OLDWICK, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- A.M. Best has upgraded the financial strength rating (FSR) to A (Excellent) from A- (Excellent) and the issuer credit rating (ICR) to “a” from “a-” of Advantage ...

BATON ROUGE, La., Aug. 25, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- AM Best, the world's leading insurance industry credit rating agency, upgraded Baton Rouge based regional workers' compensation insurer, Stonetrust ...

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McLaughlin (left): rates rising to make up for losses on claims; Lewis: higher premiums needed for insurers’ survival Insurance brokers saw it coming. Workers’ compensation insurance rates have ...

California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi is set to recommend by June 10 cuts of up to 22% in premiums that employers pay for workers’ compensation insurance. Garamendi told the Business ...

Restricted stock units (RSUs) and other forms of equity-based compensation are creating a stir in the workers’ compensation marketplace, forcing insurance carriers to revisit whether to include them ...

The benchmark rate used to set workers' compensation premiums should go up in 2005, an insurance industry group urged Wednesday, angering critics who noted that a series of recently enacted changes to ...