Latest Commercial Lines Headlines
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Connecticut’s Business Risk Partners Hires Stein and Rathore
Apr 19 2017 // Specialty underwriter and program administrator Business Risk Partners (BRP), headquartered in Windsor, Conn., has added two new members to its Professional Liability (E&O) and Operations team. Jennifer Stein was named...
Hackers Target Japan’s Mobile Gamers to Access Their Employers’ Data
Apr 18 2017 // Gamers beware: hackers offering free virtual trinkets don’t care about your passwords or personal data, but your employer’s most closely guarded secrets. An employee at a Japanese high-tech company learned this...
All Risks Launches Commercial Earthquake Program
Apr 18 2017 // All Risks, Ltd. has introduced a new Specialty Property Earthquake Program with an exclusive A.M. Best “A” rated carrier. The Specialty Property Earthquake Program provides difference in conditions insurance,...
Risk Management: Employers Benefit from Mitigating Workplace Violence
Apr 17 2017 // Each year, close to 2 million workers are victims of workplace violence in the United States, according to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). The federal agency defines workplace violence as any act...
Chubb Names Gunter North America Commercial Chief to Succeed Retiring Pozzi
Apr 7 2017 // Scott Gunter has been appointed senior vice president, Chubb Group, and division president, North America Commercial Insurance. In his new role, Gunter will have executive operating responsibility for the retail commercial...
IVANS Index: Commercial Rates Up in Q1 Except Workers’ Compensation
Apr 6 2017 // Insurance premium renewal rate change for the majority of standard commercial lines products including auto, business owners, general liability, property and umbrella remained in positive territory for the first quarter....
Atlas General Insurance Services Expands National Commercial Presence
Apr 6 2017 // San Diego, CA, April 6, 2017 – Atlas General Insurance Services, LLC (‘Atlas’), a national multi-line program administrator, announced the expansion of their commercial programs to include coverage for...
Commercial Lines Prices Inch Up After Being Down for Long Time: MarketScout
Apr 5 2017 // For the first time in 20 months, the MarketScout composite rate index for commercial accounts in the United States measured a rate increase at plus 1 percent in the first quarter. Rates for business interruption, general...
Liberty Mutual’s Luce, BlueSky’s Hespe Join QBE North America Commercial Operation
Apr 4 2017 // QBE North America announced two executive appointments in the Property & Casualty business. Jamie Luce will lead the Commercial Insurance business as senior vice president. He will oversee all of the QBE North America...
Pinnacol Issues $50M in Workers’ Comp Dividends to Colorado Employers
Apr 3 2017 // Colorado workers’ compensation insurer Pinnacol Assurance is distributing $50 million in dividend checks to its policyholders. More than 53,000 employers throughout the state — roughly 94.2 percent of the...
Maryland’s Chesapeake Employers’ Insurance Reappoints 2 to Board
Mar 31 2017 // Chesapeake Employers’ Insurance Company, a Towson, Md.-based writer of workers’ compensation insurance, has reappointed Leonard Schuler Jr. as a member to the board of directors for a term of four years,...
Michigan Senate OKs Bill Authorizing Theft Fees on Commercial Trucks
Mar 30 2017 // Michigan state senators have approved legislation that could allow the Automobile Theft Prevention Authority to assess small fees on commercial vehicles, not just private passenger vehicles. Under current law, auto...
The Hartford Names Tooker as Head of Middle Market Segment
Mar 30 2017 // The Hartford has named A. Morris “Mo” Tooker, currently chief underwriting officer, as head of its Middle Market segment. Tooker remains chief underwriting officer for the company’s property/casualty...
Florida Court to Hear Lawsuit Against Employer, Wife of Nightclub Shooter
Mar 29 2017 // A lawsuit brought by victims of the Orlando nightclub massacre against the gunman’s employer and wife was withdrawn from federal court and filed in state court in South Florida on Monday. Attorneys for 61 Pulse...
Congress Nullifies Obama Workplace Injury Reporting Rule
Mar 24 2017 // The U.S. Senate (50-48) joined the House (231-191) in passing a resolution blocking a federal workplace injury and accident reporting rule put in place by the Obama Administration last December. The Department of Labor...
Chubb Introduces Online Workers’ Comp Policy System for Small Business Agents
Mar 23 2017 // Chubb has introduced a new online system for independent agents that will quote and issue a comprehensive workers’ compensation policy for small businesses. Chubb’s workers’ compensation policy for small...
Pinnacol Issues $50M in Workers’ Comp Dividends to Colorado Employers
Mar 22 2017 // Colorado workers’ compensation insurer Pinnacol Assurance is distributing $50 million in dividend checks this month to its policyholders. More than 53,000 employers throughout the state — roughly 94.2 percent of...
Maryland-Based Chesapeake Employers’ Insurance Company Promotes Adelman
Mar 22 2017 // Chesapeake Employers’ Insurance Company, a Towson, Md.-based provider of workers’ compensation insurance, has promoted Joan Adelman to vice president of legal services. In her new role, Adelman is responsible...
Prescription Drugs in the Workplace
Mar 20 2017 // More than 70 percent of United States employers are feeling the direct impact of prescription drug misuse in their workplaces, according to a survey from the National Safety Council. The survey, How the Prescription Drug...
New York Cyber Regs Take Effect, Mid-Sized Firms Could See Biggest Impact
Mar 20 2017 // As the insurance industry has closely followed developments regarding The New York State Department of Financial Services’ (DFS) cybersecurity regulation, concerns remain in terms of how the final regulation, set to...
