Navigating Federal Workers' Compensation Many of us are familiar with workers’ compensation (WC) insurance since it is a mandated requirement for employers in the United States. However, when it comes to ...

Underwriting Consulting Group 05/14/2019

Captive Series: Group and Association Captives In our Captive Reinsurance Series, we’ve explored single-parent captives with a traditional fronting arrangement and the use of a captive in conjunction with a ...

Bob Kennedy, Vice President, Account Executive 01/07/2019

Focusing on Lone Workers Lone workers are technically anyone who works by themselves without close or direct supervision. Some examples would include sole and isolated fixed location ...

Michael McGowan, Loss Control Manager 10/15/2018

Friend or Faux? Product Liability Implications of Counterfeits in Your Supply Chain Counterfeiters have advanced far beyond faux designer handbags. In seizure operations from fiscal year 2017, U.S. Customs and Border Protection confiscated ...

Sarah Hanson, Vice President, Account Executive 09/12/2018

Why Do We Need To Post Collateral? “Here we are, a large corporation with significant assets, yet we have to post collateral to an insurance company?” This question has been posed to many risk ...

Larry Francione, Senior Vice President, CFO 06/18/2018

Changing Third Party Claims Administrators: The Data Implications Now that a new TPA has been selected, what does that mean for you and your carrier on the topic of claims data? While it may sound easy to “move data” from one ...

Virginia Brost, Assistant Vice President, Compliance Reporting 05/21/2018

Changing Third Party Claims Administrators: An Introduction As all of our primary casualty insurance programs are unbundled for claims and loss control, we regularly see insureds that want to make a change in their third ...

Underwriting Consulting Group 04/30/2018

Old Republic Risk Management Ranked Among the Best in Collateral Experience “How is Old Republic different from other national insurance carriers?” It’s a question we hear a lot. We’ve always had our own thoughts on this – and now a ...

Underwriting Consulting Group 03/26/2018

How Does the MCS-90 Endorsement Relate to an Insurance Policy? Motor carriers commonly request MCS-90 Endorsements from their insurance companies. Let’s explore how the MCS-90 relates to a motor carrier’s insurance policy.

Matt Westphalen, Vice President, Product Development & Compliance 03/12/2018

Managing Fatigue-Related Workplace Losses Employees who report to work in an acute or chronically fatigued condition, or who become fatigued while on the job, may be at significantly higher risk of errors ...

Michael McGowan, Loss Control Manager 02/12/2018