Profound shifts brought by the COVID-19 pandemic and the Great Resignation have uncovered new directions for the future of the workforce. One of them is that emotional intelligence (EI) -- the ability to recognize, understand and manage emotions in oneself and others -- is taking on greater importance as younger people enter the workforce.
The wife of a decorated New York City firefighter is suing the Biltmore Estate in Asheville, North Carolina, after a tree on the property fell on the family car and killed her husband, according to a lawsuit.
When questioned by members of Congress, the Federal Emergency Management Agency said its new update to the nation’s flood insurance program will prompt more people to sign up for coverage, even though many will pay more for it.
The human accomplishments that happened before the widespread use of email are numerous. To name just a few: Pizza was invented. Mozart wrote symphonies. People built spacecraft, flew them to the moon and walked on the lunar surface.
The latest monthly data from CaseGlide shows a resurgence in newly litigated property insurance claims at Florida’s largest P&C insurers, while the percentage of litigated claims related to the assignment of benefits (AOB) rose further.
How often have you thought about the ingredients of the products you use, such as makeup, perfume, or even deodorant that is absorbed into your skin on a daily basis?
Hackers are impersonating well-known cybersecurity companies, such as CrowdStrike, in callback phishing emails to gain initial access to corporate networks.
While the "heat apocalypse" that is baking much of Europe may seem like just more of the same extreme weather we’ve been experiencing globally for years now, it seems to me that we’ve now reached a new level of disruption, with significant implications for insurers.
The Supreme Court’s decision last month to overturn Roe v Wade, which provided constitutional protection of abortion rights, has sent shockwaves across the country, and raised many questions about the future of reproductive care.
After the CZU Lightning Complex Fires ripped through the Santa Cruz Mountains in 2020, Sarah Mapel’s home was one of the few in her Boulder Creek neighborhood left standing.
Earlier this month, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration announced a new initiative to conduct surprise safety inspections for fall hazards. A day later, the agency announced $32,113 in fines for a Florida construction company where a 19-year-old worker died after falling from a clubhouse roof.
A fire at a busy warehouse leaves a company struggling to replace its buffer stock; a ransomware attack paralyzes a company’s IT systems; the use of industrial adhesives in manufacturing results in a costly product recall: every day companies around the globe, together with their insurers, experience losses, in multiple forms, in the millions of dollars. Over the past five years, fire and explosion, natural catastrophes and faulty workmanship or maintenance have been the major causes of loss by value of insurance claims, according to the Global Claims Review 2022 from Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS).
Empathy is a concept so needed in the workers’ compensation space and yet we have not invested the time, talent, and resources to further examine and develop this concept. Empathy: a core fundamental to build connection and trust.
Mercury Insurance’s special investigations unit has discovered fraudulent claims reported for smoke and ash damage all filed by the same public adjuster.
