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Why Implementing the Wrong Technology Can Increase Your Vulnerability for Cyber Attacks

Tracking devices seem like a great way to manage fleet operations or even save money on auto insurance. After all, they’re commonly used to track the location of our cell phones, family, friends, and our personal vehicles. However, choosing the safest technology is critical to avoid costly cyber attacks. Among…

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Executive Benefit and Life Insurance Solutions: Recruit, Retain & Reward Your Key Leaders

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Executive leaders today face unique challenges when it comes to saving for retirement. The amount they can put aside through their employer’s qualified plan is often far from what they need. Furthermore, if participation by rank and file employees in an existing plan is not high enough, or the plan…

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Open Enrollment: Preparing Your Employees To Make Informed Decisions

Brian Stovsky

Making the right enrollment decision is important – and employees only have one chance per year. What is Open Enrollment? Once a year – during open enrollment, employees can sign on to health insurance, make changes to their health insurance or stop their health insurance plan. The only other time…

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Five Sources of Risk to Consider For Your Next Construction Project

Supply chain limitations, cost management uncertainty and ever-changing interest rates face the construction industry every day. Those in the industry, from financiers, risk managers to project owners, must anticipate what may lie ahead. They also need to consider new strategies to mitigate risks tomorrow or in the future.

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Personal Insurance Considerations for C-Suite Employees

You likely have insurance for your corporation in the event a lawsuit arises, but what about coverage for your C-suite employees and/or executive leadership? If your company faces litigation, there is a good chance your top executives will face legal action as well. If you’ve ever heard of the “corporate…

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Behind the Curtain: A Conversation with an Insurance Underwriter

Did you ever wonder why your insurance broker asks—or should be asking—for so much information during the policy purchase process? It’s not that we’re nosy or want to make you jump through hoops. It’s because the more information you share and the more proactive you are, the more we can…

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Tips on Leveraging Bank Financing to Pay Life Insurance Premiums

Life insurance, given that it could provide tens of millions of dollars tax-free at someone’s death, should warrant the same consideration and attention as any high-value asset. As such, financing the premiums for a large acquisition of life insurance should be considered. Many families use life insurance as an asset…

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Preparing For New Mandatory Cyber Reporting Rules

Lacy Rex and Steven G. Stransky

Lacy Rex of Oswald Companies and Steven G. Stransky of Thompson Hine recently published on Law360 an article, “Preparing For New Mandatory Cyber Reporting Rules,” which can be accessed in full here. On March 15, 2022, The Cybersecurity Incident Reporting for Critical Infrastructure Act of 2022 (CIRCIA) was signed into…

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Property & Casualty State of the Market: Spring 2022

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While the hard market is not over, and areas of immediate concern certainly exist, there are signs of relief on the horizon. While rates increased across the board to close out 2021, price hikes were less severe than those observed earlier in the hard market cycle. These positive trends have…

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Labor and Supply Chain Issues Present Challenges to Property Insurance Marketplace

Within the last 24-36 months, we have experienced an environment of rising rates and premium due to: -Billions in losses stemming from catastrophic losses and natural disasters -Decreased carrier investment returns caused by low interest rates -Increased re-insurance rates -Uptick in underwriter scrutiny of renewal submissions The global pandemic has…

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