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Washington Workplace Violence-Related Deaths Climbed in 2009
Feb 2 2010 // The slayings last year of six law enforcement officers, as well as several workplace suicides, caused deaths due to workplace violence to spike upward in Washington State, the Department of Labor & Industries (L&I)...
Two Execs Join Zurich’s Energy Casualty Business Unit
Jan 29 2010 // Insurer Zurich said it is expanding its presence in the U.S. energy casualty insurance market by adding two new executives to its Commercial Energy Casualty business unit. Greg Cropp, vice president of Energy Excess...
North Carolina Reported 34 Workplace Deaths in 2009
Jan 27 2010 // State regulators say there were 34 accidental workplace deaths in North Carolina last year. The numbers released by the North Carolina Department of Labor show that accidental workplace fatalities dropped from 57 in 2008....
Business Risk Exclusion Means No Coverage for Toppled Conn. House
Jan 21 2010 // The Hanover won’t have to pay $26,000 in claims on behalf of a Connecticut contractor who accidentally knocked over the house he was working on, a Connecticut Superior Court has ruled. The decision comes from a...
Arrowhead General Insurance Offers Commercial Surety & Fidelity Bond Market
Jan 20 2010 // Arrowhead General Insurance Agency Inc. of San Diego has a market for commercial surety and fidelity bonds available in Arizona, California, Nevada, Oregon and Washington. Coverage is being provided on an admitted basis by...
Arrowhead General Insurance Offers Commercial Package in Calif.
Jan 14 2010 // Arrowhead General Insurance Agency of San Diego has a new commercial package available in Cailfornia. As part of the commercial contractor suite of products, the Commercial Package product offers more than 170 eligible...
Small Businesses at Risk: A Growing Market for Employment Practices Liability Coverage
Jan 10 2010 // Small business owners are at risk from employment-related charges and lawsuits. Workplace discrimination claims are at an all-time high and small business owners feel vulnerable. Yet, although a recent survey showed that...
Willis Commercial Network Expands into Northern Ireland
Jan 6 2010 // Willis Group Holdings announced that it is expanding its highly successful UK Willis Commercial Network (WCN) business model into Northern Ireland with the addition of three new independent brokers: McCausland Light &...
Richardson Named State Auto Middle Markets Western Region VP
Jan 6 2010 // Todd Richardson has been promoted to regional vice president – State Auto Middle Markets Insurance (SAMMI) for the company’s Western region, which includes Utah, Colorado, Arizona, Oklahoma and...
Obama Labor Chief Taking Aggressive Approach to Workplace Safety
Jan 5 2010 // Soon after she became the nation’s labor secretary, Hilda Solis warned corporate America there was “a new sheriff in town.” Less than a year into her tenure, that figurative badge of authority is...
Wyoming Judiciary Committee Rejects Workplace Safety Bill
Dec 6 2009 // Members of Wyoming’s Joint Judiciary Committee have voted down a measure that would have increased liability for oil and gas operators whose employees are injured in workplace accidents. Proponents of the bill, known...
Dallas-Area Employer Ordered to Repay Nearly $1M to Texas Mutual
Dec 4 2009 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company reports that Donna Iverson, owner of C&D Business Services Inc., and Carol Wiesman pleaded guilty to workers’ compensation fraud-related charges. The 299th District Court in Austin...
Feds Report Fewer Workplace Deaths in New England
Nov 23 2009 // New England recorded fewer work-related deaths last year, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Thursday, a trend that could be at least partly attributable to the economic downturn. Preliminary figures for the...
Wyoming Judiciary Committee Rejects Workplace Safety Bill
Nov 19 2009 // Members of Wyoming’s Joint Judiciary Committee have voted down a measure that would have increased liability for oil and gas operators whose employees are injured in workplace accidents. Proponents of the bill, known...
Business Roundtable Says Health Reform Must Contain Employer Costs
Nov 13 2009 // An influential business group said Thursday that its continued support for President Barack Obama’s healthcare overhaul hinges on whether it slows the soaring growth rate of healthcare costs. The Business Roundtable,...
Workplace Deaths Decline in Hawaii
Nov 13 2009 // A preliminary report by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics says 18 people were killed on the job in Hawaii in 2008. That’s the third lowest number for the islands since the federal government starting tracking fatal...
International Excess Opens Agriculture Business Division
Nov 12 2009 // International Excess, headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, has launched a new division dedicated to crop, farm and livestock insurance. Chuck Gabel, divisional vice president of International Excess Agribusiness, has...
AAIS Introduces ‘Green’ Coverage Option For Commercial Output Program
Nov 12 2009 // The advisory aand policy form organzation American Association of Insurance Services (AAIS) is introducing an optional Green Coverage Endorsement and accompanying schedules under its Commercial Output Program (COP). AAIS...
Employers Cautioned to Beware of ‘Hostile’ Employees When Downsizing
Nov 10 2009 // As the economic downturn forces more companies to lay off workers, a workplace aggression expert at the University of New Hampshire cautions employers about what to do and not do when breaking bad news to employees and to...
Rate of Workplace Nonfatal Injuries, Illnesses Down in Texas for 2008
Nov 10 2009 // Private industry workplaces in Texas reported a total of 234,559 nonfatal injuries and illnesses during 2008. The incidence rate of 3.1 cases per 100 equivalent full-time workers marks the sixth consecutive year that the...
