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OSHA Issues COVID-19 Workplace Safety Guidance
Feb 1 2021 // President Joe Biden’s administration released new workplace guidelines Friday that signaled a more proactive approach to protecting workers from the coronavirus. The new guidance from the U.S. Occupational Safety and...
Coalition Adds 5 Hires to Middle Market Production Underwriting Team
Jan 29 2021 // Coalition has appointed five new production underwriters to help grow and serve the company’s middle market relationships. New Coalition production underwriting team members include: Andrew Cross, based in San...
USAA, Serving Military and Veterans, Enters Small Business Insurance Market
Jan 28 2021 // The insurer that targets members of the military and veterans, USAA, is going to start writing its own small business insurance policies for the first time. The company will initially offer the coverage in five states –...
Pandemic-Related Business Interruption, Cyber Top Business Risks for 2021: Allianz
Jan 27 2021 // There was no escaping the coronavirus in 2020 and the pandemic will dominate the risk landscape again in 2021, according to global leaders in business, risk management and insurance. A trio of Covid-19 related risks —...
United Airlines CEO Urges Employers to Mandate COVID-19 Vaccines
Jan 25 2021 // United Airlines may make the COVID-19 vaccine mandatory for employees, and other companies should do the same, United Chief Executive Officer Scott Kirby told workers at a meeting on Thursday, according to a transcript...
The Company You Keep Can Make All the Difference for Your Small Business Clients
Jan 25 2021 // This post is part of a series sponsored by Hanover Insurance Group Inc. Tens of thousands of small businesses have changed the way they do business, interacting with customers digitally and adjusting their offerings to...
Diversity in the Workplace: Race, Gender, Disability and More
Jan 25 2021 // Insurance industry leaders have renewed their focus on recruiting, hiring and promoting not just to fill a crucial talent gap with quality candidates, but also to intentionally diversify their workforce. The civil unrest...
Insurer Hallmark Financial Explores Splitting Off Its Specialty Commercial Lines Business
Jan 22 2021 // Hallmark Financial Services, a specialty property/casualty company, announced Thursday that it is exploring the separation of its specialty commercial business to unlock its value and improve access to capital. Currently...
Biden Orders OSHA to Step Up COVID Workplace Safety Guidance, Enforcement
Jan 22 2021 // The Biden Administration has instructed federal workplace safety officials to do more to help halt the spread of the coronavirus on the job. On his first full day on office, President Joseph Biden signed an executive order...
Falls Kill Two Long Island Men in Separate Workplace Accidents
Jan 22 2021 // A landscaper fell from a tree and a roofer fell from a building in two separate fatal workplace accidents Monday on Long Island. Suffolk County Police said 51-year-old Vicente Oliver of Levittown was trimming a tree at a...
Applied Specialty Underwriters Names Black to Lead Middle Market Surplus Lines
Jan 19 2021 // Applied Underwriters has named John Black, Sr., CPCU, to lead its expansion into middle market surplus lines. As executive vice president of the newly-expanded Applied Specialty Underwriters, Black, who has 35 years of...
Hub Acquires Assets of Texas’ Commercial Insurance Brokers
Jan 15 2021 // Global insurance broker Hub International Limited has acquired the assets of Commercial Insurance Brokers Inc., based in El Paso, Texas. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Commercial Insurance Brokers is a...
American Family Insurance to Acquire Small Business Insurtech Bold Penguin
Jan 14 2021 // Madison, Wisconsin-based American Family Insurance is acquiring insurtech company Bold Penguin that serves small businesses. The Bold Penguin digital exchange is used by insurance agents, brokers and other distributors to...
Here’s What’s New in U.S. Small Business Pandemic Paycheck Protection Program
Jan 11 2021 // The Small Business Administration launches on Monday more Paycheck Protection Program loans to help small businesses weather the coronavirus pandemic. Congress last month approved $284 billion in new funds for the...
Farms Were the Deadliest Workplaces in Montana Last Year
Jan 11 2021 // An annual report made public by the Montana Department of Labor and Industry has shown that 2019 was slightly more deadly than the previous year in workplaces, with farming the most dangerous industry. The Census of Fatal...
COVID Lawsuits by State and Key Trends in Workplace Litigation for 2021: Seyfarth
Jan 7 2021 // The coronavirus pandemic contributed to a spike in workplace lawsuits in 2020 and the number is only expected to grow in 2021, according to legal experts. At the same time, the incoming Biden Administration is expected to...
OSHA Now Accepting 2020 Workplace Injury Submissions Through March 2
Jan 4 2021 // The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is reminding employers that the agency will begin collecting calendar year 2020 workplace injury data (Form 300A) on Jan. 2, 2021. Employers must submit the form...
Farms Were the Deadliest Workplaces in Montana Last Year
Dec 30 2020 // An annual report made public by the Montana Department of Labor and Industry has shown that 2019 was slightly more deadly than the previous year in workplaces, with farming the most dangerous industry. The Census of Fatal...
U.S. Approves Commercial Drone Flights Over Populated Areas With Tracking
Dec 29 2020 // Commercial drone use for deliveries and services cleared a major hurdle in the U.S. with new rules allowing the devices to fly over populated areas for the first time and requirements for tracking them to address safety...
Workplace Fatalities Increased By 25% in Texas in 2019
Dec 22 2020 // The number of work-related fatalities in Texas rose by 25% in 2019. A report on fatal occupational injuries in 2019 released by the Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) shows there...
