May 5, 2024 | Business Insurance, Business Operations
With the California commercial property market increasingly stressed with fewer and fewer insurers willing to write policies in the Golden State, the state insurance commissioner has floated a plan aimed at easing the crisis. The main thrust of the new proposal is to... 
Apr 26, 2024 | Business Insurance, Business Operations, Pricing Trends
ONE OFTEN overlooked cost driver to your employee benefits plans is administrative errors and oversights that are the result of sloppy record-keeping and a lack of checks and balances among your account and human resources teams. If you are not diligent in keeping up... 
Apr 21, 2024 | Business Insurance, Business Operations
A ROUND 100 U.S. farm workers are electrocuted every year, marking a serious that’s ever-present. Agricultural employers should do all they can to protect their employees against this danger. Employers must be vigilant in maintaining electrical equipment, ensuring... 
Apr 12, 2024 | Business Insurance, Business Operations
ONE OF the keys to instituting a good safety program is to get management and supervisor buy-in. You need their support and belief in the system if you are to convince your employees to embrace your safety regimen. If your managers don’t believe in the safety plans... 
Apr 5, 2024 | Business Insurance, Business Operations, Compliance Reminder
VIOLENCE IN the workplace is a growing problem for which many U.S. employers are unprepared. It can take many forms and result in injuries or death, and employers are increasingly advised to put in place security and workplace violence prevention measures. In 2020,... 
Mar 25, 2024 | Business Insurance, Business Operations, Employment Legislation
EFFORTS ARE afoot to create new laws and regulations that would require California employers to include the opioid overdose medication Narcan in their first aid kits. Cal/OSHA’s Standards Board has received a petition from a safety group asking it to create new...