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Kentucky Coronavirus Worker, Employer Relief Bill Signed by Governor
Apr 2 2020 // Legislation offering relief to workers and employers suffering economic damage from the coronavirus pandemic was signed by Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear on Monday. The bill was put on the fast track by lawmakers last week as...
Coronavirus Relief Loans Will Be Available for Small Businesses Friday
Apr 1 2020 // The United States’ new $350 billion small-business coronavirus rescue loan program could see millions of applications when it launches on Friday, senior Trump administration officials said on Tuesday. Officials from...
Maryland’s RCM&D Hires Kahn as Commercial Division Director
Mar 31 2020 // RCM&D, an independent risk management, insurance and employee benefits firm, has hired Matthew Kahn as the new Commercial Division director. Kahn will be working alongside current Commercial Division Director Bill...
Employers Deploy Spy Software to Monitor At-Home Workers
Mar 27 2020 // The email came from the boss. We’re watching you, it told Axos Financial Inc. employees working from home. We’re capturing your keystrokes. We’re logging the websites you visit. Every 10 minutes or so,...
Disaster Aid Available for Tennessee Small Businesses Affected by Virus Outbreak
Mar 26 2020 // Tennessee small businesses that have been economically harmed as a result of the coronavirus outbreak can apply for U.S. Small Business Administration disaster loans, the state said. Small businesses and nonprofit...
Pandemic Hampers World’s Weather Forecasts with Halting of Commercial Flights
Mar 26 2020 // The pandemic that has idled scores of commercial flights is having a little-noticed consequence for meteorologists, whose forecasts rely in part on data collected from planes. That means a crucial eye in the sky has...
Ohio Commercial Insurance Insurtech, Coterie, Raises $8.5M in Financing
Mar 25 2020 // Cincinnati, Ohio-based insurtech Coterie, which specializes in commercial insurance, has closed an oversubscribed Series A financing round totaling $8.5 million from RPM Ventures, Allos Ventures, and others. The company...
The Upton Group Launches Delivery Service Program for Restaurants, Small Businesses
Mar 25 2020 // The Upton Group, LLC, a national insurance agency specializing in food delivery and restaurant insurance, has created a new website for restaurants and small businesses impacted by government orders to shut down to obtain...
ONI Risk Partners Adds Wood as Commercial Insurance Risk Advisor in Kentucky
Mar 25 2020 // ONI Risk Partners, an EPIC Company, has hired Brian Woods as a Commercial Insurance Risk Advisor in Kentucky. Wood will consult with mid-to-large commercial insurance clients in the Louisville area to identify, assess, and...
Louisiana Expands Access to Telemedicine, Federal Aid for Small Businesses
Mar 24 2020 // Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon has issued Emergency Rule 37, which aims to expand access to telehealth services during the COVID-19 health emergency. The Louisiana Department of Insurance summarized the...
Employers Beware: Working from Home Creates New Cyber Risks
Mar 19 2020 // As companies and government agencies send their employees home to avoid contact with the coronavirus, many cyber-security teams are facing the unenviable challenge of securing sprawling, vulnerable networks. Every time an...
Growing Exodus of Workers from City of London Cripples Small Businesses
Mar 19 2020 // At lunch hour, James Leahy’s Burrito Joe stall in the City of London’s financial district is usually buzzing as people line up from around the corner for their fajitas, tacos, quesadillas and rice-and-meat...
Massachusetts’ Governor Baker Announces $10M Small Business Recovery Fund
Mar 18 2020 // Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker has announced a $10 million small business recovery loan fund to help companies struggling because of efforts to slow the coronavirus pandemic. Baker said Monday the fund will provide...
Louisiana Governor Requests Federal Small Business Disaster Loans for 2 Parishes
Mar 17 2020 // Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards has requested that the Small Business Administration (SBA) provide Economic Injury Disaster Loans for Orleans and Jefferson parishes as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. While this request...
Oklahoma House Passes Bill Changing Commercial Driver’s License Renewal Process
Mar 11 2020 // A bill shifting renewal of commercial driver’s licenses (CDLs) from offices of the Dept. of Motor Vehicles to local tag agencies passed the Oklahoma House of Representatives this afternoon. House Bill 1966 was...
Small Businesses in Seattle Pinched as Virus Keeps Workers Home
Mar 11 2020 // The coronavirus outbreak has largely emptied Seattle’s usually busy downtown streets after Amazon and other companies told tens of thousands of people to work from home. That means far fewer customers for...
How Shaming Works to Improve Workplace Safety: Viewpoint
Mar 10 2020 // Can a press release save lives? No doubt about it. At least if it comes from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, and it publicizes a serious violation of the occupational safety and health laws. The tale...
What Small Business Wants
Mar 9 2020 // Small business doesn’t mean small-in-size when it comes to the commercial insurance market. Direct written premiums ranged between $99 billion and $103 billion in 2013, up from $91 billion in 2011, according to...
Board Finalizes Rule Scaling Back Joint Employer Liability for Franchisees, Contractors
Mar 9 2020 // A U.S. labor board finalized a rule that will make it more difficult to hold companies liable for unlawful labor practices by franchisees and contractors, reversing a more worker-friendly Obama-era standard criticized by...
Verisk Expands Insurtech Solution OneXperience into Commercial Insurance
Mar 5 2020 // Insurance data analytics and risk modeling firm Verisk announced the expansion of its new insurtech solution OneXperience into commercial insurance. This expansion will enable agents and businesses to engage and closely...
