Latest Commercial Lines Headlines
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Wausau Survey: Employers Stay Level Headed Despite Recession Worries
Jul 11 2008 // Although a U.S. economic recession would not be good news overall for employers, most don’t believe a recession would drive up workers’ compensation claims, according to a new survey of financial executives by...
Tennessee Safety Officials to Investigate Fatal Workplace Accident
Jul 10 2008 // A fall from a platform area at Alstom Power Inc. in Chattanooga, Tennessee killed a 48-year-old man. Police said investigators are trying to pinpoint the cause of the fall from a height of more than 30 feet on July...
Washington Raises Workers’ Comp Benefits, Pays Dividend to Employers
Jul 9 2008 // Workers currently receiving Washington workers’ compensation wage-replacement or pension benefits will receive a 5.018 percent cost-of-living increase, according to the state Department of Labor and Industries...
LWCC Launches Web Site Dedicated to Workplace Safety
Jun 30 2008 // Louisiana Workers’ Compensation Corporation (LWCC) has launched a new stand-alone Web site, www.saferplacetowork.com, which provides centralized safety information for both employers and employees. The company said...
Arrowhead General Insurance Names Kingsley President of Commercial Programs
Jun 26 2008 // Arrowhead General Insurance Agency Inc. has named Robert Kingsley president of commercial programs. He will be responsible for the commercial auto, specialty contractor, public transportation and surety underwriting,...
New Jersey Workers’ Comp Reforms Target Payments, Employer Scofflaws
Jun 25 2008 // New Jersey lawmakers have approved a number of major changes to the Garden State’s workers’ compensation insurance system. The reforms comprise a package of six bills passed earlier this week by the Assembly...
Report: Workplace Injuries Unreported
Jun 24 2008 // A congressional report found two out of three work-related illnesses and injuries may be going unreported, and called into question federal regulators’ claims that workplace problems are declining. The House...
Insurance Agents Advised to Learn from Professional Employer Organizations
Jun 24 2008 // As insurance agents and brokers search for ways to respond to the continuing soft market, they would be wise to follow the example of professional employer organizations (PEOs) that are winning over small and mid-sized...
New York Workers’ Comp Board Targets Workplace Safety for Teens
Jun 17 2008 // The New York Workers’ Compensation Board said it will expand a program to promote job safety for teenage workers. The program is a partnership with the Department of Labor where the board refers to the department...
Anderson & Murison Offers Umbrella for Commercial Exposures in California
Jun 16 2008 // Los Angeles-based Anderson & Murison Inc. can now write a personal umbrella policy that includes coverage for commercial exposures for California only. The “big umbrella” is an extension of the...
Building Commercial Construction Business in a Soft Market
Jun 16 2008 // Soft Market Emphasizes Need for Education, Communication It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.” Charles Dickens probably was not referring to the insurance industry’s soft market, when he wrote...
AmWINS Introduces Commercial Auto, Trucking Programs
Jun 11 2008 // Burlington, N.C.-based AmWINS Transportation Underwriters launched several new insurance programs for the trucking and commercial auto industry. These national programs include coverage for truck broker’s contingent...
HSB InSight Addresses Inadequate Business Property Valuations
Jun 11 2008 // The Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co. (HSB) is now offering HSB InSight, a new insurance-to-value (ITV) service designed to help insurers address inadequate valuations for business personal property and...
Fireman’s Fund Offers Green Auto Insurance for Commercial Fleets
Jun 6 2008 // Fireman’s Fund Insurance Co. has introduced new vehicle replacement coverage for commercial fleets – insuring the full replacement cost of vehicles that are total losses for up to their first three model years....
Domestic Workers Organizing, Suing to Win Workplace Benefits
Jun 6 2008 // She says she crossed the border from Mexico and found work as a live-in housekeeper for a family that never let her out of their sight. At first, her employers paid her $200 a month for cooking, cleaning and care-taking...
HSB Offers Data Compromise Coverage for Small to Mid-Size Firms
Jun 4 2008 // The Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co. has a new data compromise insurance coverage that helps businesses respond to data breaches by covering the cost of client notifications and supplying services such as...
West Virginia Conducting Commercial Vehicle Inspection Blitz
Jun 4 2008 // Truck drivers, beware. The West Virginia Public Service Commission is conducting a mandatory road check for commercial vehicles. Starting early on June 3, PSC enforcement officers will conduct nonstop inspections over a...
Worker Says Employer Retaliated after Harry Potter Related Dispute
May 29 2008 // The ACLU filed a lawsuit on May 27 against a southeastern Missouri city after a former library worker claimed she was wrongly disciplined when she refused to work at an event to promote a Harry Potter book due to her...
Hanover Names Guiney Southeast V.P., Commercial Lines
May 23 2008 // The Hanover Insurance Group Inc. announced that Jerome Guiney has been named regional vice president for commercial lines for the company’s Southeast Region. Guiney will work out of The Hanover’s Atlanta office...
Guns in Locked Cars at Workplace OK under Louisiana Senate Bill
May 23 2008 // Employees in Louisiana would have the right to keep a legally owned firearm locked in their car in a parking lot at their place of work, if the House goes along with a bill approved 28-4 in the state Senate. Senator Joe...
