Latest Business Insurance Headlines
All the headlines from our Business Insurance Topic Page, ordered by recency.
‘Invent’ive: HP Offers e-Center for Small Businesses
Jun 18 2001 // So I come across an e-mail or a site that tells me that if I subscribe to a Hewlett-Packard e-newsletter, that I’ll get a $10 gift certificate to Amazon.com. Now, you know me, I can’t pass up free money when...
‘Invent’ive: HP Offers e-Center for Small Businesses
Jun 11 2001 // So I come across an e-mail or a site that tells me that if I subscribe to a Hewlett-Packard e-newsletter, that I’ll get a $10 gift certificate to Amazon.com. Now, you know me, I can’t pass up free money when...
Legislation to Protect Small Businesses from Hazardous Liability Litigation Passed
May 30 2001 // Legislation that would provide Superfund liability protection for small-businesses that disposed of municipal solid waste before April 1, 2001 recently passed the U.S. House of Representatives. According to Julie...
Conning Survey Says Commercial Lines Rates Continue to Accelerate
May 29 2001 // A recent Conning & Company survey of insurance agents and brokers across the U.S. indicates that price increases have continued to accelerate and are in double-digit territory for most commercial lines. In addition,...
Risks of School and Workplace Violence to be Explored at Meeting
May 25 2001 // More than 2,000 risk management professionals from around the world are expected to attend North America’s largest meeting of government risk management practitioners in Chicago from June 10-13, 2001. Programming for...
Employers Ins. Co. of Nevada Selects HNC Software for Workers’ Comp Claims
May 21 2001 // A bill by Assemblyman Thomas M. Calderon (D-Montebello) that would prohibit insurance carriers from refusing to issue or renew an auto insurance policy based solely on an individual’s credit rating was approved by...
SAFECO Says it Will Focus on Small, Medium Business Market
May 18 2001 // SAFECO announced plans to consolidate its commercial operations and focus on insurance for small-to-medium sized businesses. The new SAFECO Business Insurance enterprise will be headquartered in Seattle, with five...
New Commercial Umbrella Quoting at Superior Access Website from Fireman’s Fund
May 18 2001 // Superior Access Insurance Services Inc. added Fireman’s Fund’s The Fund Umbrella® product to its wholesale website, superioraccess.com. e.XST™ is available in 21 states including California, Texas, Illinois,...
Accident and Workplace Violence Prevention Workshop
May 14 2001 // The Workers’ Health and Safety Division of the Texas Workers’ Compensation Commission will present a one-day educational seminar, Accident Prevention Planning and Workplace Violence Prevention, in Corpus...
Marsh, Chubb Introduce Program for Small, Mid-Sized Firms
May 11 2001 // Marsh Inc. and the Chubb Group of Insurance Companies formed a new insurance program suited to give protection to emerging small and mid-sized businesses in the fight against a variety of liabilities related to usage of...
ePolicy, Zurich North America Align to Offer Small Business Insurance Nationwide
May 10 2001 // Torrance, Calif.-based ePolicy.com Insurance Services, Inc., which offers insurance products for small businesses and professionals over the Internet, signed an agreement with Zurich North America Small Business, a unit of...
The Hartford Introduces Enhanced Commercial Coverage
Apr 21 2001 // The Hartford Financial Services Group now offers enhanced commercial coverage to accommodate an e-economy. Since many small and mid-sized companies are expanding their use of the Internet to incorporate it as a business...
Employers Re Acquires CyberComp
Mar 30 2001 // Employers Reinsurance Corp., a GE company, has acquired and reactivated CyberComp, an online system that quotes and binds workers’ compensation policies, through its subsidiary Westport Insurance Corporation. Prior...
The Hartford Study Finds Small Businesses in the Dark About eCommerce
Mar 28 2001 // Love Bug-type viruses. Lawsuits for privacy violations. For small and mid-sized companies venturing onto the Internet, the world of cyberspace can be fraught with pitfalls. Compounding the problem is that few small and...
InsureZone Offering Zurich’s Business Insurance Classes
Mar 26 2001 // InsureZone has aligned with top-rated insurance carrier Zurich North America Small Business, a unit of Zurich North America. InsureZone will serve as a provider of Small Business’ commercial and residential...
EPolicy Aligns With The St. Paul Cos. to Offer New Business Insurance Products
Mar 23 2001 // ePolicy.com Insurance Services, Inc. has aligned with The St. Paul Cos., a premier provider of property-liability insurance products, to provide a Business Insurance Policy, umbrella coverage and business auto coverage to...
Amwest Discontinues Commercial Auto Program
Mar 20 2001 // Amwest Insurance Group Inc. announced that it will immediately cease writing new commercial automobile policies. The decision to discontinue this product line follows the company’s plan of reorganization previously...
Employers Reinsurance Corp. Names Pomeroy Associate General Counsel
Mar 9 2001 // Glenn Pomeroy, the former commissioner of insurance of North Dakota and former president of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, has been named associate general counsel for regulatory affairs at Employers...
Commercial Auto-The LONG Road Back to Profitability
Feb 19 2001 // The signs were there in 2000—and now it can safely be said that prices in the commercial auto industry are definitely firming. But how long it will take the industry to truly return to profitability is still hard to...
Combination to Create Global Large Commercial Insurance Business
Feb 16 2001 // XL Capital Ltd has agreed to purchase Winterthur International from Winterthur Insurance, a subsidiary of the Credit Suisse Group. The all-cash transaction is valued at approximately $600 million and will be funded by XL...
