November 21, 2020
Doctors, lawyers and accountants aren’t the only people who need professional liability insurance. All kinds of people need professional liability coverage, including financial analysts, corporate trainers, numerous types of consultants and law enforcement professionals. Even FBI agents. According an article in Law Enforcement Today, “FBI agents tasked by fired former Director James Comey to take […]
November 12, 2020
While estimates vary, the insurance industry is currently expected to pay as much as $110 billion in claims related to the pandemic in 2020, according to Lloyd’s. “The coronavirus outbreak has reduced risk in some areas while, at the same time, changing and heightening it in others,” according to Chief Claims Officer Thomas Sepp of […]
October 29, 2020
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and amendments, which applies to employers with 15 or more employees, says employers cannot discriminate against individuals with disabilities in hiring, promoting, retaining and other aspects of employment. The ADA requires affected employers to provide a “reasonable accommodation” to allow these individuals to perform their job duties. Employers do […]
October 15, 2020
If your business is the typical small or mid-sized business, you probably have somewhere between $500,000 and $2 million in liability coverage under your business owner policy (BOP) or commercial general liability policy. How does umbrella coverage work with these policies to provide extra liability protection? In addition to your BOP, you might also have […]
September 23, 2020
Parametric insurance is a type of insurance that does not indemnify the actual loss, but pays when something related has occurred with sufficient intensity to justify payment of a loss. Imagine an insurance policy that pays policyholders not because of damage to their property but due to wind velocities reaching a certain level or an […]
September 10, 2020
Many businesses have adjusted to the pandemic by implementing work from home arrangements for their employees. This is often an incomplete or inadequate solution though. The results can be less than ideal for the business, its employees and customers. Some businesses cannot even survive let alone thrive under these conditions and reopening at least to […]
July 13, 2020
By Stephanie Calhoun, CIC As I worked on my planning for 2020, I never anticipated that we would have to lead the team through a pandemic. As the Operations Manager of our Customer Service teams, I planned 2020 as usual; push process initiatives forward, develop and promote employees, lead, mentor and coach towards growth. But […]
July 7, 2020
Different policies cover different kinds of damage to property. When protestors gathered on the streets of our cities to speak out against the brutal killing of George Floyd, in many instances peaceful demonstrations turned into scenes of violence, vandalism and looting. The damage done to businesses is estimated at $25 million nationwide at this point. […]
June 12, 2020
Now with so many more people working from home because of the coronavirus pandemic, it’s a good time to review your off-site cybersecurity practices. Many — maybe even most — of the people now working from home have probably never worked for you from home before. So, just because you’ve established protocols in the past […]
May 12, 2020
During a recent Coronavirus update meeting, President Donald Trump said that he thinks that many insurance companies should be paying business income losses due to the coronavirus pandemic. He acknowledged that many policies exclude events such as epidemics, but “in a lot of cases, I don’t see it. I would like to see the insurance […]
