Risk & Insurance
The physical safety of employees is paramount to the operation of any workplace. Recently though, employers, claims handlers and employees themselves have increased their focus on psychological safety, what it means within the context of workplace...
Posted: Feb 20, 2020
Risk management can often be an uncomfortable box for risk managers and CFOs who need to aggressively manage serious business risk that can impact the bottom line, while at the same time being frugal in how they spend money to manage those risks.
Posted: Feb 20, 2020
Complying with constantly evolving regulations at global, federal and state levels presents a perennial game of catch-up for U.S. insurers. With the risk landscape evolving at a faster rate than ever before, insurance regulators now know th...
Posted: Feb 19, 2020
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Posted: Feb 18, 2020
Take into account the insurance industry’s ongoing talent crunch and now may just be a great time to pick up some leadership training. With thousands of insurance executives nearing retirement age in the next 5 to 10 years, there will be pl...
Posted: Feb 18, 2020
Each year, I highlight the absence management trends I see shaping the workplace. The 2020 trends are similar to tho...
Posted: Feb 18, 2020
After several years of uncertainty around the status of freelance or “gig” workers in the online economy, a law that took effect on the first of this year in California has put a stake in the ground. Assembly Bill 5 established a specific s...
Posted: Feb 18, 2020
Juul Sued For Targeting Children in Ads The Case: Vaping company Juul Labs has been sued by the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office for allegedly targeting minors with its advertising.
Posted: Feb 17, 2020
Super Bowl LIV has come and past. The game of football is no different than any other sport. There needs to be a winner and a loser in the end. Often the difference in becoming either is marginal. So, we need an arbitrator to keep things fa...
Posted: Feb 17, 2020
Here’s one thing we know: Technological advancements are in a constant state of flux. Advertisement
Posted: Feb 17, 2020
The insurance industry is facing a crisis: a fast-approaching talent gap as veteran workers retire. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that nearly 400,000 employees are expected to retire from the insurance industry workforce within the n...
Posted: Feb 17, 2020
Rapper Fly Havana was working on a song called “All the Way Up.” He decided to “shop” the unfinished song to his colleague Fat Joe, a hip-hop artist, so that Fat Joe could continue to develop and release it. Over the next few months, Fat Jo...
Posted: Feb 13, 2020
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Posted: Feb 12, 2020
Technology introduces a variety of obvious risks, including security, privacy, piracy and basic preservation of data. There’s another risk that has become more prevalent — obsolescence, both planned or engineered, and what I will call “natu...
Posted: Feb 12, 2020
Snap Agrees to $187.5 Million Settlement Over Claims It Minimized Instagram Threat The Case: Investors sued Snap — the parent company of Snapchat — claiming the social media company concealed negative inform...
Posted: Feb 11, 2020
Liberty Mutual Appoints a New Chief Underwriting Officer, Marine
Posted: Feb 11, 2020
When I graduated college last May, I didn’t think that my first post-college job would be writing about workers’ compensation. I didn’t even know what workers’ compensation was. Advertisement
Posted: Feb 11, 2020
When it comes to worker outcomes, who better to survey than injured workers themselves? Advertisement
Posted: Feb 10, 2020
What story is your data telling you? Even the most tech savvy risk professionals may cringe when you use words like metrics, analytics or the phrase, “What are our biggest cost drivers?” Advertisement
Posted: Feb 09, 2020
Most of us are no strangers to the world of philanthropy and the concept of “doing good.” Advertisement
Posted: Feb 07, 2020
Hurricane Sandy battered the East Coast in late 2012, causing hundreds of thousands of dollars in damage. The Coney Island Steeplechase Pier, which sits on the southern side of the island, was substantially damaged from the hurricane. The C...
Posted: Feb 07, 2020
During a rambunctious street party event in Orlando — known as RumFest — Robert Hunt was assaulted by a jumbo-sized beach ball. Owned by local nightclub personnel, the large inflatables were meant to be used as decorations for the event. Bu...
Posted: Feb 06, 2020