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Employers Adds Agent Incentives for Pharmacy Workers’ Comp Program
Jan 4 2007 // Reno, Nev.-based Employers has enhanced its workers’ compensation insurance program for California’s independent pharmacies. According to the company, independent pharmacies engage in many unique patient...
Commercial Insurance Directory Goes National
Jan 3 2007 // InsureMyWork.com, an informational website about commercial insurance, started an online directory of business insurance agents two months ago. The directory started in California and is now open to all 50 states. Media,...
Builders & Tradesmen’s Offers Commercial Auto Program in California
Jan 2 2007 // Builders & Tradesmen’s Insurance Services Inc., Rocklin, Calif., has a new commercial automobile market available in California underwritten by Commerce West Insurance Co. The program is designed for vehicles up...
Watkins Joins Abram Interstate’s Commercial Lines Department
Dec 29 2006 // Abram Interstate Insurance Services Inc. located in Rocklin, Calif., has added Aimee Watkins to its Commercial Lines Department. Watkins began her career in the insurance industry six years ago. Working at Networked...
Kentucky aids small businesses with insurance
Dec 25 2006 // Dan Hayes began working at Purcell’s Business Products, in Campbellsville, Ky., in the 1970s. By 1980, he owned the business selling office supplies and equipment with eight employees. A desire to “do good by...
Kentucky aids small businesses with insurance
Dec 24 2006 // Dan Hayes began working at Purcell’s Business Products, in Campbellsville, Ky., in the 1970s. By 1980, he owned the business selling office supplies and equipment with eight employees. A desire to “do good by...
N.Y. Officials Charge 8 with Commercial Fleet Insurance Fraud
Dec 21 2006 // Eight people were charged have been charged with defrauding insurance companies by registering commercial motor vehicle fleets in upstate New York to avoid higher premiums in New York City, Albany County District Attorney...
Employers Opens Offices in Arizona, Texas
Dec 21 2006 // Employers, a small business insurance specialist, has opened two new offices: one in Phoenix and the other in Irving, Texas. In Arizona, Employers will offer insurance through Employers Compensation Insurance Co., which...
Builders & Tradesmen’s Offers Commercial Package Policy in California
Dec 13 2006 // Builders & Tradesmen’s Insurance Services Inc., Rocklin, Calif., has a new commercial package policy available in California underwritten by One Beacon. Eligable classes are garage, manufatures,...
LWCC Reminds Employers to Keep Workplace Safe for Holiday Hires
Dec 12 2006 // As thousands of extra workers populate job sites during the holiday season, the Louisiana Workers’ Compensation Corporation (LWCC) issued a reminder to employers of the importance of safety in the workplace for all...
Miss. recovery impeded by business insurance hikes
Dec 11 2006 // Hurricane Katrina only damaged the eaves of Morris Strickland’s shopping center a few miles from the Ocean Springs, Mississippi beach. The damage cost less than $2,000, and stores leasing space in Eagle Plaza quickly...
Employers offering health coverage in California declining
Dec 11 2006 // California has the most number of people without insurance coverage compared to any other state — and the number of employers offering health insurance plans is declining. According to a recent “Snapshot of...
St. Paul Travelers to cease renewing some commercial accounts in New Orleans
Dec 11 2006 // In a blow to post-Katrina recovery in New Orleans, St. Paul Travelers on Dec. 1st said it will stop renewing many commercial insurance policies in the area in the next year, according to the Associated Press. The...
ST. PAUL TRAVELERS WON’T RENEW SOME COMMERCIAL POLICIES IN NEW ORLEANS
Dec 11 2006 // St. Paul Travelers said Dec. 1 that it will stop renewing many commercial insurance policies in the New Orleans area next year, stoking fears that other insurers are prepared to pull out of the market after Hurricane...
St. Paul Travelers to cease renewing some commercial accounts in New Orleans
Dec 10 2006 // In a blow to post-Katrina recovery in New Orleans, St. Paul Travelers on Dec. 1 said it will stop renewing many commercial insurance policies in the area next year, according to the Associated Press. The rebuilding of New...
A 268% hike in commercial insurance rates from the
Dec 10 2006 // state’s high-risk pool is slowing recovery for small businesses on the Mississippi Gulf Coast.
La. Gov. Urges Insurer to Reverse Plan to Stop Renewing Commercial Policies
Dec 7 2006 // Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco met with the state’s largest commercial insurer on Dec. 5, trying to convince executives to reverse an earlier decision to stop renewing policies in the New Orleans area next year. St....
OneBeacon Programs Liability with Media Business Coverages
Dec 6 2006 // Broadcasters, publishers, multimedia companies, advertisers, advertising agencies and others in the media business have a new option for safeguarding themselves against loss. OneBeacon Insurance has a new product that...
Travelers Expands Monoline Commercial Auto Insurance Offerings
Dec 5 2006 // Travelers is now making available commercial auto coverage for small to mid-sized businesses on a monoline basis through its Select Accounts, Commercial Accounts and Construction divisions. This expanded monoline auto...
Fitch Says Coastal Commercial Real Estate Values May Suffer
Dec 5 2006 // Despite the light 2006 hurricane season U.S. commercial real estate values in coastal areas still may suffer as insurance companies continue to minimize their exposure windstorm insurance coverage, according to a special...
