Latest Business Insurance Headlines
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Illion to Lead CNA Small Business Unit
Oct 21 2004 // Chicago-based CNA Financial Corp. announced that Larry Illion has joined CNA insurance companies as senior vice president of CNA Small Business, a $650-million business operation. Prior to joining CNA, Illion worked for...
Minn. Gov. Asks for Commercial Insurance Review
Oct 21 2004 // Citing concerns that Minnesota businesses and their employees may have been affected by alleged “bid rigging,” Gov. Tim Pawlenty has asked Commerce Commissioner Glenn Wilson to review the relationship between...
W. Va. WCC Files Injunctions Against Employers
Oct 19 2004 // West Virginia’s Workers’ Compensation Commission recently filed injunctions against two state employers whose accounts with the Commission are reportedly in default. The injunctions were filed in Kanawha County...
Myron Steves Adds Zurich NA Small Business
Oct 13 2004 // Houston-based Myron F. Steves & Company announced an expansion of its Commercial Standard Lines department. Zurich North America Small Business has been added as a part of the group of companies currently...
Texas Employers, Medical Providers Join Forces to Fix Workers’ Comp System
Oct 13 2004 // Texas’ workers’ compensation system is one of the worst in the nation with skyrocketing costs, mediocre care and a poor record of getting workers back on the job, according to Texans for Workers’...
HURRICANES PROVE COMMERCIAL INSURANCE’S VALUE:
Oct 11 2004 // Business owners who debate the need for insurance coverage have learned an invaluable lesson from hurricanes Charley and Frances, according to the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI). In the aftermath...
FLORIDA WORKPLACE FATALITIES FALL IN 2003:
Oct 11 2004 // According to a joint federal and state survey, Florida workplaces had seven fewer fatal accidents in 2003 than the previous year, including a decrease in the number of Hispanic workers killed. The Census of Fatal...
AIG Excess Casualty Introduces New Broker Initiative for Commercial Umbrella Producers
Oct 7 2004 // AIG Excess Casualty(R), a division of the property and casualty insurance subsidiaries of American International Group, Inc., announced the launch of AIG ExcessAdvantage, described as “a new program designed to...
Haniewich Leaves Ohio Casualty’s Commercial Lines Division as Executive VP, COO
Oct 1 2004 // Insurer Ohio Casualty Corp. announced that Jeffery L. Haniewich, executive vice president and chief operating officer of the commercial lines division of the Ohio Casualty Insurance Co., has left to pursue other career...
Fla. Workplace Fatalities Fall in 2003
Sep 24 2004 // According to a joint federal and state survey, Florida workplaces had seven fewer fatal accidents in 2003 than the previous year, including a decrease in the number of Hispanic workers killed. The Census of Fatal...
S&P Affirms Employers Re ‘A+’ Ratings
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Mass. Approves Commercial Auto Market Reforms
Sep 20 2004 // Massachusetts Insurance Commissioner Julianne Bowler has approved plans to implement a limited servicing carrier program for the state’s commercial auto residual market as proposed by Commonwealth Auto Reinsurers...
Commercial Property
Sep 20 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: AXIS U.S. Insurance’s excess and surplus property unit is now offering property insurance coverage for U.S.-based lumber, wood products and furniture risks. The underwriting of this specialized...
‘Chicago’ Magazine Names Chubb a Top Employer
Sep 16 2004 // Chicago magazine has ranked the commercial lines carrier Chubb Group of Insurance Cos. No. 2 out of the top 25 places to work in Chicago. The magazine determined the 25 best employers in Chicago with the help of the...
Zurich Names Lindemann Middle Markets President
Sep 14 2004 // Schaumburg, Ill.-based Zurich has named Robert Lindemann president of the middle markets business unit of its North American commercial business division. Lindemann brings 29 years of commercial insurance experience with...
PCI: Hurricanes Prove Commercial Insurance Value
Sep 9 2004 // The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America has issued a bulletin, which notes: “Business owners who debate the need for insurance coverage can learn a valuable lesson from Hurricanes Charley and...
Employers Re to Become GE Insurance Solutions
Sep 7 2004 // General Electric has announced that it intends to unify the branding of its reinsurance and commercial insurance products and services as GE Insurance Solutions. “The name change is significant, yet it’s just...
Commercial Property
Sep 6 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: AXIS U.S. Insurance’s excess and surplus property unit is now offering property insurance coverage for U.S.-based lumber, wood products and furniture risks. The underwriting of this specialized...
Commercial Property
Sep 6 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: AXIS U.S. Insurance’s excess and surplus property unit is now offering property insurance coverage for U.S.-based lumber, wood products and furniture risks. Covered risks include logging...
IGNORING WORKPLACE VIOLENCE:
Aug 23 2004 // A recent follow-up survey by the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) found that many companies and organizations in all industries have yet to address the problem of workplace violence. ASSE said its Risk...
