Latest Commercial Lines Headlines
All the headlines from our Commercial Lines Topic Page, ordered by recency.
W. Virginia WCC Files Injunctions Against Trio of State Employers; Ordered to Cease Business
Apr 8 2004 // West Virginia’s Workers’ Compensation Commission recently filed injunctions against three state employers whose accounts with the Commission are reportedly in default. The injunctions were filed in Kanawha...
Eleven Good Reasons to Reassign a Commercial Lines Account
Apr 5 2004 // In most offices, it’s easier to get a bone from a starving dog than it is to take a commercial account from an agency producer. That’s because the current producer is always the executive on a business account...
Small Business Workers’ Compensation
Apr 5 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: InsureVianet introduced a new Internet-based small business workers’ compensation insurance program for agencies in Indiana and Michigan. This technology allows agents and brokers to enter...
Commercial Property, Liability, Crime
Apr 5 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: The Chubb Group of Insurance Companies has updated its Customarq Classic property policy. Chubb’s Customarq Classic offers U.S. and Canadian commercial customers a choice of monoline property...
Commercial Property, Liability, Crime
Apr 5 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: The Chubb Group of Insurance Companies has updated its Customarq Classic property policy. Chubb’s Customarq Classic offers U.S. and Canadian commercial customers a choice of monoline property...
Atlantic Mutual Finalizes Sale of Commercial Business to OneBeacon, Overall GWP for Book Totals More than $400 Million
Mar 31 2004 // Atlantic Mutual closed the sale today of its subsidiary, Atlantic Specialty Insurance Company, and the renewal rights to select commercial insurance business, including the unearned premiums on the acquired book, to...
Commercial Brokers Favor TRIA Renewal Says CIAB
Mar 31 2004 // Eighty percent of the leading commercial property/casualty insurance brokers say the federal Terrorism Risk Insurance Act (TRIA) should be extended when it expires at the end of 2005, according to a survey released today...
Zurich Names Bradley CFO of North American Commercial Operations
Mar 30 2004 // Schaumburg, Ill.-based commercial lines insurer Zurich North America announced that Thomas Bradley will become chief operating officer of finance and administration and chief financial officer of its North American...
Ohio Comp Bureau Conducts Random Sweep of 200 Toledo Area Employers
Mar 29 2004 // The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) recently concluded a random sweep of 200 employers in the Toledo area to determine whether they have active workers’ compensation coverage, collecting $110,412 in...
N.Y. Agents Name Harleysville Top Commercial Partner
Mar 26 2004 // Pennsylvania’s Harleysville Insurance has issued a bulletin noting that for the second time in three years, it has been named the “Top Partner in Commercial Lines” during Westchester County’s 38th...
St. Paul Enhances Commercial Property-General Liability Product for Companies with Foreign Operations
Mar 25 2004 // The St. Paul Companies announced the introduction of an enhanced version of “Global Companion,” which it described as “an international commercial property and general liability product designed to help...
Investment in Workplace Safety Keys Positive Bottom Line Results for Businesses, Economy
Mar 24 2004 // In response to the recent Labor Department job report reportedly showing little change in the employment rate, the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) suggests businesses invest now in workplace safety, as part of...
Commercial Tenant’s Glass Policy
Mar 22 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: Massplate Glass Insurance Agency solves the problem of commercial tenants finding glass insurance to satisfy their lease requirements. This easy to use product features fixed limits and premiums, has a...
N.Y. Employers to Speak Out on Cutting WC Costs
Mar 22 2004 // A coalition of New York employers led by the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of New York Inc. will urge state lawmakers at a public hearing this week to fix the state’s badly broken workers’...
Hazard in the Workplace: OSHA Identifies Businesses with Highest Injury Rates
Mar 22 2004 // High hazard industries pay high workers’ comp premiums for increased risk, but even within high risk industries some companies are more dangerous than others. “OSHA is going to focus on specific sites where...
Commercial Property, Liability, Crime
Mar 22 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: The Chubb Group of Insurance Companies has updated its Customarq Classic property policy. Chubb’s Customarq Classic offers U.S. and Canadian commercial customers a choice of monoline property...
Package and Commercial Auto
Mar 22 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: Superior Access Insurance Services Inc. is offering a package and commercial auto program featuring a replacement cost with optional ACV, no coinsurance and property value guard automatic increases....
Employers Direct Contracts with No. Cal. Builders Assoc.
Mar 22 2004 // Employers Direct Insurance Company (EDIC) has contracted with the Home Builders Association of Northern California (HBANC) to provide workers’ compensation insurance coverage to selected members. EDIC works directly...
Package and Commercial Auto
Mar 22 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: Superior Access Insurance Services Inc. is offering a package and commercial auto program featuring a replacement cost with optional ACV, no coinsurance and property value guard automatic increases....
Commercial Trucking
Mar 22 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: Arrowhead General Insurance Agency Inc. is offering a new market for commercial trucking. Dollars: Policy limits of up to $1million CSL; minimum premium of $1,000. Carrier: Old American County Mutual...
