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Bite-Sized Insights Into a World of Risk Volume 2, Issue 10

Bite-Sized Insights Into a World of Risk  Volume 2, Issue 10 In this issue, we take a focused look at the following: Feature Focus What’s Wrong With the Weather? Supply Chain and Business Risks FMCSA Extends Waivers Affecting CMV Operators Operation Safe Driver is Coming Cybersecurity Executive Order Recommends Best Practices Insurance Products and Coverage Information Presumptive Compensability News of Note Human Resources and Employee Benefits OSHA Releases New Coronavirus Emergency Temporary Standard Insights from Across the Firm The coronavirus crisis created the need to provide commentary on areas of concern. With the evolution of the pandemic, going …

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Surviving a Hard Insurance Market

… Risk Assumption Assuming more risk can be an effective method for countering a hard insurance market.  Modest changes in plan design can effectively reduce your “Net Cost of Risk”.  These changes include: Deductible increase Loss sensitive workers compensation programs Group Captives or Single Parent Captives Risk Mitigation Eliminating or mitigating risk is a key component of deductible and loss sensitive program design.  You’re given a premium discount for assuming additional risk.  If you are able to reduce or eliminate claims, the loss sensitive nature of these programs will result in reducing your “net cost of risk”.  A few risk …

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Cal/OSHA Hits Pause on Emergency Temporary Standards for COVID-19 Prevention

An Important Update to our Recent Webinar with Newmeyer Dillion Covering California’s June 15 Reopening Provided by our partners at Newmeyer Dillion | Read the Full Article  Employers scrambling to prepare for the June 15th Reopening announced by Governor Newsom have spent the last week pouring over the revised Emergency Temporary Standards for COVID-19 Prevention (Revised ETS) approved by the Cal/Occupational Safety and Health Association (OSHA) Standards Board on June 3, 2021. After the recent meeting of the Standards Board, however, it’s time to hit pause.  On June 9, the Cal OSHA Standards Board held a specialty …

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Webinar Recording Now Available: How the Insurance Market is Reacting to the Weather

Webinar Recording Now Available!  How Do Changing Weather Patterns Impact the Property Insurance Market? EPIC and BMS Group hosted a webinar that took a look into what’s really going on with the weather. Together, we discussed how the insurance market is reacting, and what you can do about it. This webinar also featured insights from BMS Group Senior Meteorologist Andrew Siffert. Agenda: The Weather – A Holistic Perspective The Insurance Market’s Reaction The U.S. Domestic Market The London, European and Bermudan Markets How to Optimize Your Renewal PLAY RECORDING Meet our Speakers RESOURCES  DOWNLOAD PRESENTATION Michael Korn Managing …

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Webinar Recording Now Available: California’s June 15th Reopening

Webinar Recording Now Available!  What Employers Need to Know about California’s June 15th Reopening Employers must decide how to bring their employees back to work safely and in compliance with ever-evolving legal guidelines. Given the multitude of complex issues impacting the return to work process, including COVID-19 vaccination and related issues, employers have many options to consider over the next few months regarding what policies to implement and how to enforce those policies. EPIC and Newmeyer Dillion’s employment attorneys recently teamed up for a complimentary webinar addressing how to implement return to work and vaccination policies …

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USLAW NETWORK EduNet Webinar: Ransomware: You Don't Always Have to Pay

Join USLAW Tuesday, June 8, 2021, at 1:00 PM ET for a timely webinar titled Ransomware: You Don’t Always Have to Pay. Kelly Geary, EPIC National Executive Risk & Cyber Practice Leader, will participate in a panel discussion about the expanding threat landscape, evolving response options and the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) Advisory, legal/ethical considerations, mitigation strategies and the cyber liability insurance market. Ransomware attacks are growing in frequency, threatening the U.S. critical infrastructure, businesses, and public and nonpublic entities. It is also one of the most intractable and common threats facing organizations across all …

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EPIC Adds William Schoenbach as Managing Principal

EPIC Insurance Brokers & Consultants announced today that William Schoenbach is joining its growing Financial Services business. Schoenbach brings a wealth of knowledge to his role, where he will focus on providing risk management and transactional risk services in the financial services sector. This includes family offices, private equity firms, hedge funds, business development companies, venture capitalists, special purpose acquisition companies, REITS, and centers of influence in the mergers and acquisition space. His experience in the Alternative Asset Management industry will bring added value to EPIC and its clients. Additionally, Schoenbach will originate and manage key relationships. “We are thrilled that …

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Q2 2021 Winery Report

… food, wineries, high-tech, school districts, waste and recycling, frame habitational, auto dealerships, and chemical risks. These industries are seeing the most severe restrictions in carrier capacity, deductible increases, and rate hikes. EPIC RESPONSE Our industry knowledge and expertise allow us to gain access to the best markets for wineries. This coupled with our loss mitigation strategies helps our winery clients to reduce their risk profile. Capacity Many carriers are cutting back significantly on capacity being offered at renewal. Some carriers have pulled out of the property market completely. Others are exiting industry classes and occupancy types. The lowering of

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