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#1 Commercial Lines Not at Top of Cycle; ‘Thieves’ Fuel Social Inflation: CEOs
Jul 9 2024 // It’s not waning market discipline but the scourge of social inflation that industry leaders of commercial lines insurance businesses see as a potential threat to future profits, a trio of property/casualty chief...
#2 Weinstein Wants Mangrove to Be Big Player in Florida, Focused on Mid-Market
Feb 5 2025 // Stephen Weinstein, a Harvard-trained lawyer, has spent more than two decades with Renaissance Re as chief legal officer and executive vice president. He is now turning that experience to Mangrove Property Insurance, a...
#3 Probe Into Death of Nurse on Home Visit Alleges Employer Failed to Protect Workers
May 3 2024 // A home health care company failed to protect a visiting nurse who was killed during an appointment with a convicted rapist at a Connecticut halfway house and should be fined about $161,000, federal workplace safety...
#4 Commercial Auto Insurance Profit Struggles Continue
Jul 15 2024 // The commercial auto insurance segment maintained its place as a weaker-performing U.S. property/casualty insurance product line in 2023. Despite successive periods of pricing and underwriting actions, commercial auto has...
#5 Construction Defects Are Not Covered Property Damage in Commercial Liability Policy
Aug 16 2024 // A home builder is not covered under the property damage coverage in its commercial liability policy for construction defects for which it was responsible. A three-judge panel of the Massachusetts Appeals Court has held for...
#6 ‘Dirty Dozen’ Unsafe Employers Putting Workers at Risk
May 1 2024 // A retail giant, a space launch operation, a major food processor, the nation’s two biggest rideshare providers and a large healthcare system are among those entities marked as being among the most unsafe...
#7 Soft Commercial Market Ahead: Prepare for Underwriter ‘Herd Behavior’
Oct 29 2024 // Executive Summary: During the period 2013 through 2018, the U.S. did not become less litigious nor did Atlantic sea surface temperatures get less warm. Yet rates for U.S. excess liability and Atlantic hurricane both...
#8 What Changes Should Small Businesses Be Aware of for 2025?
Dec 26 2024 // For small businesses, the biggest change in the new year will be the arrival of a presumably more business-friendly administration in Washington. But there are other shifts owners should keep on their radar. Among them:...
#9 Philadelphia Eagles Seek to Extend Covid-19 Business Insurance Bid Into Overtime
Nov 19 2024 // The Philadelphia Eagles football organization wants to force its case for Covid-19 business interruption insurance against insurer Factory Mutual Insurance Co. into overtime, arguing that its situation is unlike any other...
#10 Supreme Court Rejects Challenge to Workplace Safety Agency
Jul 2 2024 // The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Tuesday to hear a challenge by an Ohio company to the power of the federal workplace safety regulator as the justices avoided another legal effort to pare back the authority of federal...
#11 Workplace Flexibility Is Key to Employee Retention: Research
Oct 9 2024 // Less than a month after Amazon announced employees would need to give up their flexible work arrangements and return to the office full-time, new research has reinforced the value of a flexible work culture. The 2024...
#12 Economic, Social Inflation Influence Drop in Commercial Auto UW Profits: Triple-I/CAS
Oct 28 2024 // Commercial auto insurance has struggled to achieve underwriting profitability, even before inflationary conditions affected property/casualty lines in recent years. The trend has been accompanied by steady growth in net...
#13 Majority of Small Business Leaders Think AI Will Play ‘Crucial Role’ in Work Safety
Apr 21 2025 // More than half of small business leaders believe artificial intelligence will play a “crucial role” in worker safety over the next five years, according to a new report from Pie Insurance. A survey of...
#14 California Workplace Violence Law a Best Practice No Matter What State You’re in
May 14 2024 // California Senate Bill 553 is groundbreaking legislation that aims to prevent workplace violence and enhance employee safety and security in California. The law elevates California’s commitment to protecting workers,...
#15 Commercial Lines Profit Growth: Execution Matters More Than Portfolio Mix
Nov 22 2024 // It is “how” commercial lines carriers execute their underwriting strategies, not “what” lines they write that is key to profitable growth for top performers, according to new research from...
#16 Employer’s Clinic May Not be Protected by Workers’ Comp Remedy, SC Court Says
Aug 13 2024 // The South Carolina Court of Appeals has signaled that employers who offer on-site health clinics may not be immune from tort claims from injured or sickened workers. It’s the latest twist to a question that has...
#17 Commercial Property Market Stabilizing, With Ample Capacity: USI
Jan 27 2025 // The commercial property market is showing signs of stabilization, and buyers with favorable risk profiles will see rate decreases or low-single-digit increases this year, according to USI Insurance Services’ 2025...
#18 Employers Turn to New Technology to Safeguard Workers From Extreme Heat
Jul 26 2024 // McKINNEY, Texas (AP) — At the start of every work day, construction worker Charles Smith puts on the essentials: hard hat. Safety glasses. A reflective vest. And a small, watch-like band for his wrist. But rather than...
#19 Slain Visiting Nurse’s Husband Sues Employer, Alleging It Ignored Safety Concerns
May 8 2024 // The husband of a Connecticut visiting nurse who was killed during an appointment with a convicted rapist filed a wrongful death lawsuit Monday, alleging her employer repeatedly ignored workers’ safety concerns about...
#20 “Dirty Dozen” Unsafe Employers Putting Workers at Risk
May 20 2024 // A retail giant, a space launch operation, a major food processor, the nation’s two biggest rideshare providers and a large healthcare system are among those entities marked as being among the most unsafe...
