On April 16th, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) released their long awaited wellness incentive regulations in draft form. This is welcome news to employers given the EEOC’s recent string of lawsuits challenging the voluntary nature of wellness incentive programs.   Who is impacted?     Companies where Title 1 of…

Oswald is proud to support the 2015 Manny Awards, which celebrates Manufacturing excellence in the Northeast Ohio region. Presented by Inside Business Magazine, the Manny Awards have been committed to recognizing the manufacturing industry’s greatest accomplishments, and in so doing, honoring local companies for their innovation and best practices. The…

As a 2014 Progressive Organization winner, Oswald is proud to support the 2015 Smart Business Perspectives “Women Who Excel” program, along with the individuals and organizations who will be recognized. Learn more about the event, taking place April 22 in Cleveland, here. Oswald continues to recognize the need for advancing women’s…

The All Ohio Convocation, a risk management program for the design and construction industry, will take place Wednesday, April 23, 2015. The full-day annual event, hosted by Oswald Companies, offers 5.0 AIA/ CES credits to attendees and features a panel of presenters to discuss a wide-range of topics including: strategic…

Cleveland, OH – Oswald Financial, Inc. is pleased to announce it has been named as one of the 2015 PLANADVISER Top 100 Retirement Plan Advisers. The PLANADVISER Top 100 Retirement Plan Advisers is an annual listing of adviser individuals, teams and multioffice teams that stand out in the industry in…

Left unchecked, the health of a population will almost always “flow” downstream, worsening as individuals first acquire health risks, then precursors to disease, followed by the onset of chronic conditions.  This worsening of health is accelerated by a lack of “upstream” prevention. Check out the infographic below from Oswald’s Employee Benefits…

Join Oswald March 4, 2015 at 3 p.m. ET for a webinar on Sports Concussion Litigation. Presented by Noel C. Paul, a commercial litigation attorney with the law firm of Reed Smith LLP in Chicago and moderated by Ron Boynar, Business Development at Oswald, they will discuss lawsuits related to…

Reinforces its commitment to the Akron/Canton region. Oswald Companies, one of the country’s largest employee-owned insurance brokerage firms, is reinforcing its service commitment to the Akron/Canton region by relocating its office to a larger space in The United Building in Akron’s Main/Market Historic District. “We’re proud of our history of…

Consider the following real-life exposures; which scenario do you believe is covered by a professional athlete’s personal liability or excess liability, also known as, umbrella liability? Your client… is signing autographs at a local bookstore and a child walks by and trips over his/her chair, suffering injuries to his face has…

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is reminding employers to submit Tier II forms by March 1, 2015.  It is required under Section 312 of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986 (EPCRA). The form was designed to provide State and local officials (and the public) with information…