Latest Business Insurance Headlines
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Insurance Journal Reports on How Zurich Pacts Affect Agents; Promise of Mid-Sized D&O Market
Apr 4 2006 // Independent agents representing Zurich Insurance in the U.S. will have to disclose their income before binding any commercial lines policies for Zurich and some Zurich agents may be denied contingency compensation under...
Mass. to Impose Individual Mandate, Employer Fee to Expand Health Cover
Apr 4 2006 // The Massachusetts House and Senate have passed a landmark plan designed to expand health insurance to most of the state’s estimated 500,000 uninsured citizens. The measure requires that all residents and most...
Small Business California finds employers concerned about workers’ comp
Apr 3 2006 // A recent survey conducted by California Small Business, San Francisco, found that most small businesses are still very concerned about workers’ compensation. In the survey, 83 percent of the respondents consider...
Small Business California finds employers concerned about workers’ comp
Apr 3 2006 // A recent survey conducted by California Small Business, San Francisco, found that most small businesses are still very concerned about workers’ compensation. In the survey, 83 percent of the respondents consider...
California Employer Arrested for Wrongly Accusing Employee of Workers Comp Fraud
Mar 31 2006 // A San Bernardino, Calif., employer has been arrested for wrongly accusing an employee of workers compensation fraud, according to the California Department of Insurance. Matthew Day, 26, was arrested after surrendering...
Granata to Discuss Resolving Conflict in the Workplace
Mar 31 2006 // Resolving conflict in the workplace will be the topic presented by Susan Granata, president of the Florida SunCoast Chapter of the Chartered Property and Casualty Underwriters during the group’s April 17 meeting in...
Combined Group Rolls Out Online Service for Commercial Auto
Mar 30 2006 // The Combined Group, headquartered in Carrollton, Texas, announced the launch of a new online tool to help agents efficiently make binding offers for commercial automobile business. The Automatic Commercial Auto Application...
Cant To Head Washington Workplace Safety and Health Division
Mar 29 2006 // Following a nationwide search, Steve Cant has been named to lead the workplace safety and health division of Washington’s Department of Labor and Industries (L&I). “I’m confident Steve is the right...
N.H. Employers Receive Refunds on Workers Comp Policies
Mar 29 2006 // Insurance companies in New Hampshire have refunded $666,086 on 13,424 workers’ compensation policyholders for policies written in 2003, 2004 and 2005. Insurance Commissioner Roger Sevigny last July ordered insurers...
Willis Group Holdings Names Eric Joost to Lead Middle Markets in Chicago
Mar 28 2006 // Willis Group Holdings, the global insurance broker, has named Eric Joost as Middle Market segment leader. Joost will lead efforts to develop proprietary and unique skills that will benefit Willis clients in this key...
Texas Workers’ Comp Division to Host Workplace Health/Safety Conference
Mar 22 2006 // As part of its mission to help employers and employees maintain safe workplaces and prevent occupational injuries and illnesses, the Texas Department of Insurance Division of Workers’ Compensation will host the 10th...
Small Business California Finds Employers Still Concerned about Workers’ Comp
Mar 21 2006 // A recent survey conducted by California Small Business, San Francisco, found that most small businesses are still very concerned about workers’ compensation. In the survey, 83 percent of the respondents consider...
Beazley Commercial Property Team Expands In U.S.
Mar 20 2006 // Beazley announced it has hired two senior underwriters to assist with the company’s U.S. operations mid market commercial property business a focus. Todd Hanes joins Beazley as the West Coast regional underwriting...
Health Insurance Plan for Small Business Passed in Okla.
Mar 6 2006 // A bill to expand a program that provides subsidies to cover much of the health insurance costs of employees of small businesses won approval Mar. 2 in the Oklahoma Senate. In other action, senators passed a bill to cut...
Mass. Closer to Employer Charge, Individual Mandate for Health Coverage
Mar 6 2006 // Massachusetts moved a step closer to dramatically expanding health coverage last week after House Speaker Salvatore DiMasi and Senate President Robert Travaglini said they’ve broken a legislative impasse blocking a...
Progressive Drives Commercial Auto Into W.Va.
Mar 2 2006 // The Progressive Group of Insurance Companies has announced it is now offering commercial auto insurance in West Virginia. While Progressive’s commercial coverages are available directly to consumers by phone and over...
Mo.-based Lockton Companies Adds New VP, Commercial Insurance Div.
Mar 1 2006 // Mo.-based Lockton Companies recently announced that Kerry R. Martin will be its new vice president, Commercial Insurance Division. Martin will be based in Chicago and focus on client development. Formerly, Martin was the...
W.Va. Bills Employers $1.89M for Workers’ Comp Premiums
Feb 28 2006 // The West Virginia Insurance Commission has released statistics indicating that more than $1.89 million in workers’ compensation payments are now outstanding from employers in the state. Notices asking 1,794 employers...
Chicago Furniture Builder Nailed for Workplace Safety Violations
Feb 27 2006 // The U.S. Labor Department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has proposed $218,200 in fines against steel frame furniture manufacturer Dehler Manufacturing Co. Inc. following an inspection at the...
Baton Rouge, La., Man Arrested in Business Auto Insurance Scam
Feb 22 2006 // Louisiana Attorney General Charles C. Foti, Jr., reported that special agents from his office, in a joint effort with members of the fraud section of the Louisiana Department of Insurance, arrested Walter Glenn McMillan,...
