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With a Wide Range of Age Demographics in the Workforce, Flexibility is Key to Recruiting, Retaining Employees

There is currently a wide range of ages in the workforce — people with a variety of backgrounds and beliefs — so it can be tough to create a culture that all want to be part of. Thankfully, useful trends are emerging. To compete for employees in 2022, companies had…

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Cybersecurity is a Necessary Journey, Not a Destination

There has been a significant shift in underwriting cyber liability insurance in the past three years, mostly driven by substantial claims. As the cyber liability market begins to stabilize from a pricing standpoint, the scrutiny on cybersecurity controls hasn’t lessened. Underwriting standards continue to increase and evolve along with the…

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[May 17 Event] Business Continuity Planning and Crisis Management: Legal Considerations and Best Practices

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Many problems can stop your business in its tracks – supply chain issues, worker shortage or strike, acts of nature. Join Oswald for a roundtable discussion, Wednesday, May 17 at 3:00 p.m. at Kenwood Country Club Cincinnati, on best practices and legal considerations when problems arise. Learn how to investigate…

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Managing Your Health Spend with Claims Data

It’s More Than Just Numbers on a Sheet The clock starts the day your health plan renews, and how you use your claims data throughout the year can have a (positive or negative) financial impact on your next renewal. Data is only as valuable as what you do with it.…

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A Case Study: How the Independent School Benefits Consortium™ (ISBC) is Helping University Schools Save on Health Insurance Costs

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Watch as Gene Pompili, vice president, risk leader, employee benefits at Oswald Companies, speaks with David Wright, CFO of University Schools, about joining the Independent School Benefits Consortium™ and what that has meant for him and University Schools.  

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Seven Reasons Why Having No Exit Plan is Bad for Business

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Nearly all (99.9%) of American companies are small businesses, according to a study by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Yet of those small-business owners have a plan to exit their companies – even as many of them plan to retire in the next decade. This could lead to valuable time and…

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Active Assailant Preparation Webinar Series

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Prevention. Response. Recovery Less than four months into 2023, the U.S. already had 155 mass shootings. If we continue at this pace, at least one mass shooting will occur every day, somewhere in America. These shootings have happened in schools, at events, and in businesses of all kinds, putting all…

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Ohio Design Professionals Get Greater Protection with New Anti-Indemnity Law

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Ohio’s new anti-indemnity law provides more protection for architects and engineers working on public projects with a public entity. Effective March 14, 2023, the law limits the indemnification provisions that public entities can include in contracts with design professionals on public improvement projects. These provisions previously were far-reaching and sometimes held…

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[Video] Transitioning From a Fully Funded Health Plan to the ISBC

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Schools face an uphill battle with increasing costs of employee benefits. See how one school tackled the problem and won. Watch as Gene Pompili, vice president, risk leader, employee benefits at Oswald Companies speaks with David Wright, CFO of University Schools, about the transition from a fully funded health plan…

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Sports Betting on Company Computers is Here: Protect the Firm from Cybercrime

Baseball season has begun, hockey is closing in on playoff season, football is just around the corner — and sports betting is now legal in Ohio. It’s the perfect potion to entice some employees to place a bet using company computers. While it might seem harmless to spend a few…

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