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Cybersecurity Preparedness Update

… are not required and deploying internal network monitoring. Enable firewall logging at the perimeter and on Windows endpoints, configure NetFlow collectors inside the perimeter and configure DNS logging on DNS servers. Secure and inventory all business-to-business (B2B) VPNs, implement monitoring and determine triggers for disconnecting them to limit risk exposure. Prepare Your Teams Alert teams to suspicious activity. Remind them to examine emails, links, and websites before clicking or responding. Ask your teams to: Follow IT guidelines, be extra vigilant and report suspicious emails Practice good cyber hygiene Ensure all passwords on their systems such as routers or …

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Alex Jerez Joins EPIC

… noted Clark. “His hands-on Charter School experience will contribute to the provision of best-in-class service to our clients.” Jerez joins EPIC as a founder of Sprout LLC, where he developed relationships with Greater New York City regional charter schools. In this role, he assisted clients in budget management, analyzed variable project costs and synthesized school expansions. His non-profit experience includes serving as senior director of operations and finance at the Dr. Richard Izquierdo Health and Science Charter School. In this role, he supervised multiple departments while developing a multi-million-dollar budget. Jerez also implemented a …

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EPIC Adds Joseph Freeman

… from Beecher Carlson where he served as Director of Risk Control. In this role, he led a national team responsible for assisting clients in risk reduction strategies. His areas of industry expertise include transportation, hospitality, healthcare, retail, energy, and manufacturing. He helped clients identify cost-drivers associated with their casualty risk management programs, and then helped develop and implement processes to minimize those costs. This included services in a broad range of areas, including cost allocation and performance measurement, risk management programs and procedures, client-specific training modules, risk management program auditing, site safety evaluations, ergonomic assessments, driver safety, and …

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Kristine Mendez Joins EPIC

… private and public sector, with revenues that range from $30MM – $2.5B.  She is also an experienced subject matter expert in placing and managing Subcontractor Default Insurance (SDI). Mendez joins EPIC from AON, where she was a director. In this role, she was responsible for delivering expert consulting, placement, and management of her client’s surety and SDI needs.  Her background also includes experience as a client advisor at Marsh. She will leverage her background in the surety and construction industry by bringing to bear her 20+ years of experience. “We are excited to welcome Kristine as we continue the …

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Webinar Recording Now Available: Employment Law & Benefits Update

… Berliner Cohen, LLP, is a highly-respected Northern California full-service business law firm. Berliner Cohen’s diverse business practices help guide business of all sizes through the challenges of owning, operating and succeeding in California. We seek to provide sound business advice from incorporation, to ongoing day to day management, whether your needs involve advising on corporate structure, employment advice and counsel, or leasing and real estate development. As your business grows, our award-winning tax and estate planning attorneys will guide you in protecting your assets, your wealth and planning for future generations. ADDITIONAL RESOURCES  DOWNLOAD PRESENTATION PLAY …

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EPIC Energy Practice Leader Nikki Howes Featured in Miller North American Bulletin

With nearly 25 years of experience specializing in Energy and Marine, Nikki co-founded Ladies of Energy and Marine Insurance (LEMI) to help other women network and successfully navigate the industry. Miller’s Energy specialist, Lianne Portman, recently caught up with Nikki Howes for an exclusive Q&A to discuss LEMI. Miller is one of the leading independent specialist (re)insurance broking firms operating in Lloyd’s, the London and international markets. Based in Houston, Texas, LEMI is a blossoming organization that started as a conversation between colleagues who often found themselves on common ground, discussing the lack of women …

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EPIC POST: Q4 2021

… faster than ever before.  Human error has contributed to the problem as well…exacerbating extreme fire conditions into the perfect storm for wildfire across the region. Reference the CoreLogic 2021 Wildfire Infographic Report shows more details on what we can do as homeowners, insurance, and city planners to help mitigate risk. Mitigating Risk A 3rd party assessment of your property can be an effective way to identify reasonable methods to improve and protect your physical assets. Resources including drones, mapping, and clearing of defensible space are basic techniques available to winery owners from an array of vendors now operating in …

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EPIC Announces Growth of Financial Institution and Complex Risk Practice

EPIC Welcomes Mary Wright and Elizabeth Murray to Firm EPIC Insurance Brokers & Consultants, a retail property and casualty insurance brokerage and employee benefits consultant, announced today that Mary Wright and Elizabeth Murray have joined the firm. Wright joins as Senior Vice President and Murray joins as Account Manager. Both will become part of EPIC’s New York Financial Institution and Complex Risk Practice. Michael Klaschka, Practice Leader, commented “we are pleased to welcome Mary and Elizabeth to our growing practice. We are well positioned in the areas of Financial Institutions and Complex Risk to meet our clients’ challenging needs and …

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