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Franchise Parents, Staffing Firms Ruled Joint Employers Under Labor Law
Aug 28 2015 // More companies may be held responsible for labor-law violations committed by contractors and forced to negotiate wages and benefits with their workers under a decision by a politically split U.S. labor board. The National...
Chubb’s Stephenson Joins CNA Commercial as Chief Underwriting Officer
Aug 24 2015 // CNA has appointed Julie Stephenson as senior vice president and chief underwriting officer for CNA Commercial. In this role, Stephenson will be responsible for underwriting oversight and governance for all business written...
8 Ways Katrina Changed Commercial Property Insurance
Aug 21 2015 // Hurricane Katrina, which devastated New Orleans 10 years ago, is responsible for a number of changes in the commercial property insurance market. According to Rick Miller, U.S. property practice leader at Aon Risk...
Maryland’s Chesapeake Employers Promotes Johnson to Director
Aug 21 2015 // Tammy Johnson Chesapeake Employers’ Insurance Company, the largest writer of workers’ compensation insurance in Maryland, promoted Tammy Johnson to director of the Strategic Business Unit. In this position,...
ACE Commercial Expands Small Business Specialty Offerings Online
Aug 20 2015 // ACE Commercial Risk Services (ACE CRS) announced several new products that expand its suite of specialty commercial products for small businesses. The products are available through ACE Solutions Fast Track, an online...
States Developing IRA Plans for Small Business Employees
Aug 18 2015 // For people working for a small business that doesn’t have a retirement plan, help is on the way. Roughly half of the U.S. states are working to create government-sponsored automatic individual retirement account...
Alliant in California Names Bennetsen to Lead Middle Market Division
Aug 17 2015 // Newport Beach, Calif.-based Alliant Insurance Services has named Robert Bennetsen to lead its Alliant Americas division as executive vice President and senior managing director. Bennetsen will spearhead Alliant’s...
Higginbotham, Commercial Global Insurance Join Forces
Aug 11 2015 // Independent insurance broker Higginbotham, based in Fort Worth, and Commercial Global Insurance (CGI) are merging their operations in Friendswood, Texas. CGI is an independent broker in Deer Park, Texas. CGI will merge its...
‘Affinity Schemes’ Achieving Growth in UK Commercial Lines: Finaccord Report
Aug 11 2015 // A new report from UK-based financial marketing and consulting firm Finaccord concludes that “affinity schemes for commercial lines insurance in the UK are on the rise as brokers and underwriters strive to grow market...
Ohio Steel Company Fined $162K for Workplace Hazards
Aug 10 2015 // Federal safety officials have proposed penalties totaling $162,400 against an Ohio-based steel manufacturer for exposing workers to workplace hazards. While Republic Steel has made a significant investment in personnel,...
ACE Launches Website for Employers’ Liability Clients in UK & Ireland
Aug 10 2015 // ACE has launched ACE Risk Manager, a website designed for its employers’ liability (EL) clients in the UK and Ireland. Advice on the site is designed to help companies improve the management of health and safety...
Pros and Cons of Wearable Technology in the Workplace
Aug 7 2015 // “Physically it was like getting a vaccination; a pain in the hand that was over very quickly,” explains Hannes Sjoblad, describing the moment a piercing specialist implanted a microchip under his skin. The NFC...
Maryland’s Chesapeake Employers Announces New Chairman of Board
Aug 6 2015 // Charles Dankmeyer Chesapeake Employers’ Insurance Company, the largest writer of workers’ compensation insurance in Maryland, announced the appointment of Charles Dankmeyer as chairman of the Board after having...
10 Business Insurance Lessons and 1 Owner’s Advice from Katrina
Aug 5 2015 // Nearly 10 years ago, wind and storm surges as a result of Hurricane Katrina caused $41 billion in insured losses and $108 billion in total economic losses. Many of the lawsuits filed as a result of the fifth hurricane of...
Risk Innovations Acquires Columbia Commercial General Agency
Aug 4 2015 // Atlanta, Ga.-based Risk Innovations LLC has acquired Columbia Commercial General Agency (CCGA), headquartered in Columbia, Mo. The deal was effective Aug. 1, 2015. The acquired business will continue to operate in Columbia...
Texas DPS Takes 1.7K Commercial Vehicles Out of Service
Jul 31 2015 // The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) said during its inspection of 7,865 commercial motor vehicles in June it pulled approximately 21.7 percent, or 1,710, of the 18-wheelers, buses and other commercial vehicles...
Oregon Workplace Deaths Down in Second Quarter of 2015, Report Shows
Jul 29 2015 // Workplace deaths in Oregon for the second quarter of 2015 were down markedly from the previous quarter, possibly resuming a long-turn trend of deaths on average falling steadily since the 1980s, according to the the state...
Midwest Employers Casualty Adds Anderson as Director, Group Captives
Jul 21 2015 // St. Louis-based Midwest Employers Casualty Co. (MECC), a W. R. Berkley Co., announced that David R. Anderson has joined MECC as underwriting director of the recently formed workers’ compensation captive...
Commercial Insurance Prices Remain Static for Fourth Month: MarketScout
Jul 20 2015 // Commercial insurance rates have barely budged at all over the last four months, according to the MarketScout report for June. Only the business interruption line saw rates go down in June from the previous month and those...
Dallas-Area Steel Fabricator Fined $189K for Workplace Hazards
Jul 17 2015 // Federal safety officials have found that a Dallas-area steel fabricator has continued to put its workers in harm’s way, despite its awareness of hazards at its Farmers Branch facility. A recent federal inspection...
