The majority of the insurance workforce is now hybrid – if not fully remote – with just 4% of companies requiring employees to come into the office every day. Today’s managers must be able to engage and motivate their employees …
It was reasonable for an injured employee who is returning to work to refuse a job that accommodated his disability because he had personal and religious objections to getting a COVID-19 vaccine. The Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission (WCC) ruled against …
The insurance industry is truly a nexus for innovation. Particularly through the use of technology, it is inspiring to dive into the many ways insurance professionals across the country and the world create real-time solutions for clients and build upon …
The risk landscape is seemingly ever-expanding. While the insurance industry faces the familiar — yet more costly — severe weather activity, there may be new risks emerging below the surface and above the atmosphere. From supply-chain chaos and soaring reconstruction …
Cyber risks remain a top concern for business leaders, according to the annual Travelers Risk Index. The top concerns among 1,206 survey participants are, in order, medical cost inflation (60%), broad economic uncertainty (59%) and cyber risks (58%). Travelers reported …
A Bothell, Washington man was added to Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler’s Insurance Fraud Most Wanted list. Clinton Jonathan “Sonny” Behrends failed to appear at his arraignment after being charged by the King County Prosecutor’s Office with two counts of first-degree …
A growing number of Americans are finding it difficult to afford insurance on their homes, a problem only expected to worsen because insurers and lawmakers have underestimated the impact of climate change, a new report says. A recent report from …
Average paid losses on California workers’ compensation lost-time claims fell immediately after legislative reforms of SB 863 took effect a decade ago, but then gradually increased up until the pandemic hit, according to a new study. The California Workers’ Compensation …
Three-quarters of companies globally are not ready to have their environmental, social and governance (ESG) data audited externally months before new regulations kick in, according to a new report from KPMG. Stricter European Union, U.S. and global rules are being …
A federal court ordered the owners of 14 Subway locations north of San Francisco to pay employees nearly $1 million in damages and back pay, and also to sell or shut their businesses, with any sale proceeds going to the …
