Latest Commercial Lines Headlines
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Texas Employers, Medical Providers Join Forces to Fix Workers’ Comp System
Oct 13 2004 // Texas’ workers’ compensation system is one of the worst in the nation with skyrocketing costs, mediocre care and a poor record of getting workers back on the job, according to Texans for Workers’...
MASS. ADOPTS COMMERCIAL REFORMS:
Oct 11 2004 // Massachusetts Insurance Commissioner Julianne Bowler has approved plans to implement a limited servicing carrier program for the state’s commercial auto residual market as proposed by Commonwealth Auto Reinsurers...
HURRICANES PROVE COMMERCIAL INSURANCE’S VALUE:
Oct 11 2004 // Business owners who debate the need for insurance coverage have learned an invaluable lesson from hurricanes Charley and Frances, according to the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI). In the aftermath...
FLORIDA WORKPLACE FATALITIES FALL IN 2003:
Oct 11 2004 // According to a joint federal and state survey, Florida workplaces had seven fewer fatal accidents in 2003 than the previous year, including a decrease in the number of Hispanic workers killed. The Census of Fatal...
AIG Excess Casualty Introduces New Broker Initiative for Commercial Umbrella Producers
Oct 7 2004 // AIG Excess Casualty(R), a division of the property and casualty insurance subsidiaries of American International Group, Inc., announced the launch of AIG ExcessAdvantage, described as “a new program designed to...
Zurich Names Kaplan Chief Underwriting Officer – North America Commercial
Oct 6 2004 // Zurich North America announced that it has named Gary Kaplan Chief Underwriting Officer for Zurich North America Commercial and head of its Technical Center. “Gary’s knowledge of the Zurich organization, his...
Haniewich Leaves Ohio Casualty’s Commercial Lines Division as Executive VP, COO
Oct 1 2004 // Insurer Ohio Casualty Corp. announced that Jeffery L. Haniewich, executive vice president and chief operating officer of the commercial lines division of the Ohio Casualty Insurance Co., has left to pursue other career...
Fla. Workplace Fatalities Fall in 2003
Sep 24 2004 // According to a joint federal and state survey, Florida workplaces had seven fewer fatal accidents in 2003 than the previous year, including a decrease in the number of Hispanic workers killed. The Census of Fatal...
S&P Affirms Employers Re ‘A+’ Ratings
Sep 21 2004 //
Commercial Agribusiness
Sep 20 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: Seattle, Wash.-based Mattei Companies is offering a new market for commercial agribusiness. The program has now expanded into 30 states targeting operations after the product has left the fields, such as...
Mass. Approves Commercial Auto Market Reforms
Sep 20 2004 // Massachusetts Insurance Commissioner Julianne Bowler has approved plans to implement a limited servicing carrier program for the state’s commercial auto residual market as proposed by Commonwealth Auto Reinsurers...
Commercial Property
Sep 20 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: AXIS U.S. Insurance’s excess and surplus property unit is now offering property insurance coverage for U.S.-based lumber, wood products and furniture risks. The underwriting of this specialized...
‘Chicago’ Magazine Names Chubb a Top Employer
Sep 16 2004 // Chicago magazine has ranked the commercial lines carrier Chubb Group of Insurance Cos. No. 2 out of the top 25 places to work in Chicago. The magazine determined the 25 best employers in Chicago with the help of the...
Tower Group Buys Pre-Atlantic Mutual N.Y. Commercial Renewals from OneBeacon
Sep 15 2004 // New York-based Tower Insurance Group has agreed to purchase the renewal rights on most of the New York commercial business OneBeacon Insurance held prior to OneBeacon’s buying Atlantic Mutual’s book of business...
Zurich Names Lindemann Middle Markets President
Sep 14 2004 // Schaumburg, Ill.-based Zurich has named Robert Lindemann president of the middle markets business unit of its North American commercial business division. Lindemann brings 29 years of commercial insurance experience with...
PCI: Hurricanes Prove Commercial Insurance Value
Sep 9 2004 // The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America has issued a bulletin, which notes: “Business owners who debate the need for insurance coverage can learn a valuable lesson from Hurricanes Charley and...
Employers Re to Become GE Insurance Solutions
Sep 7 2004 // General Electric has announced that it intends to unify the branding of its reinsurance and commercial insurance products and services as GE Insurance Solutions. “The name change is significant, yet it’s just...
LIG Educational & Consulting Services Commercial Marine Seminars Set for Melbourne, Key Biscayne
Sep 7 2004 // LIG Educational & Consulting Services, a sister company of Florida-based LIG Marine Managers, is providing two hands-on training seminars in Melbourne and Key Biscayne, Florida this winter. For more information on the...
Grow Small Commercial Accounts with a “Producer-Free Zone”
Sep 6 2004 // There are myriad reasons and methods for restructuring your agency. In my June 7, 2004, column I suggested completely eliminating your personal and commercial lines departments and replacing them with combined direct...
Five Steps to Creating a Small Commercial Producer Free Zone
Sep 6 2004 // • Make certain your commercial CSRs have the necessary license and skills to service small accounts without a producer. Run regular in-house classes on how and what to upsell or cross-sell. • Populate the PFZ with...
