Latest Commercial Lines Headlines
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First Commercial Converts From Mutual to Stock Company
Sep 25 2002 // First Commercial Mutual Company (FCMC), a workers’ compensation insurer based in Miami Lakes, Fla., converted from an assessable mutual insurer to a stock insurer and changed its name to First Commercial Insurance...
Insurity Licenses Commercial Intellisys(R) to Venture Programs
Sep 16 2002 // Insurity, a ChoicePoint® has signed a licensing agreement with Venture Programs Inc. for its Commercial Intellisys system. Venture Programs will use Commercial Intellisys for Windows® to rate and process policies for...
Small Businesses Offered Fourth Safety Workshop
Sep 13 2002 // A fourth safety workshop conducted by the insurance industry and the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) will be offered to small business owners in Erie, Pa. Wednesday, Sept. 25. The session,...
AAIS Web Seminar with Revisions to Commercial Output Program Sept. 25
Sep 9 2002 // The American Association of Insurance Services (AAIS) will hold the second of its Web-based seminars with a Sept. 25 presentation on a new revision of its Commercial Output Program (COP). The 40-minute presentation,...
Royal & SunAlliance USA Names Ward Executive VP for Commercial Segments
Sep 9 2002 // Steve Ward has been named Executive Vice-President, Commercial Division of Royal & SunAlliance USA responsible for Commercial Segments. He was formerly Senior Vice President for the Manufacturing Business...
Commercial Package Policy
Aug 19 2002 // Nuts & Bolts: Bridgefield Casualty Insurance Company of Baton Rouge, La., is offering a Commercial Package Policy (CPP) to employers in Mississippi and Alabama. Bridgefield Casualty is a subsidiary of Summit Holdings...
Workers’ Comp Loss Costs Expected to Decrease for Some Colo. Employers
Aug 12 2002 // Workers’ compensation costs for some Colorado employers may decrease on average about 10.2 percent later this year. Insurance Commissioner William J. Kirven III announced that the National Council on Compensation...
Willis Commercial Network Chooses The Hartford’s BMG to Aid in U.S. Expansion
Aug 2 2002 // The Hartford Financial Services Group announced its Business Management Group (BMG) will provide agency management expertise to Willis Commercial Network as the latter prepares to expand its U.K. operation throughout the...
Insurity Licenses Commercial Intellisys to W.J. Cox Associates
Jul 31 2002 // Insurity, a ChoicePoint® company, has signed a licensing agreement with W.J. Cox Associates Inc. for its Commercial Intellisys policy processing system. Provided through Insurity’s outsourcing services division,...
Bridgefield Casualty Unveils Commercial Package Policy
Jul 30 2002 // Bridgefield Casualty Insurance Company, a subsidiary of Summit Holding Southeast, Inc., is now offering a Commercial Package Policy (CPP) to employers in Mississippi and Alabama. The Commercial Package Policy (CPP) offers...
The Hartford Introduces Online Center for Small Businesses
Jul 25 2002 // The Hartford Financial Services Group unveiled its new Web site sb.thehartford.com to help entrepreneurs educate themselves about insurance before they buy. The content-rich, interactive Small Business Insurance Center...
Travelers Aids Commercial Agents in Going Paperless
Jul 17 2002 // Travelers Property Casualty has launched a new electronic policy view capability to help its independent agents go paperless. The capability allows agents to access, view, print and save commercial insurance policies in...
ISO Integrater Expanded to Include Commercial-Auto Rating Information
Jul 17 2002 // Insurance Services Office, Inc. (ISO) has expanded ISO IntegRater™ to deliver commercial-auto advisory loss costs and rating factors so insurers can directly incorporate the information into their rating and...
Employers of Nev. Acquires Fremont Comp
Jul 4 2002 // Employers Insurance Company of Nevada (EICN) has acquired California-based Fremont Compensation Insurance Group’s book of business, effective July 1. Fremont Comp is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Fremont General...
NAII, OSHA Hosting Workplace Safety Workshops in Wis.
Jul 3 2002 // The National Association of Independent Insurers (NAII), in conjunction with insurers and OSHA, is hosting a series of workshops in Wisconsin focusing on workplace safety for small businesses. Safety at Work I: Risk...
RTW Inc. to Launch New Self Insured Services Business Unit
Jul 1 2002 // Minnesota-based RTW Inc., a provider of workers’ compensation management systems, will launch a new business unit on July 15, to provide its proven core product-case and claims management services-to self-insured...
New Market: Arrowhead of Texas Offers Commercial Auto Program
Jun 28 2002 // Arrowhead General Insurance Agency of Texas Inc. has a new commercial automobile program for Texas agents. Target classes include artisan contractors, wholesale/manufacturing/industrial, heavy construction, local and...
Royal & SunAlliance Names Commercial Division President
Jun 25 2002 // Royal & SunAlliance USA of Charlotte, N.C. has promoted Vince Pugliese to president and chief operating officer of its commercial insurance division. Prior to his promotion, Pugliese served as executive vice president...
Employers Reinsurance Downgraded
Jun 24 2002 // Standard & Poor’s lowered its counterparty credit and financial strength ratings on Employers Reinsurance Corp. and its wholly owned subsidiaries (collectively, ERC) to “AA+” from “AAA”...
Employers Reinsurance Downgraded
Jun 24 2002 // Standard & Poor’s lowered its counterparty credit and financial strength ratings on Employers Reinsurance Corp. and its wholly owned subsidiaries (collectively, ERC) to “AA+” from “AAA”...
