Latest Business Insurance Headlines
All the headlines from our Business Insurance Topic Page, ordered by recency.
N.D. Workers’ Comp Agency Wants Records on Delinquent Employers
Aug 10 2006 // North Dakota’s workers compensation agency wants permission to publish a list of employers who haven’t paid their insurance premiums. Members of the Workforce Safety and Insurance agency’s board have...
Aug. 11 Public Hearing Scheduled in Bradenton, Fla. to Gauge Commercial Insurance Woes
Aug 9 2006 // A public hearing to gauge the scope and nature of the burgeoning commercial insurance crisis in Florida has been scheduled held Friday Aug. 11 from 4 p.m. until 6 p.m. in Bradenton, Fla. by Florida Insurance Commissioner...
Florida moving ahead with commercial lines reinsurance pool
Aug 7 2006 // Florida is moving to reactivate a state-run reinsurance pool for commercial lines insurance to help businesses obtain insurance. The Commercial Joint Underwriting Association (JUA) is intended to provide property insurance...
Employers’ workers’ comp costs rose faster than benefit payments in 2004
Aug 7 2006 // Employers’ costs for workers’ compensation grew faster than combined cash benefits for injured workers and medical payments for their treatment, according to a new study issued by the National Academy of Social...
Employers’ workers’ comp costs rose faster than benefit payments in 2004
Aug 7 2006 // News Currents Employers’ costs for workers’ compensation grew faster than combined cash benefits for injured workers and medical payments for their treatment, according to a new study issued by the National...
Washington Employers Invited to Join Workers’ Comp Pilot
Aug 1 2006 // The Washington Department of Labor and Industries (L&I) has begun enrolling employers who want to participate in a new way of reporting claims for workplace injuries and occupational diseases. Injured workers in...
W. Va. Employers Face BrickStreet Deadline Today
Aug 1 2006 // West Virginia employers who haven’t made a premium payment for the second half of 2006 to insurer BrickStreet have one last opportunity to retain workers’ compensation coverage. BrickStreet mailed more than...
BrickStreet Vows to Audit Every W. Va. Employer for Workers’ Comp
Aug 1 2006 // West Virginia’s workers’ compensation insurance provider has a lofty goal: to audit every one of West Virginia’s 38,000 employers this year. That would require an unprecedented 200 audits a day, and may...
Fla. Gov. Bush Eyes State Pool for Commercial Lines
Jul 30 2006 // Florida Gov. Jeb Bush is considering a state-run reinsurance pool or joint underwriting pool to help businesses that can’t get policies from private insurers, saying that if companies can’t get coverage, it...
Employers Insurance Group Expanding in Arizona, Texas
Jul 27 2006 // Reno, Nev.-based Employers Insurance Group announced it is expanding its market for workers’ compensation insurance and services to small businesses throughout the states of Texas and Arizona. Insurance is being...
Employers’ Costs for Workers’ Comp Rose Faster than Benefit Payments, Study Reveals
Jul 26 2006 // Employers’ costs for workers’ compensation grew faster than combined cash benefits for injured workers and medical payments for their treatment, according to a new study issued today by the National Academy of...
5,450 W.Va. Employers Delinquent, Owe $11.4M in Workers’ Comp Payments
Jul 25 2006 // West Virginia has delinquent workers’ compensation payments valued at $11.4 million outstanding as of July 13, with 5,450 employers overdue on their payments to BrickStreet Mutual, according to Insurance Commissioner...
Online Marine General Liability, Maritime Employers Liability
Jul 25 2006 // A new online marine general liability and maritime employers liability rating program has been announced by LIG Marine Managers in St. Petersburg, Fla. The “Thunderstorm” program is designed to provide 24/7...
W. Va. cracking down on 2,000 employers without workers’ comp
Jul 24 2006 // The West Virginia Insurance Commission is cracking down on an estimated 2,000 employers in the state who do not have workers’ compensation insurance, which is required by law. When an employee of an uninsured...
W. Va. cracking down on 2,000 employers without workers’ comp
Jul 24 2006 // The West Virginia Insurance Commission is cracking down on an estimated 2,000 employers in the state who do not have workers’ compensation insurance, which is required by law. When an employee of an uninsured...
Mo. Governor Signs Health Care Bill to Aid Small Businesses
Jul 17 2006 // Gov. Matt Blunt recently signed legislation aimed at increasing access to affordable health insurance for employees of small businesses. The bill, sponsored by Rep. Jay Wasson, R-Nixa, expands eligibility for association...
Zurich Expands Subclasses of Small Business Division
Jul 14 2006 // Schaumburg, Ill.-based Zurich, one of the nation’s largest commercial property-casualty insurance companies, has announced that it is expanding the number of subclasses of businesses its small business division will...
Mass. Unveils Proposed Employer Exemption from Health Mandate
Jul 6 2006 // Massachusetts officials have unveiled proposed regulations that would set the minimum a company would have to do to be exempt from a new $295 per-worker assessment as part of the state’s new health care law. Health...
W.Va. Insurance Commission Acting Against Uninsured Employers
Jul 6 2006 // The West Virginia Insurance Commission is cracking down on the estimated 2,000 employers in the state that do not have workers’ compensation insurance, which is required by law. When an employee of an uninsured...
OneBeacon Flexes for Commercial Property, Inland Marine Risks
Jul 6 2006 // Commercial and industrial operations, ownership interests, and companies with multi-state locations have a new option from OneBeacon Insurance for safeguarding themselves against loss. With Flex, its new property product,...
