Latest Commercial Lines Headlines
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CNA Adds Nine Endorsements for Small Business Customers
Aug 30 2010 // CNA has added nine new choice endorsements to its customized insurance solutions for small business clients. CNA Connect, the global business insurer’s flagship property and liability package policy for small...
CNA Appoints Stegemiller Commercial Underwriting Officer for San Francisco
Aug 25 2010 // James Stegemiller has been appointed Commercial Underwriting officer for CNA’s San Francisco territory. In this role, Stegemiller will work collaboratively with branch vice presidents and business development leaders...
Washington Workplace Fatalities Decline
Aug 24 2010 // The federal Bureau of Labor Statistics has released its preliminary statistics for 2009, reporting that work-related deaths declined in Washington state last year to numbers not seen since 2000. The BLS, which produces an...
S&P: The Worst Not Over for U.S. Commercial Property Markets
Aug 23 2010 // The slump in the U.S. commercial property market didn’t quite plumb the depths of the downturn in residential real estate, but although there are signs that home prices are nearing the bottom, commercial real estate...
Romaneck Joins Lawson-Hawks as VP of Commercial Lines Division
Aug 20 2010 // Mountain View, Calif.-based Lawson-Hawks Insurance Associates has added Marti Romaneck as vice president and manager of its Commercial Lines Divisionr. “As we continue to expand both organically with the addition of...
Workplace Fatalities Decline in 2009 Over 2008
Aug 20 2010 // Preliminary results from the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ National Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries show a decline in workplace fatalities in 2009 compared with 2008. Last year, 4,340 workers died from...
Calif. Employers Face New Workers’ Comp Posting Requirements
Aug 18 2010 // As of Oct. 8, California employers must begin distributing an updated version of the workers’ compensation new hire pamphlet to all employees hire on or after that date; post revised workers’ comp employee...
Survey: Health Reform Leading to Changes for Large Employers
Aug 18 2010 // Many of the biggest U.S. companies are removing spending limits from their employees’ health plans and taking other steps to comply with the new healthcare law, according to a report released on Wednesday. Most of...
Stopping Workplace Violence Difficult But Risk Can Be Reduced: Experts
Aug 10 2010 // Criminologists call it murder by proxy — rampages by employees who go after their boss, supervisors and even co-workers they link to the source of their outrage. The message is: Look who’s doing the firing...
Oklahoma Bank to Focus on Small Businesses
Aug 9 2010 // After two years of preparation, Central National Bank in Enid, Okla., will focus its growth strategies on penetrating Tulsa’s small business market. “Obviously the growth for the bank is going to come from the...
Business Risk Partners Buys Renewal Rights from ProAssurance
Aug 6 2010 // Connecticut-based Business Risk Partners has purchased the renewal rights to the miscellaneous professional liability book of Houston-based ProAssurance Mid-Continent Underwriters Co. Underwriting on behalf of...
Great American Unveils Commercial Surety Online Underwriting System
Aug 5 2010 // The Bond Division of Great American Insurance Group, headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, announced the launch of mySurety, a commercial surety online underwriting and bond issuance system, a Web-based platform for agents to...
Employers Holdings Q2 Net Premiums Written Declined 15.5%, Reducing Workforce
Aug 5 2010 // Reno, Nev.-based Employers Holdings Inc. has reported second quarter 2010 net income of $16.5 million compared with $20.3 million in the second quarter of 2009, a decrease of $3.8 million or $0.05 per share. Net income for...
Monarch E&S Names Perry Senior Commercial Underwriter
Aug 5 2010 // Monarch E&S Insurance Services has hired Debbie Perry as a senior commercial underwriter to work out of its new Arizona office. She will write business in Arizona, Nevada and Hawaii. Perry started in the insurance...
Milton O. Johnston to Offer Main Street America Commercial Coverages
Aug 4 2010 // Houston, Texas-based managing general agent Milton O. Johnston & Co. Ltd. has been appointed by The Main Street America Group to write commercial general liability, commercial auto (liability and physical damage) and...
Iowa Offering Loans to Small Businesses
Aug 4 2010 // A new state loan program in Iowa designed to help entrepreneurs and small businesses is now accepting applications. Iowa businesses with less than 35 employees can get a loan up to $50,000 from the Iowa Small Business Loan...
Beck Named CEO of Texas-based Business Insurance Now
Aug 4 2010 // Darren Beck has been named chief executive officer of Business Insurance Now, an online marketplace for commercial insurance for small businesses. He will also serve as a member of the Allen, Texas-based company’s...
Court Orders Employer to Repay $104K to Texas Mutual
Jul 30 2010 // Texas Mutual Insurance Co. announced that a Travis County district court sentenced Cheryl Bussey of Mansfield, Texas, on workers’ compensation fraud-related charges. Bussey was sentenced to 10 years’ deferred...
Frost Insurance Adds Bondurant as Commercial Practice Leader
Jul 30 2010 // Rick Bondurant has joined Frost Insurance Agency in Austin, Texas, as statewide Commercial Lines Practice leader. In this role, Bondurant is responsible for leading the planning, organizing and operating activities of the...
As Commercial Roofing Materials Change, So Do Risks
Jul 28 2010 // Commercial roofing, already complicated, is getting more so as new types and materials are being introduced, according to a leading engineer who specializes in assessing roof losses for insurers. Kenneth R. Gilvary, a...
