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While it has received little press to this point, it is important to note that the Strategic Enforcement Plan that the U.S. Equal Opportunity Commission (EEOC) approved on December 17, 2012, will have an effect on how you conduct business. Why is this important news today? Results of this ‘plan’…

Would you give a complete stranger the keys to your home or office? Probably not. Yet that’s exactly what occurs when you or a family member log onto a social media site like Facebook, or one of the popular “check-in” sites, without taking adequate steps to guard your privacy. Those…

The Internet has fundamentally changed the cyber liability landscape in that it is both global and borderless.   According to the Verizon 2013 Data Breach Investigation Report, 38% of security breaches hit larger organizations with 20% involving the manufacturing and transportation industries. The report cited that most breaches involve “stolen…

Onsite Health Clinics are not just for the jumbo employers any more. Anticipating shortages in primary care, and frustrated with the cost and quality of care available, companies of all sizes are taking primary care in-house. Employers are also expanding the scope of their clinic services, finding many ways to…

If you have teenagers, or will soon, don’t ever assume … … they’ll never invite friends over when you’re away. Or that their friends will never bring alcohol into your home. Teens thrive on friendships and weekend parties, but long gone are the days when teens planned those parties during…

If you are professionally successful, financially comfortable, own a nice home in an “upscale” zip code, there’s a growing threat you could become the target of a high-stakes lawsuit … simply because of your status. That’s the conclusion of a recent national survey sponsored by ACE Private Risk Services among…

With every paradigm shift, disruptions occur. We are in the midst of employee benefit landscape changes so vast that they rival the passage of ERISA in 1974. Simultaneous with PPACA provisions that affect employers (the tip of the iceberg), there is a massive restructuring of the U.S. healthcare system (the…

Controlling the cost of claims is one of the pillars of our service. Our “edge” is our ability to prepare the claim properly for presentation to the carrier.  Understanding exactly what your policy coverage will respond to is most important at a time of loss.  You have paid the premium…

It is important to align an organization’s appetite for risk and strategic initiatives.  Incorporating risk planning into your company’s overall strategic plan allows it to react quickly and more efficiently in creating solutions to problems. C-Suite level executives do not like surprises.  ERM reduces the likelihood of surprises and unfunded…

We’re excited to be in Tampa on Thursday, Feb. 28, hosting a global benefits panel discussion with HR Tampa, Tampa’s Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) chapter. Our panelists are based in Paris, Rome and Toronto and are experts in European, North African and Canadian employee benefits. The benefits landscape…