Risk & Insurance

Why International Businesses Want Vermont to House Their Captives

Vermont is home to more than 100 captives from non-U.S.-based companies, comprising about 10% of active captives in the domicile, with more on the way. The companies are attracted to captives in general and to Vermont as a domicile for a number of...

Posted: Apr 21, 2020

Tech Is Advancing the Biopsychosocial Care Movement. Is Your Workers’ Comp Program Ready?

After an ankle injury at work leaves an injured em...

Posted: Apr 21, 2020

Opinion | As Baby Boomers Leave Workers’ Comp, Knowledge Transfer Has to Happen Immediately

The oldest of approximately 73 million Baby Boomers turned 65 in 2011. Since then, approximately 10,000 people each day have reached that milestone. The march toward retirement will continue until the youngest Baby Boomers turn 65 in...

Posted: Apr 20, 2020

Protected: 3 Ways One Insurer Brings Agility to Complex Multinational Programs

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Posted: Apr 19, 2020

Experience Forged in Crisis: Army Veteran Jane Holl Lute a Timely Addition to Marsh Board

In a distinguished career spent in both the public and private sectors, Jane Holl Lute has refined her risk management skills under a variety of circumstances. Lute, who served as deputy secretary of Homeland Security from 2009 to 2013 and...

Posted: Apr 18, 2020

How Data, Automation and Collaboration Must Shape the Future of Risk Management

The risks of the future, both near and far, are growing in complexity because of their interconnectivity. This is precisely what makes risk mitigation so challenging; every action may cause an unknowable reaction on another area of business or on...

Posted: Apr 17, 2020

The Biggest COVID-19 Risk Lesson? Don’t Ignore Uncertainty

Some 250 years ago, Benjamin Franklin warned us that, “In this world, nothing is certain except death, taxes, and the seasonal flu.” Or, at least, that’s what I think he said. We can’t verify the quote. None of his contemporaries are...

Posted: Apr 17, 2020

3 Ways to Make Sure Your Ergonomic Projects Stay on Track

Why do ergonomics solutions sometimes fail? A typical workplace ergonomics improvement process involves careful investigation, evaluation of improvement options, and calculations to determine the best solution(s) for mov...

Posted: Apr 17, 2020

Aon Jumps Into the COVID-19 Fray with an Online Resource for Businesses

As the COVID-19 crisis swept through the world, companies began frantically looking for information.Naturally, they turned to their insurance brokers with questions.  Am I covered for income loss?

Posted: Apr 17, 2020

3 Ways Insurance Companies Can Navigate the Surge of COVID-19 Business Interruption Claims

The global health emergency caused by COVID-19 has either disrupted or completely interrupted business operations across the United States. Advertisement

Posted: Apr 16, 2020

Marketing Is Not Reputational Risk Management. You Need to Know the Difference

Companies need to think about the relationship between marketing and reputation in a new way. It’s the new reality of our post #MeToo, COVID-19, green-washing, social-washing, post-advertising world. Reputation is not built on marketing. It...

Posted: Apr 16, 2020

Perspective | Don’t Want to Use Telematics? Carriers Will Eventually Say Too Bad

Everything has its price. The increasingly healthy diet we are eating presents the foodservice industry with “an array of new foodborne illness threats,” says Restaurant Guard Insurance veep Crystal Jacobs, adding: “Greens like romaine are now one...

Posted: Apr 16, 2020

COVID-19 Stirs Up an Already Murky Outlook for D&O; Industry Experts Weigh In

Well before the current coronavirus pandemic, the D&O marketplace was hardening. Advertisement

Posted: Apr 16, 2020

Legal Roundup: 3M Sues Over COVID-19 Price Gouging, College Students Demand Reimbursement and More

3M Sues Over N95 Mask Price Gouging  The Case: 3M sued a New Jersey company for attempting to resell N95 masks to New York City officials at a 500% markup. The lawsuit also alleges that t...

Posted: Apr 15, 2020

Ransomware and the Public Sector: Why Hackers Are Seeing a Green Light

As government entities struggle to respond to the novel coronavirus and resources are stretched to the limit, IT security may not be getting the focus it really needs. That’s a serious issue for government entities, which were already strug...

Posted: Apr 15, 2020

1,600 Colleges and Universities Joined Together to Manage Risk. They Built Their Company in Vermont

Risks plaguing different niche markets make navigating insurance coverage tough for any organization. A farmer and a start-up tech company may both begin as small businesses, but they won’t be covering the same risks, so why settle for the same li...

Posted: Apr 15, 2020

Workers’ Comps Claims Adjusters Get the Chance to Telecommute. Now Can They Make It Succeed?

As COVID-19 ravages the globe, efforts to “flatten the curve” have resulted in stay-at-home orders in most states — bringing the typical office-bound arrangements of the workers’ compensation industry to a screeching halt. Advertise...

Posted: Apr 15, 2020

COVID-19: 8 Critical Things Your Business Should be Doing Right Now

As COVID-19 continues to force business and leave society spiraling into uncertainty, companies may be wondering what actions they can take to address the ever-emerging risks they face.  Telecommuting has brought new cybe...

Posted: Apr 14, 2020

20% of Private Nonprofit Colleges Got a ‘D’ in Financial Health. How Quickly Can They Upgrade to a ‘...

The April 14-15 anniversary of the 1912 sinking of the Royal Mail Ship RMS Titanic is a time to reflect upon today’s current risks in these very choppy higher education waters. We have one set of maritime rules in calm weather and another w...

Posted: Apr 14, 2020

Big Data, Climate Change and the Talent Gap: The Biggest Risks We Need to Prepare for Now

The world is changing. Now more than ever, individuals and companies alike are connecting across the globe, expanding their enterprises as well as opening themselves up to potential risk. As technologies advance and transportation connects...

Posted: Apr 14, 2020

Have You Considered COVID-19’s Workers’ Comp Implications for Frontline Workers?

The United States has a long history of workplace conflicts, including personality differences, cultural expectations and malicious harassment. The continual accumulation of COVID-19 cases in the United States has created another source of...

Posted: Apr 13, 2020

Lessons from an Elite Eight Basketball Coach in Workplace Mental Resiliency

Former collegiate head basketball coach Pam Borton knows that for many athletes, the mental game is just as important as the physical game.  Her focus on developing resilience and mental toughness in her players led her t...

Posted: Apr 13, 2020