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Calif. Small Business Owners Optimistic About Growth, UBOC Survey Says
Mar 21 2005 // Almost 71 percent of California small business owners polled are expecting 2005 to be an overall better year than 2004, according to the fifth annual statewide survey released by Union Bank of California, N.A. The...
ACE Europe Announces 3 New P/C Business Units for U.K., Ireland
Mar 21 2005 // ACE European Group announced the creation of three new business units “to target growth opportunities in specific property and casualty (P&C) business lines in the UK and Ireland.” The new units are ACE...
Pratka Joins Burns & Wilcox of Houston as Commercial Lines Underwriter
Mar 16 2005 // Burns & Wilcox of Houston announced that James Pratka has joined the managing general agency as a commercial lines underwriter. As a commercial lines underwriter, Pratka’s responsibilities include serving as a...
St. Paul Travelers Revamps Its Small Commercial Insurance Offerings
Mar 16 2005 // St. Paul Travelers is rolling out an enhanced Select Accounts platform for small commercial insurance. The Select platform includes new and expanded products and services designed to re-energize the marketplace for agents...
Singapore Workplace Safety Lags
Mar 11 2005 // Workplace safety standards in Singapore are higher than in most other Asian countries, but remain below those of Japan and most of the European Union, a government minister said. “We have reduced the number of...
OSHA Identifies 14,000 Workplaces with High Injury, Illness Rates; Letter Looks to Proactive Steps
Mar 10 2005 // Approximately 14,000 employers have been notified that injury and illness rates at their worksites are higher than average and that assistance is available to help them fix safety and health hazards, the Occupational...
Conn. Weighs Employer Health Fund Fee
Mar 9 2005 // Companies in Connecticut with 100 or more employees could be forced to pay a fee to help cover their workers’ health insurance expenses if they don’t already offer coverage, under a preliminary legislative...
Small Business Group Offers Member Discount on Applied System
Mar 8 2005 // The National Federation of Independent Business recently began offering the University Park, Ill.-based Applied Systems‘ agency management system at a preferred rate to its 20,000 insurance agent members. Applied...
Progressive Drives Into S.C. Commercial Auto Insurance Market; Signs 430 Agents
Mar 7 2005 // Progressive Insurance’s Drive Group (Drive Insurance) has announced it will offer its commercial auto product in South Carolina through more than 430 agents. Drive(SM) Insurance is The Progressive Group of Insurance...
Travelers Assists Employers Offering Auto, Home Insurance Benefit from Multiple Carriers
Mar 7 2005 // Travelers is making it easier for companies with more than 5,000 employees to offer a choice of providers for auto and homeowners insurance through payroll deduction. A member of St. Paul Travelers, Travelers has dedicated...
COURT SLAPS SCOFFLAW EMPLOYERS:
Mar 7 2005 // New York State’s highest court has ruled that employers that fail to purchase workers’ compensation coverage cannot use the workers’ comp law as protection against being sued. In reversing a lower court...
IBC Reports 2004 Financials for Auto, Home and Business Insurance Companies
Mar 1 2005 // Insurance Bureau of Canada (IBC) recently announced estimated 2004 financial results for Canada’s home, auto and business insurance companies. Industry data indicate that in 2004, the industry’s 206 companies...
N.Y. Court Rules ‘No Pay, No Protection’ from Suits Under Workers’ Comp Law for Scofflaw Employers
Feb 24 2005 // New York State’s highest court has ruled that employers that fail to purchase workers compensation coverage cannot hide behind the workers’ compensation protection against being sued by employees. In reversing...
Calif. Small Business Owners Optimistic About Growth, UBOC Survey Says
Feb 23 2005 // Almost 71 percent of California small business owners polled are expecting 2005 to be an overall better year than 2004, according to the fifth annual statewide survey released today by Union Bank of California, N.A. The...
Report: Association Plans Could Harm Small Business
Feb 22 2005 // A new report titled, “Association Health Plans — A Step Backward for Small Employers and Consumers,” maintains that federal Association Health Plan legislation would have devastating consequences for small...
Commercial Insurance Posts Full Year in Soft Market, RIMS Survey Reveals
Feb 21 2005 // The commercial insurance industry experienced a full year of a soft market conditions in 2004, as the last months of the year represented the fourth consecutive quarter of declining prices, according to the RIMS Benchmark...
Ledbetter Confirmed as TWCC Employer Commissioner
Feb 17 2005 // The Texas Workers’ Compensation Commission reported the Texas Senate has confirmed William A. Ledbetter, Jr. to serve as an Employer Commissioner of the TWCC. Gov. Rick Perry appointed Ledbetter to the Commission in...
Commercial Insurance Posts Full Year in Soft Market, Reports RIMS Benchmark Survey
Feb 7 2005 // The commercial insurance industry experienced a full year of a soft market conditions in 2004, as the last months of the year represented the fourth consecutive quarter of declining prices, according to the RIMS Benchmark...
COMMERCIAL AUTO RESULTS TAKE U-TURN
Jan 24 2005 // Commercial auto underwriting results took a U-turn in the right direction from 1999 to 2003, according to a new study by Conning Research and Consulting Inc. The study, Commercial Automobile Markets: Solid Sectors, Worthy...
Employers Must Post Injuries Starting Feb. 1
Jan 17 2005 // Beginning Feb. 1, employers must post a summary of the total number of job-related injuries and illnesses that occurred last year, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration recently noted. Employers are only...
