September 2, 2024
Fourteen percent of insurance companies plan to reduce employee headcounts in the next year, according to numbers from Aon and The Jacobson Group’s latest insurance labor market study. Jeff Rieder, partner at Aon and head of STG Performance Benchmarking, said …
August 19, 2024
Robert Tyson believes the defense bar’s lawsuit approach is overdue for an overhaul. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Institute for Legal Reform reported in May that nuclear verdicts are on the rise, noting that there were a record number of …
August 19, 2024
A challenging legal arena, a continuing talent shortage and alternatives to traditional insurance products are three areas impacting nonprofits today, according to industry reports that recently shed light on headwinds yielding a cloudy outlook for many organizations. Highlights from several …
August 12, 2024
Fourteen percent of insurance companies plan to reduce employee headcounts in the next year, according to numbers from Aon and The Jacobson Group’s latest insurance labor market study. Jeff Rieder, partner at Aon and head of STG Performance Benchmarking, said …
August 9, 2024
The number of workers’ compensation claims for student-on-school-employee assault dropped significantly during the 2023-24 school year, according to data from Gallagher Bassett. This change comes after two years of increasing claims following the 2020-21 school year. Citing client numbers covering …
August 5, 2024
Beset with massive rate increases, dramatic rejections of coverage, and severely dwindling market capacity, the current youth sports liability market is historically challenging, according to insurance professionals with expertise in the area. “I feel like there’s been a massive shift …
July 29, 2024
Robert Tyson believes the defense bar’s lawsuit approach is overdue for an overhaul. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Institute for Legal Reform reported in May that nuclear verdicts are on the rise, noting that there were a record number of …
July 18, 2024
A new report warns that compounding natural disasters introduce new, interconnected, and complex risk scenarios — and points to a need to reimagine efforts that support disaster preparedness, mitigation, and recovery “in an era of intensifying extreme weather-climate events and …
July 15, 2024
With temperatures pushing above 90 degrees in parts of the Midwest and Northeast United States, many American workers are clocking in during what AccuWeather described as an “intense heat wave that is impacting more than 135 million people.” Employers may …
July 1, 2024
More than half of U.S. homeowners did not check their roofs for issues between February 2023 and 2024, according to a recent report by The Hanover Insurance Group. Only 38% of survey respondents reported checking for roof issues — including …