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#1 Commercial Insurance Price Increases Stay Level But Clients Still Worried: CIAB
Feb 24 2023 // “Stabilization” and “moderation” continued to be the operative words for premium increases in the commercial property/casualty market, but many clients remain concerned about future hikes, according...
#2 Labor Board to Expand Companies’ ‘Joint Employer’ Liability
Sep 7 2022 // A U.S. labor board on Tuesday moved to make it easier for workers and unions to hold companies liable for labor law violations by their franchisees and contractors, proposing to revive an Obama-era standard heavily...
#3 Inflation, Debt Crisis, Cost of Living Pose Top Business Risks in G20 Nations: Survey
Nov 7 2022 // Runaway inflation, an unfolding debt crisis and cost-of-living problems pose the biggest threats to doing business for G20 countries in the next two years, data from the World Economic Forum showed on Monday. Inflation has...
#4 People Moves: Aon Hires Fulciniti as Head of Strategy Execution for Commercial Risk Solutions, EMEA; DARAG Names Mathis Wagner and Pearson to Lead M&A in Europe, UK
Jan 5 2023 // Aon Names Fulciniti as Head of Strategy Execution for Commercial Risk Solutions, EMEA Insurance broker Aon plc has named Agostino (Ago) Fulciniti as head of strategy execution for Commercial Risk Solutions in EMEA,...
#5 From Cyber to Lease Protection, Many Small Businesses and Agencies Are Woefully Unprepared
Mar 6 2023 // Lisa Parry Becker, vice president of an independent insurance agency in Langhorne, Pennsylvania, recounted a computer hacking incident a longtime client suffered recently. It sounds almost like a thriller novel, with a...
#6 U.S. Commercial Lines Prices Up 5% in Q3: WTW
Dec 13 2022 // With the exception of directors & officers liability and workers compensation, nearly all lines of business in the U.S. continued to see rate increases in the third quarter of 2022, according to WTW’s Commercial...
#7 Report on Mass Shootings Urges Workplace Violence Prevention Plans
Jan 27 2023 // As the nation reels from a week of high-profile shootings, a new report on mass attacks calls for communities to intervene early when they see warning signs of violence, encourages businesses to consider workplace violence...
#8 Property Leads Q1 Commercial Insurance Price Increases: WTW CLIPS
Jun 14 2023 // Commercial property insurance, with double-digit first quarter price increases, led other lines of businesses tracked by WTW’s Commercial Lines Pricing Survey (CLIPS). CLIPS found the aggregate price change for U.S....
#9 Price Increases Continue at 6% for U.S. Commercial Insurance in Q2: WTW
Sep 12 2022 // U.S. commercial insurance prices increased again during the second quarter 2022, according to WTW’s latest Commercial Lines Insurance Pricing Survey (CLIPS). The aggregate commercial price change reported by carriers...
#10 Paper Finds Employers Increasingly Willing to Hire Workers With Criminal Records
Sep 2 2022 // Newswise — A new paper in The Quarterly Journal of Economics, published by Oxford University Press, indicates that many American businesses are willing to hire workers with criminal records. Such companies become even...
#11 Neurodivergence in the Workplace and Associated Employment-Related Considerations
Apr 14 2023 // Although coined in the late 1990s, the term “neurodivergent” has only recently risen to mainstream recognition, with some studies now claiming that up to one in five employees identify as neurodivergent. As...
#12 EEOC Warns Employers to Check AI Workplace Monitoring Tools for Bias
May 26 2023 // The head of the U.S. agency charged with enforcing civil rights in the workplace says artificial intelligence-driven “bossware” tools that closely track the whereabouts, keystrokes and productivity of workers...
#13 Survey: Insurance Often a Blind Spot for Small Businesses
Mar 16 2023 // Findings from a recent NEXT Insurance survey highlight a significant gap between small business owners’ biggest stressors in 2023 and what they’re prepared for when it comes to their insurance knowledge and...
#14 How Generative AI Could Steer Commercial Trucking Insurance in New Direction
Apr 17 2023 // Generative AI is the next big technology trend in just about every industry. But for such a people-centric industry, how will ChatGPT, DALL-E 2 and Bing AI truly impact the insurance sector? Just ask ChatGPT, as some...
#15 Hilb Group Expands in New York Region With Commercial Book Acquisition
Dec 20 2022 // The Hilb Group has acquired a book of commercial property/casualty business in the tri-state region. Hilb Group did not identify the seller or size of the book of businesses. The business will be managed by Williston Park,...
#16 People Moves: WKFC Promotes Singhvi to President, Bauer to COO; AmTrust Adds Surian, White to Commercial Team
Mar 22 2023 // WKFC Promotes Singhvi to President and Bauer to COO WKFC Underwriting Managers, Ryan Specialty’s managing general underwriter headquartered in Melville, New York, has made two promotions in its senior...
#17 Small Business Satisfaction With Commercial Insurers Resurges: J.D. Power
Aug 24 2022 // A toxic combination of business disruption and economic uncertainty strained the relationship between small businesses and their commercial line insurers during the pandemic, causing customer satisfaction to decline...
#18 Commercial P/C Rates Up for 20th Straight Quarter: CIAB
Nov 18 2022 // Third-quarter 2022 marked the 20th consecutive quarter of increased premiums for commercial property/casualty, according to the latest report from the Council of Insurance Agents and Brokers (CIAB). The average premium...
#19 Q2 Commercial P/C Premiums Up 6.1%: CIAB
Aug 16 2022 // The second quarter 2022 marked a full five years of premium increases for across all lines of commercial insurance business, according to the latest report from the Council of Insurance Agents and Brokers (CIAB). The...
#20 Can More Rigorous Accounting Lead to Fewer Workplace Injuries?
Nov 1 2022 // Businesses wanting to make their workplaces safer might try adopting a more rigorous accounting system. A new study finds a link between a firm’s workplace injuries and the information quality in its accounting...
