Aug 26, 2022 | Business Insurance, Risk Management
BUSINESSES ARE faced with increasing threats from cyber criminals who are constantly working to devise new ways to infiltrate organizations’ databases and extract information or find some way to monetize their hacks, like in the case of ransomware. Cyber insurance can... 
Jun 4, 2022 | Business Insurance, Business Operations, Risk Management
MORE BUSINESSES are getting unwelcome letters notifying them they’ve impinged on someone’s copyright when they used an image found on the internet. This can happen when businesses build their own websites, or upload blog posts on their website or marketing or... 
May 30, 2022 | Business Insurance, Business Operations, Risk Management
LONG-COVID workers’ compensation cases are making life complicated for insurers as the workers can continue requiring treatment and doctors’ visits possibly indefinitely. In California, insurers are required to extend workers’ compensation benefits to anyone who is... 
May 15, 2022 | Business Insurance, Business Operations, Risk Management
THE SAFE use of heavy equipment is critical when machinery msuch as bulldozers, graders or ground-moving equipment is mused in the construction of new homes, bridges, shopping malls or industrial stuctures. The size and weight of these heavy machines make them... 
Apr 21, 2022 | Business Insurance, Business Operations, Risk Management
WHILE RANSOMWARE is making the headlines as the major cyber threat, small and mid-sized businesses are increasingly being targeted by lower fraud that dupes them into wiring criminals funds, according to a new report. These funds transfer fraud crimes involve hackers... 
Feb 18, 2022 | Business Insurance, Business Operations, Risk Management
CAN SOMEONE recover damages from a business if they claim that a family member caught COVID-19 at work and spread it to them? For California businesses, a court recently said that they might be able to. And courts in other states may use the decision as guidance.A...