Latest Commercial Lines Headlines
All the headlines from our Commercial Lines Topic Page, ordered by recency.
With HCC Holdings Buy, Tokio Marine Enhances Already Top Commercial Lines Performance
Jun 17 2015 // Tokio Marine Holdings Inc. is using debt to expand a U.S. insurance business that’s beaten even Berkshire Hathaway Inc. for policy growth. The Japanese insurer, which is taking over Houston-based HCC Insurance...
The Hartford Expands Professional Liability Products to Small Business
Jun 16 2015 // The Hartford has launched a new professional liability insurance offering to help protect small businesses in the event they are sued by a customer claiming a negligent act, or error or omission in the professional...
ACE Launches General Liability Offering for Multinational Middle-Market Companies
Jun 15 2015 // ACE Group has launched a new insurance offering that combines domestic general liability coverage and international general liability coverage for U.S. middle-market companies that are expanding globally. The policy brings...
JLT Specialty Names Aon’s van Heukelum as Chief Commercial Officer
Jun 15 2015 // JLT Specialty Insurance Services Inc. has appointed Hans H. van Heukelum as chief commercial officer. Van Heukelum will lead the broker’s U.S. strategy and expansion with respect to clients, prospects, markets and...
UK’s Allianz Commercial Promotes Higham to Property Account Manager
Jun 15 2015 // Allianz Commercial has announced the promotion of Paul Higham to the position of property account manager. Higham’s appointment is the third appointment made in the newly aligned property and casualty team, said the...
NYC to Ban Employer Credit Checks
Jun 15 2015 // New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio signed into law the Stop Credit Discrimination in Employment Act. The new law prohibits most New York City employers from using or requesting an applicant’s consumer credit history,...
EPIC Adds Millholland to Southeast Region of Employer Services Platform
Jun 12 2015 // EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants, a retail property, casualty and employee benefits insurance brokerage and consultant, has added employee benefits consulting professional Davin Millholland to its growing Employer...
Western National Insurance Adds Post as Commercial Lines VP
Jun 9 2015 // Western National Insurance Group, based in Edina, Minn., has hired Jeffrey W. Post as vice president of Commercial Lines. Post joins Western National from QBE North America where he most recently held the position of chief...
EPIC Adds Hughes to Employer Services Platform in Northeast
Jun 9 2015 // EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants, a retail property, casualty and employee benefits insurance brokerage and consultant, has added employee benefits consulting professional Rosemary Hughes to its growing Employer...
RSA Promotes Tiffany to Head of UK Legacy, Commercial Claims Team
Jun 9 2015 // RSA, one of the UK’s largest commercial insurers, has promoted Suzy Tiffany to head of UK legacy, with effect from July 1, 2015. Working at RSA for over 10 years, Tiffany has held a number of roles including finance...
Missouri Man Sues State Over Commercial Vehicle Search Law
Jun 8 2015 // A Missouri rancher and political activist is suing the state for the second time, alleging that a law allowing troopers and other officers to pull over and inspect commercial vehicles without cause is unconstitutional. Ron...
Bipartisan Bill Targets Pregnancy Discrimination in Workplace
Jun 8 2015 // A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers introduced legislation last Thursday to boost protections for pregnant workers in response to a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling that revived discrimination claims by a former United...
North Carolina Legislators Override Governor’s Veto of Workplace Activity Bill
Jun 8 2015 // The North Carolina General Assembly cancelled Gov. Pat McCrory’s veto of a bill designed to give employers in the state legal recourse against people who deliberately get jobs to steal company secrets or record...
Chubb’s Leidwinger Named President, Chief Operating Officer for CNA Commercial
Jun 3 2015 // CNA Financial Corp. has appointed Kevin Leidwinger as president and chief operating officer of CNA Commercial, reporting to Tom Motamed, chairman and chief executive officer, CNA. In this role, Leidwinger will lead the CNA...
Clark Insurance Adds 2 to Business Insurance Department in Maine
Jun 3 2015 // Clark Insurance hired Zachary Henry and Andrew Shaw for the firm’s Business Insurance Department in the Portland, Maine, office. Both will serve as associate account managers until they earn their property/casualty...
BTIS Announces Small Business Unit
Jun 2 2015 // Rocklin, CA, June 2, 2015 – Builders & Tradesmen’s Insurance Services, Inc. (BTIS) is pleased to announce the formation of their Small Business Unit, offering BOP, Excess and Commercial Package products,...
What Supreme Court’s Head Scarf Ruling Means for Employers
Jun 1 2015 // A U.S. Supreme Court ruling that Abercrombie & Fitch Co. can be sued for denying employment to a woman wearing a head scarf will compel companies large and small to brush up on the nuances of bias and do more to...
Brokers, Insurers Ready to Tackle Small Business Market
Jun 1 2015 // There is a shift happening in the small business segment and the insurance industry is aware and ready for it. The small businesses that survived the recession are different now, say underwriters. They have had to invest...
ACE Expands Specialty Insurance Offerings for Small Businesses
May 29 2015 // ACE Commercial Risk Services, the small commercial specialty lines business of ACE Group, has expanded its specialty commercial products for small businesses, available on a business owners policy (BOP). This new product...
Fireman’s Fund’s Rippley Named VP Commercial Lines at AAIS
May 29 2015 // Leslie Rippley, who has 25 years’ experience, nearly all of it with major carriers, is the new vice president of commercial lines for the American Association of Insurance Services (AAIS), the national...
