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Update: After Latest Court Ruling, Must Employers Follow Biden’s Vaccine Mandates?
Dec 19 2021 // Tens of millions of workers across the U.S. are in limbo as federal courts have issued different rulings related to President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine mandates for larger private companies, certain health care...
People Moves: Aon Recruits WTW’s James as Chief Broking Officer, Commercial Risk UK; Allianz’ Strong to WTW as Head of Environmental; AGCS Promotes Yee for TMT
Dec 17 2021 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Aon, Willis Towers Watson and Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS). A summary of these new hires follows here. Aon Recruits James from WTW as...
Fox Point Expands E&O Liability Program for Small Business Risks
Dec 16 2021 // Fox Point Programs is expanding its professional liability insurance offerings for small businesses in more than 2,000 professional categories through the introduction of its FoxPro Defender series errors and omissions...
Commercial Surety 101: Why Contractors Need to Be Licensed and Bonded
Dec 15 2021 // This post is part of a series sponsored by Old Republic Surety. As you build a book of bond business to better serve your commercial clients, you’ll be surprised to learn how many need to be licensed and bonded....
Former Montana Mine Official Pleads Guilty to Workplace Accident Coverups
Dec 14 2021 // A former official for a central Montana coal mine plead guilty to conspiring with others to not make required reports about workplace accidents that injured employees, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for Montana...
‘Catch-Up Care’ Helps Explain Rise in Employers’ Health Insurance Costs: Mercer
Dec 14 2021 // Health insurance costs for employers rose the most in over a decade this year as Americans resumed non-urgent procedures delayed earlier due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a survey published on Monday. The survey...
Are Too Many Comp Claims Being Opposed? Some Major Employers Think So
Dec 14 2021 // Employers may be warming up to the idea that fighting some workers’ compensation claims and medical treatments can be counterproductive, and new emphasis should be placed on keeping injured workers happy – and out...
Charles Taylor Accelerates Growth Course in the US as it Launches New Business Lines, Acquisitions and Attracts Top-Tier Talent
Dec 7 2021 // Achieving Rapid Growth in the US Since Rolling Out National Expansion Strategy NEW YORK, NEW YORK – DECEMBER 7, 2021 – Charles Taylor Adjusting and Technical Services, a leading global loss adjusting business, today...
AM Best Raises Outlook for P/C Commercial Lines to Stable From Negative
Dec 6 2021 // AM Best has revised its 2022 market segment outlook for the U.S. property/casualty commercial lines insurance industry to stable from negative, despite some near-term challenges including inflation, an uneven economic...
Salesperson Injured Leaving Employer Happy Hour Could Receive Workers’ Comp
Dec 6 2021 // A traveling salesperson injured in a car accident after an employer-sponsored happy hour had to drive past the highway exit to his home on the way to the event, sparking debate over whether he was still considered...
Where Employers Stand on Vaccines, ‘New Normal’ Workplace, Remote Work, Travel
Dec 6 2021 // Although more than half (57%) of U.S. employers say they require or plan to require COVID-19 vaccinations of employees, much of that support depends on whether courts approve the Biden Administration’s emergency...
California Commissioner Orders FAIR Plan to offer More Commercial Coverage
Dec 6 2021 // California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara in late November ordered the FAIR Plan to implement his mandated increases to its decades-old commercial property coverage limits offered to businesses. “My order is...
Jury Selection Begins in Trial Stemming from Workplace Death in Maine
Dec 3 2021 // Jury selection got underway Wednesday for the trial of a roofing contractor charged in the death of a worker who fell from a roof because of alleged unsafe working conditions. The trial of Michael Purvis was initially...
Where Employers Stand on Vaccines, ‘New Normal’ Workplace, Remote Work, Travel
Nov 30 2021 // Although more than half (57%) of U.S. employers say they require or plan to require COVID-19 vaccinations of employees, much of that support depends on whether courts approve the Biden Administration’s emergency...
Big Fire Gutted Large Commercial Building in California
Nov 30 2021 // A raging fire gutted a textile business in a large commercial building south of downtown Los Angeles. The fire, which occurred on Thursday, was the second fire at the site that week. The fire was reported just before 8...
When Is Employer Immune from Tort Claims? Florida High Court Could Review
Nov 29 2021 // One of the largest utility companies in Florida may, after all, be shielded from tort claims by the grand bargain of workers’ compensation law, even though it had contracted maintenance work to another firm, a...
Five ways to help small businesses get ahead of holiday risks
Nov 23 2021 // This post is part of a series sponsored by The Hanover Insurance Group. The holiday season has arrived, which, among other things, means greater risks for small businesses as they prepare for a boost in sales, beginning...
Resilience Cyber Closes $80M Funding Round to Further Expand Into Middle Market
Nov 22 2021 // Resilience, which offers cyber insurance and security solutions, reported that that it closed an $80 million Series C funding round as it plans for further middle market expansion and international growth. The funding...
California Commissioner Orders FAIR Plan to offer More Commercial Coverage
Nov 19 2021 // California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara on Friday ordered the FAIR Plan to implement his mandated increases to its decades-old commercial property coverage limits offered to businesses. “My order is part of an...
Tesla Seeks Retrial, Cut in ‘Staggering’ $137M Award in Racial Bias Workplace Case
Nov 17 2021 // Tesla has asked a federal court to reject what is calls a “staggering” $136.9 million jury award or order a new trial in a case involving an employee’s claim that the car maker did not do enough to...
