Category Archive for : ‘Business Risk’

At the end of the calendar year, workplace holiday celebrations are an experience that many employees look forward to as a highlight of the season. These celebrations are often a long-standing tradition allowing employees to celebrate with their colleagues—and sometimes family and guests.

However, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, many organizations are evaluating how to engage employees safely this holiday season. Employers find themselves tasked with deciding whether they should cancel, postpone or offer an amended celebration that prioritizes safety—with many choosing to offer a virtual holiday party.

Virtual holiday parties

October is National Cybersecurity Awareness Month. During this annual event, government and industry leaders come together to raise awareness about the important of cybersecurity across our economy.

“Do your part. #BeCyberSmart.”

The theme was  selected to empower both individuals and organizations to take ownership of their unique role in promoting cyber security with the key message being, “If you connect it, protect it.” With more employees working remotely than ever before, and in control of their connections and set up, it’s important to highlight how critical it is for each employee to

From an insurance and risk management standpoint, what snow and ice contractors cannot do enough of is document, document, and document. This unexpected, yet critical contractor tool In this highly litigious society we are living in it has never been more important to keep track of all the information you can. Recently insurance carriers have moved to much stricter guidelines when underwriting potential businesses.  They now require certain documentation, such as logbooks. Lack of documentation will cause insurance carriers to offer higher premiums or decline coverage altogether. Proper documentation will

Now that the initial dust has settled and your employees are regularly working from home, you are coming to grips with the fact that your business now has an increased cyber liability exposure. This type of exposure could quickly have a significant financial impact on your business. With equipment and networks extended beyond the office, employees using personal devices and unsecured or outdated software a situation has been created rife for technological exploitation. What can you do to mitigate these risks?

Step 1 – Identify the Exposures

Conduct an in depth analysis

Of all the things business owners have to plan and deal with, key man insurance is one of the most overlooked and important items. Getting key man insurance will never be a top of mind, urgent issue until, unfortunately, it is too late. That is why it is so critical to take a few minutes and establish a policy for yourself, and other vital employees, to protect the financial well-being of your business.

What is Key Man Insurance?

Key man insurance is life insurance on the owner, founder or other key employee

If you’re like me, your kids are constantly filling your heads with the latest vernacular. You watch them. You listen to them. You pick up on their terminology. Have you heard, “Don’t be soft”? This is the statement used when one of my kids doesn’t want to take out the trash because it is raining. The others chime in with, “Don’t be soft”.

I bring this up to set the table for this blog – you can be soft in the hard market. If it helps in any way, you have

Businesses across the nation are taking the necessary steps to protect their employees and their customers in uncertain times. One of the most obvious steps is to have people work from home. It is one of the safest steps they can take, but it also expands the opportunities for fraudsters to steal businesses’ confidential data, funds and trade secrets. In their quest to protect their employees and customers and protect company operations cybersecurity may not be first and foremost on their mind.

What are some of the exposures?

Ransomware attacks
Phishing attacks (social

Accidents happen. No matter how careful you are. No matter how many safety meetings you have. No matter how many safety modules you make your employees watch, accidents can and will happen. This is the reason you have workers’ compensation insurance. This insurance pays an employee’s wages and medical bills if they are injured at work. Work comp is a great benefit, but it’s not perfect. There are things you, as an employer, can do to get the most out of your workers’ compensation coverage.

When An Injury Occurs

When an employee

The Act’s Facts

Effective 1/1/2020, the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) is updating the exemption rule for overtime eligibility. The last time they made a change was in 2004 and estimates project over 1.3 million employees will become eligible for overtime pay. So, just what are the new thresholds for exempt and non-exempt employees:

Employees earning at least $684 a week, or $35,568 per year, will be exempt from overtime pay for any hours worked over 40 in one work week. Previously, the threshold was $23,660 per year.
The total annual compensation level

What is employment practices liability insurance?

Known in the insurance industry as EPLI, employee practices liability insurance provides coverage to employers against claims made by employees alleging discrimination (based on sex, race, age or disability, for example), wrongful termination, harassment and other employment-related issues.

A risk that impacts everyone!

Business leaders make decisions each day on a range of issues including things like hiring, firing, compensation, promotions and the work environment. Every one of these decisions impacts your employees and, depending on the outcome, could result in a claim related to wrongful employment