Latest Commercial Lines Headlines
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5,450 W.Va. Employers Delinquent, Owe $11.4M in Workers’ Comp Payments
Jul 25 2006 // West Virginia has delinquent workers’ compensation payments valued at $11.4 million outstanding as of July 13, with 5,450 employers overdue on their payments to BrickStreet Mutual, according to Insurance Commissioner...
Online Marine General Liability, Maritime Employers Liability
Jul 25 2006 // A new online marine general liability and maritime employers liability rating program has been announced by LIG Marine Managers in St. Petersburg, Fla. The “Thunderstorm” program is designed to provide 24/7...
Getting your commercial producers to prospect
Jul 24 2006 // Some producers never seek out fresh prospects. Instead, their managers employ list services and telemarketers to spoon-feed them their leads. Still, this is the exception in the agency business and not the rule. Most...
W. Va. cracking down on 2,000 employers without workers’ comp
Jul 24 2006 // The West Virginia Insurance Commission is cracking down on an estimated 2,000 employers in the state who do not have workers’ compensation insurance, which is required by law. When an employee of an uninsured...
W. Va. cracking down on 2,000 employers without workers’ comp
Jul 24 2006 // The West Virginia Insurance Commission is cracking down on an estimated 2,000 employers in the state who do not have workers’ compensation insurance, which is required by law. When an employee of an uninsured...
Getting your commercial producers to prospect
Jul 24 2006 // Some producers never seek out fresh prospects. Instead, their managers employ list services and telemarketers to spoon-feed them their leads. Still, this is the exception in the agency business and not the rule. Most...
O’Donnell Named Commercial Underwriting VP at Peerless
Jul 18 2006 // Peerless Insurance, a member of Liberty Mutual Group, announced the appointment of Linda O’Donnell to vice president of underwriting for commercial lines. In this new capacity, O’Donnell will lead and oversee...
Mo. Governor Signs Health Care Bill to Aid Small Businesses
Jul 17 2006 // Gov. Matt Blunt recently signed legislation aimed at increasing access to affordable health insurance for employees of small businesses. The bill, sponsored by Rep. Jay Wasson, R-Nixa, expands eligibility for association...
Zurich Expands Subclasses of Small Business Division
Jul 14 2006 // Schaumburg, Ill.-based Zurich, one of the nation’s largest commercial property-casualty insurance companies, has announced that it is expanding the number of subclasses of businesses its small business division will...
Commercial Brokers Urge Action on Surplus Lines Regulatory Reform
Jul 12 2006 // The Council of Insurance Agents & Brokers praised Congress for addressing insurance market reform and said there is still time this session to enact some easy, achievable changes that could have a major impact on the...
Mass. Unveils Proposed Employer Exemption from Health Mandate
Jul 6 2006 // Massachusetts officials have unveiled proposed regulations that would set the minimum a company would have to do to be exempt from a new $295 per-worker assessment as part of the state’s new health care law. Health...
W.Va. Insurance Commission Acting Against Uninsured Employers
Jul 6 2006 // The West Virginia Insurance Commission is cracking down on the estimated 2,000 employers in the state that do not have workers’ compensation insurance, which is required by law. When an employee of an uninsured...
OneBeacon Flexes for Commercial Property, Inland Marine Risks
Jul 6 2006 // Commercial and industrial operations, ownership interests, and companies with multi-state locations have a new option from OneBeacon Insurance for safeguarding themselves against loss. With Flex, its new property product,...
Editor’s Note: Minimizing lawsuit exposure in the workplace … EPLI
Jul 3 2006 // No one would argue that today’s society is possibly the most litigious in U.S. history. Large jury awards that make headlines only spur on many that otherwise may have backed away from action. The insurance industry,...
VIRGINIA ADOPTS SMALL BUSINESS INSURANCE PURCHASING BILL
Jul 3 2006 // Virginia Governor Timothy M. Kaine has signed a General Assembly bill that allows small businesses to collectively purchase health insurance, a measure supporters hope will help address health care concerns within the...
Minimizing lawsuit exposure in the workplace … EPLI
Jul 3 2006 // No one would argue that today’s society is possibly the most litigious in U.S. history. Large jury awards that make headlines only spur on many that otherwise may have backed away from action. The insurance industry,...
Florida Considering Commercial Joint Underwriting Association
Jun 30 2006 // The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation is discussing with the Financial Services Commission (Cabinet) the possibility of activating the Standby Commercial Joint Underwriting Association. According to the Florida...
North Pointe Reducing Commercial Policies; Announces Fla. Guaranty Assoc. Assessments
Jun 28 2006 // North Pointe Holdings Corp. has confirmed it will be reducing its Florida commercial policy count by approximately 40 percent and its commercial insurable value by almost 70 percent, according to James Petcoff, chairman...
Lutherville, Md. Agent Accused in Commercial Premium Fraud
Jun 27 2006 // Maryland Attorney General J. Joseph Curran, Jr. reported the filing of felony insurance fraud and felony theft charges against Joseph J. Muehleison, an insurance agent and former president of Commercial Lines Corporation...
U.S. Supreme Court Backs Worker in Retaliation Claim Against Employer
Jun 23 2006 // The Supreme Court has affirmed a jury award for a Tennessee forklift operator who was transferred to a more physical job after she filed a lawsuit accusing her employer of sexual harassment. By a 9-0 vote, justices said...
