Latest Business Insurance Headlines
All the headlines from our Business Insurance Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oklahoma House Passes Bill to Help Small Businesses Grow
Mar 14 2019 // Legislation that would make the Small Employer Quality Jobs Program more accessible to startup companies and small businesses has passed the Oklahoma House of Representatives with a bipartisan vote of 88 to 5. The Small...
More Employers Helping Employees with Money Worries: Viewpoint
Mar 14 2019 // Millions of Americans get their health insurance and retirement accounts through their employers. Now some are getting help with their debt. Companies including insurer Aetna and accounting firm PwC help employees pay down...
U.S. Commercial Insurance Prices Inched Up in Q4
Mar 11 2019 // U.S. commercial insurance carriers again earned price increases in the 2018 fourth quarter, but the growth was slight. Premiums during the quarter grew just under two percent on average compared to the same period in 2017,...
OSHA Scraps Obama Workplace Injury Reporting Rule; 6 States Sue
Mar 11 2019 // Citing a concern over potential public disclosure of sensitive worker information, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recently eliminated a requirement that businesses with 250 or more employees...
5 Questions to Ask Small Businesses to Uncover Their Cyber Blind Spots
Mar 11 2019 // In an increasingly digital world, it’s important that small businesses don’t get left behind when fending off cyber threats. While a recent study by Forbes Insights and The Hanover shows that most small...
Texas Insurance Adjuster Sentenced for Stealing $100K from Employer
Mar 7 2019 // A Spring, Texas, insurance adjuster has been sentenced for stealing nearly $100,000 from the insurance company where he worked, the Texas Department of Insurance announced. Allen Castillo pleaded guilty after an...
Employers May Have to Begin Reporting Gender Pay Data This Spring
Mar 6 2019 // Companies with more than 100 employees will have to report to the U.S. government data about how much workers are paid broken down by sex, race and ethnicity, possibly as soon as this spring, according to a new court...
Small Business Owners Don’t Trust Commercial Insurance Buying Process: Accenture
Mar 4 2019 // Small commercial insurers aren’t giving their client base what they want — a simple and easy purchase experience. Whether online or through an agent, business owners are left confused, frustrated and having to...
Berkshire Hathaway GUARD Adds Commercial Package Product
Mar 1 2019 // Berkshire Hathaway GUARD Insurance Companies is adding a commercial package product that will include coverages for property, general liability, umbrella, and employment-related practices liability insurance (EPLI). The...
PIA Makes Cyber Product Available for Agents to Sell to Small Business Clients
Feb 28 2019 // The National Association of Professional Insurance Agents (PIA National) has given its members a cyber insurance product to sell to their small and mid-sized businesses clients. PIA and ABA Insurance Services (ABAIS) have...
India’s New Web Rules Address Data Privacy, Commercial Liability
Feb 26 2019 // India outlined a new draft policy for its burgeoning e-commerce sector on Saturday, focusing on data localisation, improved privacy safeguards and measures to combat the sale of counterfeit products. The proposed overhaul,...
Commercial Insurance Prices Rose 2% in Q4: Marsh Global Index
Feb 26 2019 // Average commercial insurance prices increased by two percent in the fourth quarter of 2018, the fifth consecutive quarter of average increases. Also, according to broker Marsh’s Global Insurance Market Index,...
New Jersey Woman Sentenced to Prison for Stealing $190K from Former Employer
Feb 22 2019 // A former site manager for a temporary staffing agency in New Jersey has been sentenced to prison for stealing $190,000 from the agency. Xiomara Jovel, 47, of Roselle, N.J., was sentenced to three years in state prison by...
‘Sharing’ in Workplace Can Undermine Authority
Feb 18 2019 // Sharing personal information with friends and family has long been held by researchers as a way to build rapport and healthy relationships. But between coworkers, that’s not always true. Researchers at the Georgia...
Expect Direct Online to Gain in Small Commercial Insurance Market Share: Novarica
Feb 14 2019 // Changes in small business owners’ online habits and new market entrants are driving market demand for online purchasing of insurance, according to a report from advisory firm Novarica, which sees direct online sales...
Aon Appoints Lambrou as Global CEO of Commercial Risk Solutions
Feb 12 2019 // Aon plc has appointed veteran Aon leader, Lambros Lambrou, as global CEO of Commercial Risk Solutions. Lambrou has worked within the risk management industry for more than three decades, holding leadership roles that span...
Berkshire Hathaway’s New ‘THREE’ Policy Seeks to Simplify Small Business Insurance
Feb 12 2019 // Berkshire Hathaway’s Insurance Group has launched a comprehensive insurance product for small businesses that combines multiple coverages, and the conglomerate’s legendary chairman has endorsed it. The product,...
Fournier Group in Oregon Names Larson Commercial Insurance Manager
Feb 11 2019 // Portland, Ore.-based Fournier Group has named Melissa Larson its commercial insurance manager. Larson is responsible for boosting departmental efficiencies, refining procedures, and recruiting, training and managing...
QBE North America Launches Business Unit for Financial Institutions
Feb 8 2019 // QBE North America has launched QBE Integrated Advantage for Financial Institutions—a new dedicated business unit specializing in the segment The new unit offers customers access to a single team organized under a one...
How a ‘Sharing’ Workplace Can Undermine Leadership
Feb 8 2019 // Sharing personal information with friends and family has long been held by researchers as a way to build rapport and healthy relationships. But between coworkers, that’s not always true. That is at the center of new...
