Latest Business Insurance Headlines
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Oregon Sees 4 Workplace Fatalities in Q1 2011
Apr 25 2011 // Oregon recorded four compensable workplace fatalities in the first quarter of 2011, compared to seven compensable workplace fatalities for the same period in 2010. According to the Department of Consumer and Business...
Barney & Barney Adds Borsenberger in Commercial Division
Apr 22 2011 // San Diego-based Barney & Barney LLC, a large insurance brokerage, has added Dennis Borsenberger to the Commercial Division. Borsenberger will serve as a client executive in company’s San Diego office. With a...
Missouri Black Caucus Urges Nixon to Veto Workplace Discrimination Bill
Apr 22 2011 // The Missouri Legislative Black Caucus is urging Gov. Jay Nixon to veto a workplace discrimination bill that recently gained legislative approval. In a letter to Nixon, the caucus said Senate Bill 188 would reverse...
Employers Holdings Q1 Earnings to Be Announced May 5
Apr 21 2011 // Reno, Nev.-based Employers Holdings Inc., whose subsidiaries are specialty providers of workers’ compensation insurance focused on small businesses, announced it will review the company’s first quarter 2011...
Ohio Work Comp Bureau Offering Safety Grants to Wholesale, Retail Employers
Apr 21 2011 // Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) Administrator/CEO Stephen Buehrer has announced a grant program to reduce or eliminate occupational injuries and illnesses in the wholesale/retail trade sector. As part of...
Golden Eagle Expands Small Business BOP Product
Apr 18 2011 // Golden Eagle Insurance, a Liberty Mutual Agency Corp. regional company, has expanded its small commercial appetite with the addition of more than 60 business classes to its Commercial Protector BOP product. The majority of...
Hawaii Workplace Safety Regulator Looks Into Fireworks Blast
Apr 13 2011 // Hawaii’s workplace safety regulator has launched an investigation into the company responsible for the fireworks that exploded in a storage facility last week to determine if it has any record of violating safety...
Allied World Introduces Small to Mid-Size Company Privacy Coverage
Apr 11 2011 // Allied World Assurance Company Holdings, AG has introduced Allied World U.S.’s new privacy and network security insurance product, Privacy//101. Designed for small to mid‐size companies, law firms, healthcare and...
Commercial Insurance Pricing Cuts Slowed in March
Apr 6 2011 // Commercial insurers moderated their rate reductions in March, and coastal property accounts actually saw increases, the latest insurance pricing survey shows. According to the report from online exchange MarketScout, the...
MMA to Write Commercial Lines via Broker Network Trading Room
Apr 5 2011 // As of April 1st members of Broker Network (BN) will be able to trade with commercial insurer MMA Insurance plc via BN’s Network Trading Room. MMA plc is a wholly owned subsidiary of French multi-national insurer, MMA...
Starr Aviation Develops Workers’ Compensation Small Business Unit
Apr 5 2011 // Starr Aviation Agency, Inc., a member of Starr Cos., has developed a Small Business Unit within their Workers’ Compensation division. The focus of the Workers’ Compensation Small Business Unit is to provide an...
Florida Advances Commercial Insurance Rate Deregulation
Apr 4 2011 // A move to deregulate a number of commercial lines of property/casualty insurance is making quiet progress in Florida. The legislation, which has already passed the House by a unanimous vote, would exempt insurance pricing...
Liberty Mutual Expands UK Commercial Lines Operations
Apr 4 2011 // Liberty Mutual Insurance Europe (LMIE), a member of the Liberty Mutual Group, has confirmed more details of its expanded regional office network and management team to beef up its move into the UK’s commercial lines...
Pennsylvania Considers Workers’ Comp for Small Business Owners
Apr 4 2011 // Agents in Pennsylvania are urging lawmakers to pass legislation that would allow insurers to cover owners or partners of small businesses through a workers’ compensation policy. The legislation changes insurance laws...
Elliot Named Commercial Markets Head for The Hartford
Mar 30 2011 // The Hartford has named Douglas G. Elliot president of its commercial markets division. Elliot is currently president and chief executive officer of Hartford Steam Boiler, a subsidiary of Munich Re, and president of...
Employers Rewarded for Insuring Early Retirees Under Healthcare Reform
Mar 28 2011 // When President Barack Obama signed his healthcare overhaul into law a year ago, some U.S. companies were quick to flag — and write down — the millions of dollars they stood to lose as a result of one aspect of...
Commercial Insurance Prices Still Flat After 8 Quarters: Towers Watson
Mar 25 2011 // Commercial insurance prices were relatively flat for the eighth consecutive quarter, while accident-year loss ratios deteriorated relative to the same period in the prior 12 months. According to global professional...
Michigan Nixes Strict Workplace Ergonomics Rule
Mar 23 2011 // Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder has signed a bill to prevent state-level administrative rules mandating workplace ergonomics. Ergonomics aims to limit injuries caused by lifting, repetitive motion and awkward work positions. The...
Pennsylvania Ponders Workers’ Comp for Small Business Owners
Mar 23 2011 // Agents in Pennsylvania will urge lawmakers today to pass legislation that would allow insurers to cover owners or partners of small businesses through a workers’ compensation policy. The legislation changes insurance...
Kansas Workplace Injuries Drop by 12% in 2009
Mar 22 2011 // Kansas labor officials say nonfatal workplace injuries in Kansas fell by 12 percent in 2009, the most recent year the statistics are available. The Department of Labor says the Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses...
