Commercial Lines
Report Shows Excessive Heat Pushes Worker Injury Risk Sky High
It may come as no surprise that heat-related worker injury claims rise on hot days, but the magnitude of the increase is an eye-opener. As temperatures skyrocketed during early summer heat waves ...
Alphabet’s Waymo Picks up Speed as Tesla Robotaxi Service Expands
Alphabet's Waymo robotaxis have driven more than 100 million miles without a human behind the wheel, doubling the mileage in about six months, a top company official said, as it speeds up deployment ...
California Insurance Commissioner OKs Higher Workers Comp Pure Premiums
California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara approved a higher September 1, 2025, pure workers compensation premium rate filing. The decision followed a filing by the Workers' Compensation ...
Viewpoint: Rising False Advertising Claims Reveal Likely Coverage Gap
The steady rise in false advertising claims against consumer-facing companies has exposed a likely insurance protection gap. The drivers of these legal actions are many and varied and include ...
Validating Mental Health Claims in Today’s Workforce
In recent years, there has been a surge in mental health awareness across the workers compensation landscape. These claims have become a higher priority for insurers with an estimated one-in-five ...
Three Insurers Join Ward’s Annual Top 50 P/C Ranking for 2025
Property/casualty insurers have started to broadcast the fact that they have earned spots on Ward's list of 50 top-performing insurance companies for 2025, but only one was named for 35 straight ...
How a Decentralized Structure Opens Career Paths at C&F
Thankfully, members of the next generation of leaders in the property/casualty insurance industry have had no direct experience with insurance company failures, rehabs and restructurings that ...
Cigar Butts and Toxic Sludge: The Rebirth of a P/C Insurer
It's hard to imagine an executive describing his company and its peers in the industry as "cigar butt companies where the butt had been dropped in toxic nuclear sludge, [and] rolled in asbestos…" ...