auto in Michigan
Oct 21 2025 // Rockford Mutual Insurance Company (RMIC) announced the official launch of commercial auto coverage in Michigan, effective immediately. With this latest addition, RMIC now offers a complete suite of commercial insurance...
Inflation, Supply Chains, Tariffs: Trends Impacting Business Insurance and Claims
Oct 20 2025 // Inflation has been a persistent issue in the United States, though it has moderated since its peak during the COVID-19 pandemic, while supply chain disruptions for equipment and other goods continue to add to insurance...
Top Business Risks
Oct 20 2025 // It’s probably not a surprise that geopolitical volatility has surged into a list of the top 10 business risks worldwide. But cyber risk remains the number one concern globally, followed by business interruption at...
Risk Reality vs. Commercial Insurance: Coverage Holes Exposed
Oct 20 2025 // Two recent reports–one reviewing property and business interruption risks and the other, liability–highlight a growing divide between escalating risk and shrinking insurance coverage. They also suggest...
All Commercial Insurance Lines Except One in ‘Soft-Market Territory’: WTW
Oct 16 2025 // Moment of opportunity. Clear horizons. The latest WTW Marketplace Realities report, published in early October, is heavy on descriptions of a “unique and promising” inflection point for commercial insurance...
Survey: Employer, Employee Views Differ on Workplace Safety
Oct 9 2025 // Employers and employees see safety issues and solutions differently, and open communication could be the easy solution. A recent report on employees’ safety perspectives found gaps in both issues and solutions when...
With Capital Aplenty and Power of AI, Commercial Lines Promises Opportunity: Willis
Oct 6 2025 // The commercial insurance industry is entering a period of stability and opportunity made possible by an abundance of capital and the power of artificial intelligence (AI), according to a new report from global broker...
AM Best: Commercial Auto Liability Drags Down Segment, and It Could Get Worse
Oct 6 2025 // Commercial auto has been a dark cloud hanging over the U.S. property/casualty industry for more than a dozen years–and things are getting worse. Commercial auto has posted an underwriting loss for the 14th...
5-Year Cost of Litigation Funding to Commercial Insurers Could Top $25B
Oct 6 2025 // “Are you being serious?” Christopher Swift, chair and chief executive officer of The Hartford, was taken aback by a question from an analyst during the company’s second-quarter earnings call about the...
Texas to No Longer Issue Commercial Drivers Licenses for Many Immigrants
Oct 1 2025 // Texas will no longer issue or renew commercial driver’s licenses to DACA recipients, refugees or people with asylum, the Texas Department of Public Safety announced Monday. Commercial driver’s licenses, or...
Cyber Tops List of Business Risks With Geopolitical Volatility Surging Into Top 10: Aon
Oct 1 2025 // Geopolitical volatility has surged into a top 10 business risk with cyber risk remaining the number one concern globally, followed by business interruption at number two, according to Aon’s 2025 Global Risk...
