Commercial Lines

As a trucking insurance specialist, independent agent Toni Jones cites challenges from rising premiums to a lack of qualified drivers. “These types of accounts can be notoriously difficult to place,” she says.

An insured runs a business in which he uses a front-end loader. The loader accidentally crashes into his personally owned truck. The truck is insured on a personal auto policy but only has other than collision coverage. Is he covered?

Between 1991, when Clarence Thomas’s U.S. Senate confirmation hearing was dominated by talk of sexual harassment, and 2017, which saw the birth of #MeToo, the EPLI market evolved enormously.

Independent agent Mary Pursell has observed major changes in the EPLI market. “Originally, EPLI policies covered sexual harassment, discrimination and wrongful termination,” she says. “Now, coverage definitions are expanding.”

Before transitioning to a career as a trucking and transportation insurance specialist, Tracy Lange spent nearly three decades in the health care field. “You think everything’s going to translate from helping people who can’t breathe,” he says. “But it tu

It appears that general contractors are attempting to use the Alternate Employer endorsement like an Additional Insured endorsement. When should you allow it?

Ironshore’s newly revised Designers and Contractors Professional & Pollution Liability form provides claims-made third-party professional liability protection against damages related to contractors’ negligence in the performance of professional services.

Where does an agent begin researching and advising an employer client about drug testing employees in the case of an accident?

Any agent who’s had a workers comp client poached understands that just like any other line of insurance, satisfied, well-protected workers comp insureds require a serious investment of time and effort.