Latest Commercial Lines Headlines
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More Males Filing Sexual Harassment in Workplace Claims
Mar 5 2010 // John Pilkington’s boss wouldn’t take no for an answer. During more than two years as a food runner at an upscale steakhouse in Scottsdale, Arizona, Pilkington says his male supervisor groped, fondled and...
7 Indiana Firms Honored for Workplace Safety
Mar 5 2010 // Companies in Fort Wayne, Indianapolis and three other Indiana cities have been honored for their efforts to eliminate job-related accidents and illnesses. Indiana Commissioner of Labor Lori Torres presented...
Wyoming Senate Kills Workplace Safety Bill
Mar 5 2010 // A bill that would have increased employer penalties for workplace safety violations died in the Wyoming State Senate. House Bill 93 had come out of a worker safety task force Gov. Dave Freudenthal appointed last year to...
Fireman’s Fund Names Zona Senior VP of Commercial Product Management
Mar 3 2010 // Novato, Calif.-based Fireman’s Fund Insurance Co. announces that David Zona has joined the company as senior vice president of product management in commercial insurance. He will be responsible for setting direction...
House Panel Approves Wyoming Workplace Safety Bill
Feb 26 2010 // A Wyoming bill boosting fines and civil penalties for workplace safety violations will be considered by the full House. The Wyoming Tribune Eagle reports that House Bill 93 passed the House Minerals, Business and Economic...
Arrowhead Announces Workers’ Compensation & Commercial Division Executive Appointments
Feb 26 2010 // San Diego, CA, 02/26/2010 – ARROWHEAD General Insurance Agency, Inc., a leading provider of top rated insurance programs, is pleased to announce executive management level promotions. These changes are effective...
Employers Holdings Reports Net Income of $11.3 Million
Feb 25 2010 // Employers Holdings Inc. reported fourth quarter 2009 net income of $11.3 million compared with $15.9 million in the same period in 2008, a decrease of $4.6 million. Pre-tax income in the fourth quarter increased $13.8...
Indiana House Votes to Repeal Tax Hike on Employers
Feb 25 2010 // The Indiana House has passed legislation that would repeal an increase on taxes that employers pay into the state’s unemployment insurance fund, which is deeply in debt to the federal government. The...
Zurich Names Two Regional Managers for Commercial Environmental Business
Feb 24 2010 // Zurich named two new regional managers for its North American Environmental team: Richard Calvert has been named manager for the South Central region, and Warren Puffer is the new manager for the Northwest region. Calvert,...
Peeters Joins Main Street America as VP Commercial Lines
Feb 23 2010 // The Main Street America Group announced that Steve Peeters, who most recently was president and chief operating officer of Jacksonville, Fla.-based Zurich Insurance Services, has joined The Main Street America Group as...
A.M. Best Reports a Stable U.S. Commercial Lines Sector
Feb 23 2010 // Despite soft market conditions, the anticipation of less favorable loss reserve releases and a contracting economy, the U.S. commercial lines insurance market remains relatively stable. According to A.M. Best, while the...
Plane Crashes into Commercial Building in Austin, Texas
Feb 18 2010 // A small plane crashed into a commercial office building in northwest Austin, Texas, just before 10 a.m. on Feb. 18, creating a huge fireball and causing extensive damage to the structure. According to various media reports...
IRS, States Target Employers’ Use of Independent Contractors
Feb 16 2010 // The Internal Revenue Service and 37 states are cracking down on companies that try to trim payroll costs by illegally classifying workers as independent contractors, rather than as full employees, The Associated Press has...
Employers Holdings To Report Q4, Annual Earnings on Feb. 25
Feb 16 2010 // Reno, Nev.-based Employers Holdings Inc. announced it will review the company’s fourth quarter and full year 2009 financial results during a conference call and Webcast on Febr. 25, 2010, at 10:30 a.m. PST. The...
EMEA Commercial Insurance Market ‘Stable’ Says Marsh Report
Feb 16 2010 // A new report from Marsh has concluded that “despite the global recession, the commercial insurance market remained stable in the second half of 2009. This provided many organizations across Europe, the Middle East...
Increase in Commercial Rates Proposed for Louisiana Citizens
Feb 16 2010 // The board of Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corporation will vote in March on a proposed increase for commercial policy holders that will average 4.57 percent. Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon told The...
Cunningham to Head Travelers Business Insurance Division
Feb 9 2010 // Travelers has promoted Bill Cunningham to executive vice president of its Business Insurance segment effective March 1. Cunningham began his career with Travelers in 1987 in Commercial Accounts and has held a number of...
Gray-Stone & Co. Adds New Commercial Package Policy
Feb 5 2010 // Thousand Oaks, Calif.-based Gray-Stone & Co. is offering a new commercial package policy for California. Written on admitted paper, the carrier is rated “A-” XI by A.M. Best. The commercial package policy...
Great American Names Coordinator for Multi-Employer Fiduciary Liability
Feb 2 2010 // Great American Insurance Group’s Executive Liability Division (ELD), based in Schaumburg, Ill., appointed Synergy Professional Associates of Kinnelon, N.J., as its national production coordinator for...
Commercial General Liability Policy Covers ‘Blast’ Faxes: Florida Court
Feb 2 2010 // Commercial general liability (CGL) insurance policies generally cover liability for unsolicited “blast faxes” that violate federal law, a Florida court has ruled. The Supreme Court of Florida issued its ruling...
