Workers’ compensation insurers and California employers alike have faced new responsibilities for employee safety from July 1, 2024, when legislation aimed at reducing workplace violence took effect. Now that the law has been in effect for six months, perhaps it …
Businesses are now required to implement robust workplace violence prevention plans in California under a new law that became effective in July 2024. But risk management experts warn that compliance needs to be more than a check-the-box exercise if lives …
So far in 2022, the U.S. has experienced multiple tragic mass shootings. One only needs to see the images on the news following the shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Tex., or the attack during the Fourth of July …
London, UK, FEBRUARY 9, 2021 – ES Risks and FocusPoint International (FPI) announce a new offering with Lloyd’s of London, that will bring world-class crisis response and technology into the product concept to be known as ‘Crisis Bulwark’. Crisis Bulwark …
Emerging risks with little or no claims history can be notoriously difficult to underwrite—but many specialty lines companies are finding ways to put their toes in the water to insure these new risks, especially when customer demand is there. In …
XL Catlin’s has launched Active Assailant, Loss of Attraction and Threat (ALT) insurance coverage to respond to the impact of terrorism or an active assailant attack or the threat of an attack on the operations of businesses and public service …
XL Catlin announced it has updated the wording of its “Active Assailant” coverage to include the use of road vehicles in an attack. Stephen Ashwell, XL Catlin’s chief underwriting officer for Crisis Management, said: “The tragic events that took place …
XL Catlin has introduced “Active Assailant” coverage to its crisis management product suite to respond to the threat of physical attack faced by businesses and public service providers. “Active Assailant coverage will initially be underwritten in the U.K., U.S., Germany …
