INFLATION IS not just affecting the cost of food and fuel. It’s also spilled over to the price of almost every industrial item, as well as building materials and services. Anybody running a business, particularly one that carries inventories or has to invest in machinery or...
THE U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to not hear an appeal of the sweeping California independent contractor law known as AB 5 is likely to cause serious personnel headaches for motor carriers in the Golden State. While the law is already in effect, there had been an...
If your company uses drones or plans to use them as part of your operations, you are faced with a unique set of risks that can leave you exposed to a variety of possible liabilities. That’s why it’s important that you are properly insured to...
WITH A RED-hot economy and many companies forced to operate with more new employees and/or limitedstaffing, mistakes are bound to happen – and that can be costly. These mistakes can result in workplace accidents, lagging productivity leading to missed deadlines, or errors that result in returns...
WITH COVID-19 cases spreading fast throughout the country in what experts say is the biggest surge since the pandemic started, employers who regularly test their workers may have to change their policies. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in July issued new guidance for when employers can...
FOR THE third year in a row, California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara has rejected the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau’s proposal for a workers’ compensation rate increase, and has ordered instead that benchmark rates remain the same. Lara rejected the WCIRB’s proposal that benchmark rates...
AS INFLATION drives up wages in all sectors, nearly all of the workers’ compensation dual class codes for the construction sector will be increasing as of Sept. 1, 2022. Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara in July approved the recommendation by the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California...
CAL/OSHA has issued a reminder to employers that they are required to protect their outdoor workers from unhealthy air due to wildfire smoke. Cal/OSHA’s Protection from Wildfire Smoke emergency regulation, put in place in August 2019, was made permanent in February 2021. For the safety of...
It has become more important than ever to make sure your company has the proper life science insurance whether your company is in the R&D stage of a biotech start up or your company is a well established life science medical technology provider. As news...
If you or your company provides services, advice or products, then you need a professional liability insurance policy. Let's face it: people make mistakes. Some mistakes are more costly than others and you'll want to be protected when the inevitable happens. Also known as Errors and...