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Risk Management: Quarterly Compliance Updates
Keeping up with compliance developments can be difficult and time-consuming. This quarterly update highlights recent legal developments to help your organization stay on top of new requirements and minimize its compliance risks. For more information on these topics, please contact Marshall & Sterling
How New Drivers Can Lower Car Insurance Premiums
Car insurance rates typically decrease as drivers get older, with the most significant decrease occurring between 18 and 19. This decline in premiums is due to insurance companies’ perceived risk reduction between these ages.
Preventing Suspension Trauma: Essential Strategies for Construction Sites
The risk of serious injury or death doesn’t end after a construction worker’s fall has been arrested. Although personal protective equipment (PPE) may prevent ground impacts, it may leave workers vulnerable to suspension trauma—also known as orthostatic intolerance or harness hang syndrome—which can lead to serious injury or death. It is crucial for those in…
Mitigating Commercial Risks: Workers Comp and Cyber Attacks
An essential component of workers’ compensation is an effective return-to-work (RTW) program. Eliminating injuries and illnesses is paramount for reducing workers’ compensation costs, but after an incident has occurred, an RTW program can significantly reduce workers’ compensation expenses for employers and improve the lives of employees. Read on for more information on RTW programs and…
The Most Common Hazard in the U.S.: Is Your Business Protected from Flood Risks?
A study published in the Nature Climate Change journal predicts that the annual cost of flood damage in the United States will increase by more than 25% by 2050—from $32 billion to $40.6 billion. The impact of floods on businesses can be devasting, resulting in lost production, sales, income and labor time; transportation costs; decreased…
Controlling Premium Audits to Eliminate Overcharges
Due to the volume of requests they receive, insurance companies have developed a very efficient premium audit process. While they strive to be as accurate as possible, they don’t have the time or resources to investigate and resolve every possible error or ambiguity that presents itself. As a result, your company may experience multiple, unintentional…
Surplus Lines Premiums Hit Nearly $73 Billion in 2023
The excess and surplus lines market saw another banner year of premium growth in 2023, rising 14.6% to reach $72.7 billion, according to new figures released by the Wholesale & Specialty Insurance Association (WSIA).
Personal Injury Protection Coverage
Personal injury protection (PIP) is a type of auto coverage that can help pay for your medical bills and passengers’ medical bills if you’re in a vehicular accident, regardless of fault. In some states, PIP can even offer coverage if you’re injured by a vehicle as a pedestrian, cyclist, or passenger involved in an accident.…
IRS Releases ACA Pay-or-Play Penalties for 2025
On Feb. 12, 2024, the IRS released updated penalty amounts for 2025 related to the employer shared responsibility (pay-or-play) rules under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). For calendar year 2025, the adjusted $2,000 penalty amount is $2,900, and the adjusted $3,000 penalty amount is $4,350. This is a decrease from the penalty amounts for the…
Duties in the Event of a Commercial Property Loss
Most people understand that insurance companies have a duty to reimburse insureds for commercial property damage not excluded by their policies. What’s lesser known is that if a loss does occur, insureds also have duties they owe to their insurance company. Many commercial property insurance policies include language detailing steps that must be taken following…
Types of Transitional Duties in Return-to-Work Programs
When an employee experiences an occupational illness or injury, their eventual return to the workplace can create considerable challenges, putting significant stress on both the individual and their employer. Nevertheless, return-to-work (RTW) programs can help alleviate these concerns by supporting staff as they reintegrate into the workforce. These programs may entail having an injured employee…
A Common Cause of Work-Zone Fatalitiy in Construction: Motorized Vehicle Hazards
You operate heavy machinery on a regular basis, so you know many of the hazards you face. But you may not realize that letting an extra person ride on equipment intended to transport only one person is asking for an accident. It is important that everyone on the job site is familiar with the dangers…