With everything employers have on their plates, why should they care about Medicare Set-Asides, or MSAs? The main reason is: MSAs facilitate workers’ compensation settlements.

New employees are disproportionately likely to sustain an injury on the job, so extra care and attention during their first year on the job can produce an outsized impact.

Although inflation is hovering near 40-year highs, the E&S market continues to provide opportunities for viable long-term stability.

If you wanted to secure your house, would you just lock the doors and forget about the open windows? Time and time again, organizations do just that with their cyber risk management, discovering too late that they have failed to protect assets that they were unaware existed. External threats like data exfiltration often result from… View Article

Oct. 1 changes from CMS potentially alter processes for industry stakeholders, most notably in the conditional payment reimbursement arena.

Organizations are shifting from maintaining a DEI program to living and breathing DEI in all that they do. But is this really happening, and is this movement leading to truly authentic and effective action?

What does the future hold for E&S? A sharper focus on flexibility, hiring and more is a must for 2023.

Individuals can only offer their best to the company, its clients and customers when they themselves are looked after.

As the cyber insurance market continues to work to clarify coverage for systemic risk, buyers should expect the above coverage elements to be revisited by carriers.

Increasingly, climate change is becoming a pervasive business risk that is perilous to ignore. Flood, drought, wildfire, severe windstorms, and other anomalous weather effects will likely jeopardize most every organization in time, whether directly or indirectly.

What separates good brokers from the crowd is authenticity. When it comes to client management, do not shy away from having hard conversations. Be adamant on doing the right thing by all clients, every single time.

As the economy slows down, this is the prime time for logistics companies to improve their employment practices.

Data can streamline many parts of the underwriting process, but there’s no substitute for the human touch.

Inattention to detail can lead employees to overlook indemnification in contracts, forget critical safety protocols, or exercise poor judgment while driving.

“The digital transformation of businesses has created new types of exposures while exacerbating existing ones. No longer are executive risks limited to the office; they now penetrate digital channels both in our work-from-home setup and our traditional workplace.”

Competencies in creativity, communications and problem-solving are in high demand, particularly in specialty insurance. People with dyslexia can help fill the skills gap.

Procuring insurance coverage for fine art collections is becoming a challenge in areas prone to natural disasters, but there are practices collectors can put into place to help.

Due to the rapid growth of TPLFs and their increased involvement in litigation, cases often take a year longer to resolve than they would if a TPLF was not involved in the case.

Commercial auto has had a rough decade, and with the increase in third-party litigation funding, the industry must be advised on how to move forward.

These tools can help underwriters navigate the troubled waters of property catastrophe losses resulting from more frequent and severe natural disasters.