26 05, 2021

How 3D Technology is Deepening Claims Efficiency in Insurance

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The use of 3D technology has been a topic of discussion in insurance for years, but for an industry that is historically slow to adopt technological change, its impact has not yet been as widely felt as originally thought. However, …

25 05, 2021

California Aiming to Ease Virus Rules for Workers in Mid-June

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California workforce regulators will aim for a mid-June easing of workplace mask and social distancing requirements to conform with a broader state order, postponing a vote on whether to revise coronavirus safety rules for employees. Cal/OSHA’s staff said it would …

26 05, 2021

Many Workers Begin to Return to Offices Transformed by COVID Safety Innovations

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Masked, desk-bound and unable to recognize their colleagues in an elevator, people are starting to return to offices in cities around the world where the pandemic is receding. Many will find their offices transformed, too. In the challenge to make …

25 05, 2021

Worker Falls to Death at Queens Building Under Construction

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A worker fell to his death from a scaffold at a building under construction in Queens, officials said. Diego Lliguicota, 32, fell from a scaffold at 9:30 a.m. Saturday as he was trying to remove a ladder on the sixth …

25 05, 2021

People Moves: Hub Hires Howard; Prime to Starkweather & Shepley; The Hilb Group Adds Grant

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Hub International Northeast Hires Howard in New Jersey Hub International Northeast, a global insurance brokerage firm, has hired Arthur (Art) J. Howard as employee benefits regional sales officer. In this newly formed role, he will be responsible for overseeing the …

25 05, 2021

It Doesn’t Take a Hurricane to Cause a Flood

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Flooding is the costliest — and the most common — natural disaster to significantly impact communities across the United States, The PEW Charitable Trust notes in its reporting on flood-prepared communities. Flood events have accounted for more than $850 billion …

25 05, 2021

Fire Site in UP Michigan Town Being Treated as a Crime Scene

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State and federal authorities are pitching in as investigators try to determine the cause of a fire that destroyed three buildings in the historic downtown of an Upper Peninsula village. Investigators in Calumet were treating it as a crime scene, …

25 05, 2021

How to Manage Social Media Liability in the Workplace: RIMS

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“I remember when the worst thing you had to worry about at work was a misdirected reply-to-all on an email.” Joann Lytle, a partner with the law firm McCarter & English in Philadelphia, knows things have changed and there are …

25 05, 2021

Florida High Court Adopts Federal Summary Judgment Standard with Amendment

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The Florida Supreme Court issued a per curiam opinion last month further amending the federal summary judgment standard it officially adopted last year. The move came as part of the court’s Dec. 31, 2020 opinion In Re: Amendments to Florida …

25 05, 2021

Western U.S. Wildfires Have Made Insurance for Contractors a Tough Buy

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Things look bad with California’s ever-sooner wildfire season seemingly approaching and what’s shaping up to be a severe drought across the Western U.S. The plague of wildfires in the past few years in California have made things tough for residents …