Latest Business Insurance Headlines
All the headlines from our Business Insurance Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Survey: Commercial Lines Prices Fall 3% in Q1
May 16 2011 // Commercial property/casualty pricing declined again with an average decline of 3 percent in the first quarter of 2011. But according to a new industry survey, the pace of pricing declines may be slowing down. The market...
Florida Deregulates More Commercial Lines
May 16 2011 // Commercial insurers in Florida will have more leeway in setting rates on a number of lines of insurance under a bill approved by state lawmakers. The Florida legislature approved CS/HB 99 that expands the list of...
ACE Names Hageman Senior VP for Global Personal, Small Business Claims
May 12 2011 // The ACE Group of insurance and reinsurance companies has appointed Jim Hageman as senior vice president for claims for global personal and small commercial insurance. Hageman will lead the global claims operations for...
California Group Offers Commercial Insurance Resources
May 11 2011 // The Insurance Information Network of California is now tailoring content to assist small businesses on their understanding of commercial insurance. Information available on its Web site will cover basics of business...
BOLT Insurance Agency to Distribute Zurich Small Business Products
May 11 2011 // Business Owners Liability Team (BOLT Insurance Agency) has signed an agreement with Zurich Small Business to distribute its small commercial insurance products to business owners across the country on the BOLT Insurance...
Alaska Workplace Fatalities Down 42.5%
May 11 2011 // Alaska has seen a significant decrease in workplace fatalities — down 42.5 percent from the previous decade — according to the epidemiology branch of the state Division of Public Health. According to the Division,...
Business Insurance Associates Joins Iroquois Group
May 5 2011 // Business Insurance Associates (BIA) of Davidsonville, Maryland has joined The Iroquois Group. BIA started in 2000 as an employee benefits agency. Agency Principal Ed Coogan expanded the agency into property and casualty...
Small Business Owners Concerned Over Taxes, Healthcare Issues
May 4 2011 // Tax-related regulations and concerns over health care burden many small business owners today. Nearly two out of three business owners believe that tax-related regulations are too burdensome, while 51 percent find health...
Calif. Agents: Tread Carefully When Providing Workplace Safety Advice
May 4 2011 // Woe to the employer who is not attentive and actively engaged in health and safety.” That’s the warning the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) is giving employers in the Golden...
Survey: Commercial Lines Prices Fall 3% in Q1
May 4 2011 // Commercial property/casualty pricing declined again with an average decline 3 percent in the first quarter of 2011. But according to a new industry survey, the pace of pricing declines may be slowing down. The market...
Florida Legislature Approves Commercial Rate Deregulation Bill
May 3 2011 // Commercial insurers in Florida will have more leeway in setting rates on a number of lines of insurance under a bill approved today by state lawmakers. The Florida legislature approved CS/HB 99 that expands the list of...
Missouri Governor Vetoes Workplace Discrimination Measure
May 2 2011 // Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon has vetoed legislation that would have changed the legal standard workers must meet when they file discrimination lawsuits against former employers. Nixon said the measure would have undermined the...
Rate of Workplace Deaths in North Dakota Remains High
May 2 2011 // North Dakota’s per-capita rate of on-the-job deaths remains among the highest in the country, a new report shows. Officials cite the state’s rural nature as a big reason. The AFL-CIO report shows the state had...
North Carolina Employers, Workers Square Off Over Benefits
May 2 2011 // Business groups are praising proposed legislation that changes North Carolina’s workers’ compensation laws in ways that lower employer costs, while workers and the lawyers who represent them complained the...
Agents: Tread Carefully When Providing Workplace Safety Advice
May 2 2011 // Woe to the employer who is not attentive and actively engaged in health and safety.” That’s the warning the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) is giving employers in the Golden...
Both Sides Lobby Missouri Gov. on Workplace Discrimination Bill
Apr 28 2011 // Several Missouri lawyers and civil rights groups are urging Gov. Jay Nixon to veto a bill that would change the legal standard workers must meet when they file discrimination lawsuits against former employers. In letters...
Employers Promotes Dix to VP of Customer Support
Apr 27 2011 // Reno, Nev.-based Employers has promoted Dennis Dix to vice president of customer support. Since joining Employers in 2007, Dix’s successful background in process excellence and operations management has enabled him...
NFIB, EMPLOYERS Expand Work Comp Program to Additional States
Apr 26 2011 // The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) has extended discounted workers’ compensation coverage benefits to its members in Indiana, North Carolina, Virginia and Missouri through EMPLOYERS. EMPLOYERS...
Alabama Boosts Tax Break for Small Businesses Buying Health Insurance
Apr 25 2011 // Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley has signed legislation increasing the state income tax deduction that small businesses get for supplying health insurance for their employees. The new law applies to the current tax year....
SEC: Mid-Size Firms Should Follow Sarbanes Oxley Internal Control
Apr 25 2011 // Accountants at the U.S. securities regulator are recommending that medium-size public companies should not be exempted from a key auditing provision in the 2002 Sarbanes-Oxley Act, saying the benefits to investors outweigh...
