Commercial Lines

American International Group Inc. more than doubled its dividend and increased its share buyback by $5 billion after asset sales helped build up cash, even as results slumped at some of the main insurance operations.

Allstate Corp., the largest publicly traded U.S. auto and home insurer, said second-quarter profit plunged 45 percent on a surge in claims from automobile coverage.

Geico announced it is expanding a new rideshare insurance product to drivers in Pennsylvania.

Claims personnel are often called to a building with a large loss caused by water leakage from underground water piping systems and investigating the cause is an integral part of the claims adjustment process.

It's a universal truth that the longer an employee is absent from work after a job-related injury, the harder it is to return to work at all.

Companies operating across the border in Canada need to be aware of major Workers' Comp differences or face some still penalties.