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Know Your Limits: September Wrap-up of Mid-market Business Losses
Jury Awards $38.8 Million to Family of Girl Killed by Trash Truck Auto Liability A Las Vegas jury awarded the family of an 11-year-old girl $38.8 million in damages following a wrongful death lawsuit. The region’s contract waste hauler, Republic Services, was found...
Lessons From the Colonial Pipeline Breach
One of the nation’s largest pipelines was forced to shut down in early May 2021 after falling victim to a ransomware attack. The 5,500-mile pipeline is operated by Colonial Pipeline and carries refined gasoline and jet fuel from Texas to New York. This pipeline...
Compliance ✔- President Biden Announces COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates for Federal Employees and Large Employers
On Thursday, Sept. 9, 2021, President Joe Biden signed executive orders requiring federal workers and contractors to get vaccinated against COVID-19. Biden also directed the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to draft a new emergency rule requiring...
OSHA Developing Private Sector Emergency Temporary Standard for COVID-19
On Sept. 9, 2021, President Biden announced that the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is developing an emergency temporary standard (ETS). The new ETS will require private-sector employers with 100 or more employees to ensure their workforce is...
Enterprise Risk Management for Auto Dealerships
The risks an auto dealership faces are wide, varied and complex. When it comes to managing these risks you can’t wait for something to happen before you develop a response. Enterprise risk management (ERM) is an integrated approach to understanding and managing an...
In The News
Dealer Team Welcomes 40-Year Veteran and Industry Expert Chip Sellas
We are excited to welcome Chip Sellas to our Mobile team as marketing account executive in the Property & Casualty practice. Chip joins our dealership specialists in serving auto and equipment dealers in the Mobile Bay Area and across the Southeast. About...
Get Ahead of the Cost Curve: Work Comp Offers Savings in a Hard Market
Originally published in Birmingham Business Journal Oct. 30, 2020. Author: Allen Baker, Sr. Vice President of Property & Casualty Companies are experiencing increasing (or “hardening”) rates on their property and casualty insurance programs — an average 19%...
Pandemic Policy Provisions: Interview in Business Alabama
Fifteen lawsuits have been filed in Alabama seeking compensation from insurance companies for business lost during the Covid-19 shutdown, according to the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies — 14 in federal court and one in Circuit Court in Jefferson...