Latest Commercial Lines Headlines
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EEOC Scraps Guidance That Expanded Workplace Protections for LGBTQ Workers
Jan 27 2026 // The U.S. agency that enforces laws prohibiting workplace discrimination on Thursday rescinded legal guidance that had strengthened protections against unlawful harassment for LGBTQ workers and women who have abortions. The...
Commercial Lines Market Overall Remains Firm, Says Ivans
Jan 23 2026 // Premium renewal rates increased year-over-year for all major commercial lines, except workers’ compensation, according to fourth quarter 2025 results of the Ivans Index. “The commercial insurance market remains...
People Moves: Cowbell Appoints Hughes as Chief Commercial Officer
Jan 20 2026 // Simon Hughes Cowbell named Simon Hughes chief commercial officer. Hughes, who previously served as senior vice president, global distribution and general manager, U.K., will oversee Cowbell’s global commercial...
People Moves: Mosaic Builds Out Global Transactional Tax-Risk Team; The Hartford Names Hill CUO of Small Business
Jan 15 2026 // Mosaic Insurance, headquartered in Hamilton, Bermuda, has expanded its North America and international transactional tax-liability teams to meet heightened demand in the sector, with the recent addition of four tax-risk...
Delaware Reports Avian Flu in a Commercial Poultry Flock
Jan 12 2026 // Delaware officials announced Sunday that preliminary testing of a commercial broiler flock in Kent County has returned presumptive positive for avian influenza. The Delaware Department of Agriculture said it quarantined...
Private Equity Firms Expected to Unleash Middle-Market M&A Deals, Survey Says
Jan 7 2026 // M&A activity is expected to rise among midsize companies as private equity firms become more willing to do deals, according to a Citizens Financial survey of about 400 companies. Executives at middle market companies...
Washington Workplace Changes for 2026 Include Higher Pay, New Tower Crane Rules
Jan 3 2026 // A round of changes impacting Washington workplaces now that 2026 has arrived include higher worker pay and several workplace safety alterations. The Washington State Department of Labor & Industries year calculates new...
Colorado Faces $24M Funding Cut for Illegal Commercial Driver’s Licenses
Dec 30 2025 // The head of the U.S. Department of Transportation threatened to withhold $24 million in federal funding from the state of Colorado for what he described as a slow response to a major violation of federal commercial...
People Moves: Chubb Overseas General Promotes DePeters to Lead Commercial Insurance, Specialty; BMS Taps Emkes From Lockton as Director of Commercial D&O
Dec 22 2025 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Chubb Overseas General Insurance and BMS Group. A summary of these new hires follows here. Chubb Overseas General Promotes DePeters to Lead Commercial...
Viewpoint: Artificial Intelligence Is Rewriting the Rules for Commercial Lines
Dec 22 2025 // Commercial lines insurance is changing—not with loud announcements or flashy tech demos, but through quiet, meaningful shifts in how work gets done. Much of this progress is driven by teams applying AI tools to everyday...
Oregon OSHA Fines Manufacturer for Workplace Safety Violations
Dec 22 2025 // A Tualatin, Oregon company intentionally kept a faulty system in place for storing raw materials, exposing employees to struck-by and crushing hazards, an inspection by the Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Division...
New York Says It Follows Federal Rules on Commercial Driver’s Licenses for Immigrants
Dec 17 2025 // New York is the eighth state found to routinely issue commercial driver’s licenses to immigrants that are valid long after they are no longer legally authorized to be in the country, U.S. Transportation Secretary...
AIG Appoints Clifford From Everest as CEO, International Commercial Insurance
Dec 16 2025 // AIG Appoints Clifford From Everest as CEO, Int’l Commercial Insurance American International Group (AIG) announced that Adam Clifford has been appointed chief executive officer, International Commercial Insurance,...
Nine Insurers OK’d to Sell Group Health to Washington Employers
Dec 4 2025 // Washington Insurance Commissioner Patty Kuderer approved nine health insurers to sell group health plans to small employers in 2026. The insurers are: Asuris Northwest Health, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of the...
In Alabama, Shot Employee Gets No Workers’ Comp and No Employer’s Liability
Dec 2 2025 // He was not covered by workers’ compensation insurance. But his course and scope of employment was enough for an employer’s liability insurance exclusion to apply, said the U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals,...
California Revokes 17,000 Commercial Driver’s Licenses for Immigrants
Dec 1 2025 // California plans to revoke 17,000 commercial driver’s licenses given to immigrants after discovering the expiration dates went past when the drivers were legally allowed to be in the U.S., state officials said. The...
People Moves: NFP Names Gillingham President, Commercial Risk, and Mahoney Head of Programs, Totalis Program Underwriters
Nov 26 2025 // Tom Gillingham NFP named Tom Gillingham president, commercial risk, expanding his executive leadership across NFP’s commercial property/casualty programs and wholesale businesses. Based in Seattle, Washington,...
‘Clear Soft Market Conditions’ for Commercial P/C Lines in Q3, Says CIAB
Nov 19 2025 // According to The Council of Insurance Agents & Brokers (CIAB) quarterly survey, commercial property/casualty premiums across all account sizes in the third quarter 2025 rose by 1.6%, as premium increases in all lines...
Fall into Efficiency This Season with Simplified Commercial Lines Submissions
Nov 19 2025 // This post is part of a series sponsored by EZLynx. With fall in full swing, independent insurance agencies are gearing up for one of the busiest—and most festive—times of the year. Between Thanksgiving dinners, holiday...
Ohio Man Pleads Guilty to Hacking Ex-Employer’s Network, Costing $862K in Damages
Nov 19 2025 // A 35-year-old Ohio man has pleaded guilty to computer fraud for hacking his former employer’s network after he was fired, announced U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei. On May 14, 2021, Maxwell Schultz, Columbus, Ohio,...
