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Risk Management: Cyber Bullying Suits Enter the Legal Landscape
May 10, 2012In February we wrote a blog on cyber bullying and the Supreme Court, which was asked to decide on the dividing line between the rights of students to freely use their own computers and a school official’s authority … Continue reading
Posted in Educational Insurance, Risk Management, School Insurance | Tagged bully, bullying, charter, Cyber Bullying, higher education facilities, private, public schools, Risk Management, special needs, Suits Enter Legal | Leave a commentCost Containment in Workers Compensation A Priority for Businesses
May 8, 2012Safety Seen As Most Effective Tool A recent survey indicates that employers across 20 different sectors representing 3,500 businesses across the country view cost containment of Workers Compensation as their number-one concern for 2012. In fact, 59% percent of … Continue reading
Posted in Workers Compensation | Tagged business, cost containment, Insurance, priority, Workers Comp | Leave a commentOSHA Launches Nursing Care NEP to Address Workplace Injuries
May 3, 2012In Early April, the U.S. Labor Department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced a new National Emphasis Program (NEP) designed to help prevent ergonomic injuries and workplace violence for nursing and residential care facilities. OSHA will be addressing this … Continue reading
Posted in Assisted Living Facility Insurance, Workers Compensation | Tagged illness, National Emphasis Program, NEP, nursing and residential care facilities, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, OSHA, prevent injuries, workplace violence | Leave a commentE&O Insurance: E-Discovery Comes with Additional Exposures for Law
April 23, 2012Many law practices, because of the breadth and scope of their work, often rely on attorneys outside the firm who are hired or outsource companies to take on some of the workload when a practice has an overload of cases … Continue reading
Posted in Malpractice Insurance | Tagged Additional Exposures for Law Firms, E&O Insurance, E-Discovery, errors and omissions | Leave a commentNursing Homes: Food Borne Illness A Serious Concern
April 19, 2012Many residents in nursing homes are more likely to suffer from food borne illness than the rest of the population. In many cases, it’s because it takes longer to get residents food that’s prepared for an entire facility and therefore … Continue reading
Posted in Nursing Home | Tagged Assisted Living Facilities, Insurance, nursing home, serving raw eggs | Leave a commentRisk Management: Tips on Preventing Lawsuits Against Law Practices
April 17, 2012Due to an influx in malpractice suits, stemming from an increasingly unsteady economy and other factors (such as the use of contract work to junior-level staff), it’s important for law practices to have a solid insurance program in place to … Continue reading
Posted in Malpractice Insurance | Tagged against law firms, firm, law, malpractice, preventing lawsuits, Risk Management | Leave a commentCaptive Solutions: The Growth of Captives Continues
April 10, 2012In 2011, there were 5,745 captives formed compared with 5,587 in 2010. And the captive insurance marketplace in 2010 in the U.S. alone wrote over $7.6 billion in premiums, generating $2.6 billion in net profits for its participants. What’s more, … Continue reading
Posted in Captive Solutions | Tagged 2012, captive insurance companies association, captive insurers, Captive Solutions, cica, cyber liability insurance, growth, marketscout, towers watson study, Trends | Leave a commentBullying At Schools: The Conversation Continues with Movie Release
April 5, 2012In past blogs, we’ve written about the rise of bullying in schools and what different states and educational institutions are doing to combat this. We’ve also written about the increase in cyber bulling as it relates to the first amendment. … Continue reading
Posted in School Insurance | Tagged charter, higher education facilities, Insurance, private, public schools, schools, special needs, universities | Leave a commentWorkers Comp: Helping to Combat Workers Comp Fraud
April 3, 2012It’s not only that behemoth corporations that get hit with workers comp fraud. Smaller businesses are also victims of fraudulent claims. According to National Insurance Crime Bureau, Workers Comp fraud costs companies of all sizes about $7.2 billion annually, or … Continue reading
Posted in Workers Comp, Workers Compensation | Tagged fraud, how to combat, how to fight, National Insurance Crime Bureau, small business, Workers Comp, Workers Compensation | Leave a commentWorkers Compensation: Fatigue & Safety in the Workplace
March 20, 2012We all know that healthier employees result in fewer claims and job-related injuries. What’s more, a well-rested, alert employee is critical to safe and productive operations. And while everyone experiences fatigue at some point after several long days and nights … Continue reading
Posted in Workers Compensation | Tagged & Safety in the Workplace, Work Fatigue, Workers Compensation | Leave a comment ← Older posts
