Latest Commercial Lines Headlines
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Workplace Fatalities Continue to Increase, with Transportation Incidents #1 Cause
Dec 27 2017 // There were 5,190 workplace fatalities reported in the U.S. in 2016, a seven percent increase over the previous year. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Census of 2016 Fatal Occupational Injuries, the fatal...
Sompo’s Nardiello Joins CNA Commercial’s Large/Complex Property Underwriting Team
Dec 21 2017 // CNA announced the appointment of Michael Nardiello as senior vice president of underwriting for Large/Complex Property. In this role, Nardiello will be based in New York City and report to Kevin Leidwinger, president and...
Employers, Workers’ Compensation Carriers Eye Trend in Telehealth: Telerehab
Dec 21 2017 // Though employers and workers’ compensation insurers have been utilizing telemedicine for quite some time, there’s been a recent uptick in interest surrounding virtual physical therapy, also known as...
Alera Group Acquires Illinois’ Hallberg Commercial Insurers
Dec 19 2017 // Deerfield, Illinois-based employee benefits, property/casualty, risk management and wealth management firm, Alera Group, has acquired Hallberg Commercial Insurers Inc. in Oakbrook, Illinois. Hallberg Commercial provides...
UK Employers Plan Hiring Despite Brexit Worries
Dec 19 2017 // British employers plan to hire more workers and raise pay more quickly in 2018, but they also fear that Brexit will make the country a less attractive place to do business, a survey showed on Tuesday. Fifty-one percent of...
Chubb Names Booker Major Commercial Lines Property Accounts Senior VP
Dec 19 2017 // Chubb has named Matt Booker, as senior vice president, Major Accounts Property, in the United States. In this capacity, he will have responsibility for underwriting, strategy, production, product development, management,...
DUAL Commercial Launches New CyberTech Defense Product
Dec 19 2017 // DUAL Commercial, LLC has introduced a new technology-cyber-media program – CyberTech Defense – that provides cyber coverage in conjunction with DUAL Commercial’s other programs, as well as on a...
Businesses to Receive Workplace Safety Grants from Missouri Employers Mutual
Dec 18 2017 // Workers’ compensation insurer, Missouri Employers Mutual (MEM), has announced a third round of safety grant recipients after awarding safety grants to 37 Missouri businesses previously. Safety grants help Missouri...
CVS-Aetna Merger Will Influence Employers’ Benefits Decisions: Aon
Dec 18 2017 // CVS Corp.’s proposed purchase of Aetna Inc. will affect decision-making by a majority of large and mid-size U.S. corporations on employee health benefits, a survey by benefits consultant Aon Plc found. CVS, the...
How Commercial Insurance Customers Rate Large Carriers, Brokers
Dec 18 2017 // Overall customer satisfaction with large commercial insurers increased in 2017, driven primarily by insurers’ focus on more tailored and diversified products for their customers. That’s according to the J.D....
Trump’s Labor Board Overturns Obama ‘Joint Employer’ Rule
Dec 15 2017 // A U.S. labor board on Thursday overturned an Obama-era ruling that had made it easier for unions and workers to hold companies accountable for practices of contractors and franchisees, a decision welcomed by business...
Arrowhead Expands Its New Small Business Underwriting Staff
Dec 14 2017 // San Diego, CA, December 14, 2017 – Arrowhead General Insurance Agency, Inc. (Arrowhead) has announced the addition of Alan Nelson as West region leader of Arrowhead Core Commercial. Al comes to Arrowhead with over 30...
Police: Explosion at Detroit Commercial Building Leaves 1 Dead
Dec 13 2017 // Authorities say one person is dead after a pressurized tank apparently exploded at a commercial building on Detroit’s east side. Detroit police Capt. Mark Thornton says two people were at the building Monday night...
Why Publishing Policies Against Workplace Sexual Harassment Is Not Enough
Dec 12 2017 // Sexual misconduct happens at work not because companies don’t publish anti-harassment policies, experts say, but because managers don’t enforce them – and because people fail to apply them to...
Commercial Insurance Prices in U.S. Stayed Flat in Q3: Willis Towers Watson
Dec 11 2017 // Commercial insurance prices in the U.S. were again nearly flat during the third quarter of 2017. Price changes reported by carriers averaged less than one percent for the ninth consecutive quarter, following a moderating...
Indiana Fines Rural King $14K for Alleged Workplace Safety Violations
Dec 7 2017 // Indiana state regulators have fined farm supply chain Rural King $14,000 for alleged safety violations at a southern Indiana warehouse. The Indiana Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued a Nov. 30 order that...
How Commercial Insurance Customers Rate Large Carriers, Brokers
Dec 7 2017 // Overall customer satisfaction with large commercial insurers has increased in 2017, driven primarily by insurers’ focus on more tailored and diversified products for their customers. That’s according to the...
UK Broker THB Taps Durkan from Gallagher as Commercial & Placement Director
Dec 7 2017 // THB, the London-based specialist insurance and reinsurance broker, announced the appointment of Declan Durkan as commercial and placement director, THB UK Risk Solutions, the combined fleet and commercial operation of THB...
COUNTRY Financial Appoints Thorpe VP of Commercial/Agribusiness Underwriting
Dec 6 2017 // Andrea Thorpe, of Bloomington, Illinois, has been named vice president of Commercial/Agribusiness Underwriting at COUNTRY Financial. She replaces Sheri Bane who will retire in January 2018. Thorpe will lead the...
USI Completes Acquisition of Wells Fargo Commercial Insurance Business
Dec 4 2017 // USI Insurance Services announced the closing on its acquisition of Wells Fargo Insurance Services USA (WFIS), formerly part of Wells Fargo & Co. This purchase includes the commercial insurance brokerage and consulting,...
