February 08, 2022
Higher Education Successes
When higher education institutions are looking to expand, they have to shift focus from education to construction. Since this isn’t their area of expertise, they need to lean on their partners t...
January 24, 2022
Cyber Insurance Protection for 2022
In an ever-expanding world with a fast-changing and complicated insurance coverage landscape, cyber threats inevitably present themselves to any organization with even the most sophisticated environme...
December 14, 2021
Winter Weather Preparedness
Preparation and Education Make sure your emergency response plans have contingencies for severe weather events and establish communication methods to distribute information about weather emergency ...
July 01, 2021
A New Era for Cybercriminals: Easy access to inexpensive, large scale computing solutions driving increased cyber liability risk
Advances in shared computing infrastructure like cloud computing and the overall commoditization of computing, storage, and networking tools have created a boon for small organizations and start-ups t...
July 01, 2021
Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (“SPACs”): A Unique Challenge for Directors and Officers Liability Insurance Programs
What is a SPAC? A SPAC, or “blank-check company,” is a shell company formed with the intent of raising capital through an Initial Public Offering (“IPO”) for the sole purpose ...
June 15, 2021
Key Considerations Before and After a Hurricane
With hurricane season officially underway – and an overactive one anticipated once again – business leaders and property owners need to ensure they are adequately prepared from an insuranc...
April 01, 2021
Pennsylvania State Court Grants Summary Judgment in Favor of Dental Practice Seeking Coverage for Business Income Losses Caused by the COVID-19 Pandemic
In what appears to be the first Pennsylvania State Court ruling which addresses in detail the “physical loss of or damage to” hurdle for COVID-19 business interruption claims in property p...
March 30, 2021
Federal OSHA COVID-19 related Complaints and Inspections
OSHA has published statistics on their response to the COVID-19 Pandemic. According to the OSHA COVID-19 Response summary, between February 1, 2020 and March 7, 2021 Federal OSHA has received at total...
February 08, 2021
Do I need to report work-related COVID-19 hospitalizations or deaths?
On January 1, 2015, OSHA established the latest requirements for reporting work-related deaths and work-related hospitalizations. The COVID-19 pandemic has not changed any of those requirements. Accor...
February 03, 2021
Can your organization survive an uninsured Ransomware event?
If you're not prepared your renewal might not include this critical coverage. Every year we say the cyber insurance market is evolving. While it sounds redundant, it remains true. Years ago, the prio...
January 12, 2021
4th Quarter 2020 Compliance Recap
The final quarter of 2020 was perhaps the most “normal” with respect to all issues compliance- and benefits-related. We saw the typical updates of federal limits for various benefits/fees an...
January 06, 2021
Significant Benefits Issues in New COVID-19 Relief Legislation
The COVID-19 relief bill recently passed by Congress contains several important employee benefit-related provisions, including restrictions on “surprise medical bills,” new plan and health c...
December 17, 2020
How to Approach Renewals in a Hard Market
A year ago, it would have been hard to imagine a world that looks like the one we are living in today. Pricing in the commercial insurance market was already “hardening” for a number of reas...
December 17, 2020
Holiday Safe Shopping
While the Holidays are known as the “Season of Giving Gifts,” this time of year is quickly also becoming known as the “Season of Giving away Personal Information.” Cyber crimi...