Latest Business Insurance Headlines
All the headlines from our Business Insurance Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Investment in Workplace Safety Keys Positive Bottom Line Results for Businesses, Economy
Mar 24 2004 // In response to the recent Labor Department job report reportedly showing little change in the employment rate, the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) suggests businesses invest now in workplace safety, as part of...
N.Y. Employers to Speak Out on Cutting WC Costs
Mar 22 2004 // A coalition of New York employers led by the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of New York Inc. will urge state lawmakers at a public hearing this week to fix the state’s badly broken workers’...
Hazard in the Workplace: OSHA Identifies Businesses with Highest Injury Rates
Mar 22 2004 // High hazard industries pay high workers’ comp premiums for increased risk, but even within high risk industries some companies are more dangerous than others. “OSHA is going to focus on specific sites where...
Commercial Property, Liability, Crime
Mar 22 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: The Chubb Group of Insurance Companies has updated its Customarq Classic property policy. Chubb’s Customarq Classic offers U.S. and Canadian commercial customers a choice of monoline property...
Package and Commercial Auto
Mar 22 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: Superior Access Insurance Services Inc. is offering a package and commercial auto program featuring a replacement cost with optional ACV, no coinsurance and property value guard automatic increases....
Employers Direct Contracts with No. Cal. Builders Assoc.
Mar 22 2004 // Employers Direct Insurance Company (EDIC) has contracted with the Home Builders Association of Northern California (HBANC) to provide workers’ compensation insurance coverage to selected members. EDIC works directly...
Package and Commercial Auto
Mar 22 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: Superior Access Insurance Services Inc. is offering a package and commercial auto program featuring a replacement cost with optional ACV, no coinsurance and property value guard automatic increases....
Aon to Push Middle-Market Captives
Mar 11 2004 // Chicago-based brokerage giant Aon Corp. has formed Aon Alternative Risk Underwriting (ARU), a managing general underwriter that provides group captive solutions for middle-market U.S. companies. Working through independent...
Commercial Property, Liability, Crime
Mar 8 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: The Chubb Group of Insurance Companies has updated its Customarq Classic property policy. Chubb’s Customarq Classic offers U.S. and Canadian commercial customers a choice of monoline property...
Package and Commercial Auto
Mar 8 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: Superior Access Insurance Services Inc. is offering a package and commercial auto program featuring a replacement cost with optional ACV, no coinsurance and property value guard automatic increases....
Commercial Property, Liability, Crime
Mar 8 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: The Chubb Group of Insurance Cos. has updated its Customarq Classic property policy. Chubb’s Customarq Classic offers U.S. and Canadian commercial customers a choice of monoline property insurance...
Package and Commercial Auto
Mar 8 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: Superior Access Insurance Services Inc. is offering a package and commercial auto program featuring a replacement cost with optional ACV, no coinsurance and property value guard automatic increases....
Commercial Rates Going Down, Reinsurance Rates Holding Firm
Mar 8 2004 // As Costello famously asked Abbott, “Who’s on first?” A new report released by leading independent insurance intermediary Benfield concludes that despite “ample capacity and signs of resurgent...
Small Businesses Start Small Then Grow into Big Businesses
Mar 8 2004 // According to the U.S. Census Bureau there were more than five million firms employing fewer than 20 people in 2001, not counting the millions of people who are self employed. Another 600,000 firms employed between 20 and...
MINICO INC. LAUNCHES NEW COMMERCIAL INSURANCE TECHNOLOGY SYSTEM:
Mar 8 2004 // Phoenix, Ariz.-based MiniCo Inc. has announced the successful implementation of Renaissance, a new browser-based commercial insurance technology system designed to improve customer service throughout the...
Commercial Property, Liability, Crime
Mar 8 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: The Chubb Group of Insurance Companies has updated its Customarq Classic property policy. Chubb’s Customarq Classic offers U.S. and Canadian commercial customers a choice of monoline property...
Package and Commercial Auto
Mar 8 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: Superior Access Insurance Services Inc. is offering a package and commercial auto program featuring a replacement cost with optional ACV, no coinsurance and property value guard automatic increases....
Small Businesses are Big Business
Mar 8 2004 // According to the U.S. Census Bureau there were 5,652,544 firms actively doing business in the U.S. in 2001, the latest available totals. This doesn’t count the millions of people who are self-employed. 5,036,845 of...
Workers’ Comp Chief Concern of Most Calif. Small Business Owners
Mar 8 2004 // While the state’s economic recovery has not yet reached every part of the business spectrum, 72 percent of California small business owners polled are expecting 2004 to be an overall better year than 2003, according...
Small Businesses Start Small Then Grow into Big Businesses
Mar 8 2004 // According to the U.S. Census Bureau there were more than five million firms employing fewer than 20 people in 2001, not counting the millions of people who are self employed. Another 600,000 firms employed between 20 and...
