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Rate Hikes and the 2020 Insurance Market

WHAT DO RATE HIKES MEAN FOR THE 2020 INSURANCE MARKET? After more than a decade of flat or decreasing premiums, prices rose across many lines in 2019. As the dust settles, you may be asking yourself what does 2020 look like? The property/casualty insurance market is at a point not...
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February 4, 2020
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A Closer Look at Directors and Officers (D&O) Insurance

If you’ve been on the fence about getting Directors and Officers (D&O) insurance for your private business, now is the time to take a closer look at its many benefits. For publicly traded companies, D&O insurance liability policies are an absolutely essential insurance. Shareholder lawsuits against the directors and officers...
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January 28, 2020
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Foa & Son, Leading Insurance Brokerage Firm, Launches New Website

Foa & Son Corp. has launched a new website to serve clients and prospects who want to learn more about the firm and their unique abilities. Highlights include their specialty niches and international reach and expertise. Visitors to the site will be able to connect with experts in their particular...
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January 21, 2020
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Avoid Workers Compensation Insurance Traps for Non-USA Companies

Every state in the USA requires that workers injured on the job be covered by Workers’ Compensation insurance, and most USA employers know how to purchase this coverage as part of their normal business practices. However, complications can arise when non-USA companies send workers to the USA and these workers...
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January 14, 2020
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Commercial Insurance Market Forecast for 2020: The Hard Market is Here

It is becoming increasingly clear that a hardening property/casualty insurance market has accelerated and gone global according to Chubb Chairman and CEO Evan Greenberg. With commercial insurance rates set to keep rising in 2020, are you prepared for the hard market? A year ago, we were seeing a slow, gradual...
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December 17, 2019
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How to Insure Your Employees During Business Travel

Employee business travel is an exposure that a business or enterprise of any size can face. Travel experts have noted that over a career of business travel the odds of an employee dying in a terrorist attack were around nine million to one. The odds of that employee falling ill...
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December 10, 2019
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What if Hackers Demand Ransom? Cyber Insurance Claims

Cyber insurance provides coverage when hackers demand ransom. Is your business covered in case of cyber extortion or a ransomware attack? Cyber extortion and ransomware attacks are on the rise, with even large organizations and entities falling victim. Hackers will gain access to a system, hijack it and take control,...
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December 3, 2019
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Anti Indemnity Statutes and Contractors

It’s almost impossible these days to find a construction contract that doesn’t include “hold harmless”, “indemnification”, “additional insured”, and/or “waiver of subrogation” provisions somewhere. These are clauses that attempt to hold the subcontractor legally accountable for job-site accidents and injuries. No one would argue that a subcontractor should not be...
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November 19, 2019