Risk & Insurance

Facebook, Apple and Google Know Ergonomics Is Key to Workforce Productivity

When the term ergonomics comes up, it often conjures images of spaceship-shaped mouses or keyboards that seem more at home in a sci-fi movie than on an office desk.  New office equipment may be the most common way workpla...

Posted: Aug 31, 2020

The Future Office Could Be Your Living Room. Here’s How to Equip Workers with Proper Ergonomic Suppo...

COVID-19 hit employees hard as most of the workforce was required to transition to work-from-home. But perhaps nothing hit employees harder than the fact that the ratio of employees to facilities immediately became 1:1. It was hard e...

Posted: Aug 31, 2020

Stressed But Stable: How One Senior Care Insurance Professional Sees the Sector Holding Up to the Pa...

Long-term living and senior care facilities are under intense pressure. Their vulnerable populations, characterized by advanced age and an array of comorbid conditions, have been disproportionately impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. ...

Posted: Aug 31, 2020

Legal Roundup: Bayer in Court Again, Hospital Workers Sue Over Lack of COVID Protection and More

Facebook’s $650M Settlement Over Facial Recognition Passes Key Milestone The Case: A key feature of Facebook is “tagging” — identifying people in a photo. It allows those people to easily see the image an...

Posted: Aug 30, 2020

5 Legit Workers’ Comp Info Hubs with Free Safety Resources to Manage COVID-19

COVID-19 is here to stay. Early stay-at-home orders that sought to curb the spread of the virus failed to make it obsolete. Now, as states reopen, it’s all about containing the spread. Governors are issuing guidelines and...

Posted: Aug 28, 2020

The Healthy Workplace Nudge: Dr. Mike Reveals Method for Ergonomic Success

For Dr. Mike O’Neill, the director of global workspace research and global workspace strategy at Haworth, his interest in ergonomics did not have a conventional starting point. Looking back at his August 26 keynote speech at the virtual Nat...

Posted: Aug 27, 2020

Are You an Insurance Carrier Executive to Watch in 2021? Tell Us Why!

It happens to the best of us; literally. A new assignment, a promotion, ownership of a product launch that the company is investing in heavily. It’s what makes an insurance professional an

Posted: Aug 27, 2020

How Business Travel Is Poised for a Generational Shift Once the Pandemic Passes

The business traveler after COVID-19 will be very different. Not only will their travel be subject to new restrictions and safety measures, they will also look different. That’s because we’re likely to see a significant shift in the demogra...

Posted: Aug 27, 2020

6 Must-Have Methods to Combat a Cyber Breach

Cyber security threats come from technology and user behavior, and to date, there’s no single foolproof solution that covers both. Advertisement

Posted: Aug 26, 2020

Just How Badly Will COVID-19 Impact the Careers of Women in Workers’ Comp?

As the COVID-19 pandemic drags into the six-month mark in the United States, it has become as much of an economic crisis as a public health crisis. This is true even as new unemployment claims decline in recent weeks. However, as industries...

Posted: Aug 26, 2020

The Power of Choice

Posted: Aug 25, 2020

Protected: When It Comes to Understanding the Current R&W Claims Landscape, There Is One Crucial Tre...

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Posted: Aug 25, 2020

Insurance Carrier Surpluses Plummeted But Premiums Written Grew in Q1

The insurance industry is finding out what a difference a quarter makes, especially one that was marked by a pandemic vast enough to bring down the U.S. economy. Advertisement

Posted: Aug 25, 2020

Opinion| In Honor of the Real Heroes

Lots of words get overused and many of them misused. “Liberal” and “conservative” are two words that many of us misuse, even the great New York Times. No space for that here, but feel free to call me if you’d like the mental exercise of a discussi...

Posted: Aug 25, 2020

Opinion | In Honor of the Real Heroes

Lots of words get overused and many of them misused. “Liberal” and “conservative” are two words that many of us misuse, even the great New York Times. No space for that here, but feel free to call me if you’d like the mental exercise of a discussi...

Posted: Aug 25, 2020

Allstate, Geico Among Large Auto Insurers Facing COVID-19 Rebate Backlash

At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, many large car insurers realized that their policyholders were not driving to work, school, practices, shops and more as social distancing and shelter-in-place became the norm. In order to reflect this...

Posted: Aug 25, 2020

74% of Workers’ Comp Professionals Are Urgently Looking to Digitize

If workers’ comp professionals weren’t already hopping on the tech-train, they certainly are now as much of the workforce transitioned to telecommuting when COVID-19 collided with our realities back in March.  Digitizatio...

Posted: Aug 24, 2020

10 Workers’ Comp Podcasts You Really Don’t Want to Miss

When it comes to learning about the workers’ compensation industry, there is a plethora of resources already at your fingertips.  From earning designations to webinars and other one-time resources, there are plenty of way...

Posted: Aug 22, 2020

Protected: $41 Billion and Growing: Why the Program Business Thrives in Challenging Conditions

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Posted: Aug 21, 2020

Why Homeowners Association Risk Is a Philadelphia Insurance Company Niche

Peruse the website of the Equestrian Estates homeowners association in Wichita, Kansas, and in one frame you see a picture of a teen rider and her well-groomed mount jumping a stream. Another pic features a toddler feeding ducks. Yet anothe...

Posted: Aug 21, 2020

Here’s Why We Must Cancel College Football This Year

The Chronicle of Higher Education has been working with Davidson College to track the reopening plans f...

Posted: Aug 21, 2020

5 Crucial Considerations When Forming a Captive

A hardening market, a persistently low interest rate environment and the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic have all prompted many companies to turn to captives for their insurance needs. That’s not to mention the added pressure of reductions i...

Posted: Aug 21, 2020