Feb 23, 2024 | Business Insurance, Business Operations, Risk Management
WE’VE HAD articles in our newsletter about how to protect against and plan for external supply chain risks. These risks are often out of your control as they can affect suppliers or transportation providers, as well as transportation networks and infrastructure.... 
Aug 20, 2023 | Business Insurance, Risk Management, Workers’ Compensation
OSHA ENCOURAGES employers to investigate all accidents in which a worker was hurt, as well as close calls — sometimes called “near misses” — in which an individual might have been injured if the circumstances had been slightly different. The agency suggests using the... 
Feb 26, 2023 | Business Insurance, Business Interruption, Risk Management
THE YEAR 2022 was one of the most tumultuous climate disaster years in history, in which we saw the massively destructive Hurricane Ian, an unprecedent number of tornadoes, growing wildfires in the West and a “bomb cyclone” in late December. And the increasing number... 
Feb 1, 2023 | Business Insurance, Business Operations, Risk Management
A NEW REPORT found that one-third of companies who are hit with ransomware and pay the hackers to unlock their systems, are often likely to be targeted a second time. And after they pay, they can still face significant reverberations, including system rebuilding... 
Jan 11, 2023 | Business Insurance, Risk Management
ASLEW OF new laws and regulations that will affect California businesses are taking effect for 2023. Last year was a busy one, with ground-breaking new laws on employee pay disclosures, a law prohibiting discrimination against cannabis-using employees and another... 
Nov 24, 2022 | Business Operations, Risk Management
BUSINESSES THAT are hit by wire transfer scams are increasingly finding it difficult to get their claims paidunless they have either a crime or cyber insurance policy that covers “computer fraud.” Wire transfer fraud occurs when an employee is duped into wiring funds...