Latest Business Insurance Headlines
All the headlines from our Business Insurance Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Fla. CFO Warns About Single-Employer Trusts
Apr 12 2004 // Florida’s Chief Financial Officer Tom Gallagher is alerting employers to use caution when considering setting up a health benefit plan through a Single Employer Trust (SET) document that requires sending financial...
W. Virginia WCC Files Injunctions Against Trio of State Employers; Ordered to Cease Business
Apr 8 2004 // West Virginia’s Workers’ Compensation Commission recently filed injunctions against three state employers whose accounts with the Commission are reportedly in default. The injunctions were filed in Kanawha...
Eleven Good Reasons to Reassign a Commercial Lines Account
Apr 5 2004 // In most offices, it’s easier to get a bone from a starving dog than it is to take a commercial account from an agency producer. That’s because the current producer is always the executive on a business account...
Small Business Workers’ Compensation
Apr 5 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: InsureVianet introduced a new Internet-based small business workers’ compensation insurance program for agencies in Indiana and Michigan. This technology allows agents and brokers to enter...
Commercial Property, Liability, Crime
Apr 5 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...
Commercial Property, Liability, Crime
Apr 5 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...
Ohio Comp Bureau Conducts Random Sweep of 200 Toledo Area Employers
Mar 29 2004 // The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) recently concluded a random sweep of 200 employers in the Toledo area to determine whether they have active workers’ compensation coverage, collecting $110,412 in...
St. Paul Enhances Commercial Property-General Liability Product for Companies with Foreign Operations
Mar 25 2004 // The St. Paul Companies announced the introduction of an enhanced version of “Global Companion,” which it described as “an international commercial property and general liability product designed to help...
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....
