Risk & Insurance

Protected: COVID-19 Made Grocery Store Workers Heroes. How Sprouts Stepped Up to Protect Them

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Posted: Sep 29, 2020

COVID and the Global Supply Chain: Why the Risk Has Become Substantially More Challenging

Managing global supply chain risk has become both more important and more challenging in recent years, and the COVID-19 global pandemic has destroyed any tattered remnants that remained of the old way of supply chain risk management.

Posted: Sep 29, 2020

7 People on The Move

AmTrust Title Insurance Expands Energy Team with Lou Canaras, Mellissa Atle and Rob Concepcion

Posted: Sep 29, 2020

Legal Roundup: United Airline Discrimination Lawsuit, Another Johnson & Johnson Opioid Suit and More

Airline Allegedly Sought Blonde, Young Flight Attendants for MLB, NFL Planes The Case: Flight attendants Kim Guillory and Sharon Tesler allege that United Airlines purposefully staffed flights for MLB, NF...

Posted: Sep 28, 2020

The Existential Threat of Talent Risk in Workers’ Comp and Why It Can’t Be Ignored

I have been involved in workers’ compensation since 1978. Actually, more than just workers’ comp, as I’ve also been engaged in the liability, group health and non-occupational disability industries as well as being the national practice leader wit...

Posted: Sep 27, 2020

Great Leadership in Excess and Surplus Is Essential, According to These Under-40 Professionals

Just as water will find its own level, the WSIA panel billed as a forum on leadership was a much more wide-ranging discussion. Advertisement

Posted: Sep 26, 2020

Why the Program Business Thrives in Challenging Conditions

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Posted: Sep 25, 2020

Protected: New Approaches to Risk Transfer Anchored by Customer Focus and Technology

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Posted: Sep 24, 2020

Top 10 Lessons Learned in Helping Workers Move Past COVID-19

There’s no doubt COVID-19 has had an impact on the workplace. Not the least of which is the mental and physical struggles that employees who’ve been affected by the illness may experience as they return to work. Advertisement...

Posted: Sep 24, 2020

This Market Has Wheels: Surplus Lines Premium Growth Should Roll on Well Through 2021

Expect the surplus lines market to grow even more in 2020 after impressive growth the past two years. Advertisement

Posted: Sep 24, 2020

Seizing the Opportunity

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Posted: Sep 22, 2020

Protected: Financial Lines: A UK & European Perspective

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Posted: Sep 22, 2020

Risk Managers, Listen to Brene Brown and Take in All Perspectives Before You Make a Decision

Recently, I was reflecting on a flight I took prior to the COVID-19 pandemic changing the world. “The flight is completely full,” the flight attendant said as I located a seat for transit from Las Vegas to Baltimore. When you are about the...

Posted: Sep 22, 2020

As Telemedicine Use Explodes, Are We Certain the Service Is Properly Insured?

Telemedicine services can happen in real time, such as through a Zoom call or another video call provider. They could even be asynchronous — for example, a patient uploads their health data for review and comment at a later time by their physician...

Posted: Sep 21, 2020

AIG, Markel, AXIS Execs and Others Weigh In on the Importance of Diversity in WSIA Panel

The concept of diversity and inclusion (D&I) has been permeating not just the insurance industry but also almost every industry for quite some time. For at least the last two decades, there has been a significant push toward diversifying th...

Posted: Sep 21, 2020

Opinion | Wearing a Mask Is Just Good Risk Management. So Why Aren’t More People on Board?

It started the same way. In March 2020, the headlines were overtaken by news of a killer virus, COVID-19. Soon after, we were advised to stay home, not to go to school or work and to stay apart. Advertisement

Posted: Sep 21, 2020

Legal Roundup: Ben Affleck’s Movie in an Insurance Bind, Pro Wrestling Worries Over Head Injuries an...

Producers of Ben Affleck Film Sue Insurer Over COVID Shutdown The Case: Producers of the Ben Affleck-Robert Rodriguez film Hypnotic sued insurer Chubb National. Advertisement...

Posted: Sep 18, 2020

Why the Department of Defense’s Cyber Security Strategy Is Worth Emulating

While 2020 has given the U.S. a multitude of challenges to manage simultaneously, a perennial pandemic that has been buried in the headlines must never be ignored — cyber breaches. The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated cyber risks a...

Posted: Sep 18, 2020

Evaluating Cyber Risk?

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Posted: Sep 17, 2020

Drug Trends Series – Part Four: High Impact Drug Classes

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Posted: Sep 17, 2020

Protected: 3 Ways the Construction Industry Can Build Resiliency into Risk Management

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Posted: Sep 17, 2020

Mega Claims in Workers’ Compensation: The NCCI Weighs In

As might be expected, head injuries make up a high percentage of mega claims. The National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) released a

Posted: Sep 17, 2020

How ‘Pay to Delay’ Impacts Self-Insureds and Other Pharmaceutical Payers

Two parallel courses of litigation, one in California and one in Illinois, have thrust the long-running dispute over the high cost of patented pharmaceuticals to the fore. Advertisement

Posted: Sep 16, 2020

After a Lighthouse Project Burns in Confirmed Arson Case, Developer Sues Multiple Insurers for Cover...

A four-decade-old landmark, the Dewey Beach lighthouse overlooking Delaware’s Rehoboth Bay was ready for an upgrade. The Lighthouse Cove development would be a large, 80,000 square-foot project that would not only include renovations to the lighth...

Posted: Sep 16, 2020