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Private Equity Risk and Insurance: Navigating the COVID-19 Environment: Crain’s Cleveland Feature

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Oswald Companies was a featured contributor in the Crain’s Cleveland Custom Content: ACG 2021, January 2021. In the article titled “Using Process to Navigate Risk through the COVID-19 Environment,” Jeff Schwab, Senior Vice President, Private Equity at Oswald Companies and Brian Stovsky, Business Development Leader, Private Equity at Oswald Companies,…

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[On-Demand Webinar] The State of the Cyber Market: Planning for 2021

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WATCH FULL WEBCAST (Password: Cyber2021!) Watch as Oswald’s Cyber Strategic Leader, Lacy Rex, and Oswald’s Cyber Claims Consultant, Lisa Pape, discuss the current state of the cyber insurance market. During this 30-minute session, they reviewed the shifting cyber liability landscape, and its effect on the cyber liability insurance market. Key topics…

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Flag on the Play: The Call For Discipline and Experience in Your Benefits Partnerships

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Every football season, I, like many others, contemplate what makes a good team. We listen to predictions from professionals and statements from the players themselves. We look to past performance and the state of the current play. And we decide what matters to us. (With fantasy sports, we can even…

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Personal Risk Advisory: When is the Right Time to Conduct a Risk Review?

When you purchased your first car or home, perhaps you purchased coverage from a local ‘mass market’ insurance agent. As time goes on and your career, personal and professional responsibilities expanded, it’s possible the insurance carrier you started with may no longer be sophisticated enough to provide the coverage and/or…

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Fostering Inclusivity in Communication: The Hidden Reality of Code-Switching

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What started as a fishbowl conversation between two Oswald executives became a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion initiative to bring the organization closer together amid uncertainty brought on by the pandemic and social unrest. Common Ground is a small group intervention involving a series of conversations designed to equip Oswald Employee-Owners…

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Cybersecurity Insurance: What Happens if You Fall Victim to a Breach?

Lisa Pape

Today’s work environment has never been more ideal for the cybercriminal. Most of us are working from home via the internet. We’re also buying more—even household essentials—online. Cyber insurance is one means of protecting yourself from an unwanted event but, unfortunately, it can’t prevent a cybersecurity breach. As the number…

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Oswald Companies and RCM&D Announce Strategic Merger

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To Create One of the Largest Independently Owned Risk Management and Insurance Brokerage Firms in the United States   CLEVELAND and BALTIMORE – Dec. 8, 2020 – Oswald Companies and RCM&D have signed a definitive agreement to strategically merge and launch Unison Risk Advisors. The transaction is expected to close…

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Four Ways to Improve and Promote Corporate Wellness

Corporate health and wellness might feel like too much to take on, but it pays off by invigorating employees and boosting their productivity. Providing a variety of resources is ideal since needs can change daily. Consider these four hands-off approaches to impact your employees. Do not recreate, resend: Most employers…

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The Importance of Products Pollution Liability Coverage for Businesses

Maggie Rettig

What is a Products Pollution Liability Insurance policy? Products pollution liability insurance helps to protect businesses from unexpected pollution exposures that may not be covered by standard property and casualty policies. This coverage has become an insurance coverage gap for many different industries. The basic 2001 ISO CGL policy provides…

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Building Healthier Communities: SparkColumbus Fit City Challenge 2020 Recap

Alison Crowe

The SparkCities initiative took off in its first year in Columbus as Oswald Companies’ participated in the 2020 SparkColumbus Fit City Challenge. Out of the six participating cities, Columbus had the most companies register with a total of 112 companies and nearly 1,000 employees. Our clients were thrilled to see…

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