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Why Do Your Clients Need High Limits?
Over the last decade, we have seen a litigation landscape with nuclear verdicts running in the tens and even hundreds of millions of dollars, fueled by an aggressive plaintiff bar and anti-corporate sentiment that continues to gain momentum today. Jurors are made to feel that someone needs to pay – and pay big – in…
Avoiding Legionnaires’ Outbreaks as Businesses Reopen
Amid COVID-19, remote work became the new normal, with the doors to most commercial offices closed for at least 90 days. The same was true for hotels, restaurants, theaters, gyms, factories, and other businesses that have been temporarily shut due to the pandemic. As businesses reopen, now there are also concerns about Legionnaires’ outbreaks, a…
Wildfire Preparedness Part II: Mitigating Risk
Researchers are discovering that embers blown by the wind during wildfires cause most of the fires that burn homes, according to the Insurance Institute of Information (I.I.I.). In addition, homes less than 15 feet apart are more likely to burn in clusters. In such cases, fire is often spread by combustible fences and decks connected…
Wildfire Preparedness: Creating a Defensible Space
Wildfire season is once again upon us with the Western United States anticipating raging fires after a winter of not much rainfall. Further exacerbating the potential for real devastation from the wildfires is the coronavirus, which interrupted the normal firefighting training and forest management that typically take place in the spring. Social distancing also presents…
Open for Dine-in Service: COVID-19 Safety Guidelines for Restaurants
Click here for a downloadable safety info sheet. Dine-in service – from fast food to family style, fast casual and fine dining – is about to resume (or in some cases has already resumed) as several states relax coronavirus restrictions and reopen restaurants.
Workplace Adjustments: Re-Opening Doors to Offices and Shops
Click here for a downloadable safety info sheet Office buildings, strip malls, indoor malls, light warehouses, and other commercial facilities have been closed for the past two months and more as a result of city COVID-19 stay-at-home and shelter-in-place orders. Non-essential employees for the most part have been working remotely up to now, with many…
How to Keep Community Associations Safe as Stay-at-Home Restrictions Are Lifted
Click here to for a downloadable safety info sheet. The COVID-19 crisis raises concerns for property managers, board members and the more than 73 million Americans who call condominiums, co-ops, gated communities and the like with community associations home, as stay-at-home restrictions are lifted and individuals once again begin using common areas and amenities like…
Offices to Get a Makeover to Keep Staff Safe Post-COVID Lockdown
Over the years professional businesses moved from private offices to open floor plans and collaborative workspaces designed to support ease of communication among employees and encourage teams to work effectively together. This is all set to change in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic that emptied offices and sent professionals home to work. With stay-at-home…
Risk Mitigation Takes Center Stage in the Wake of COVID-19
The coronavirus has disrupted businesses across every industry sector, forcing operations to scale back, furlough staff, and/or temporarily close – resulting in a significant economic hit, to say the least. Among the many issues to become clear during this crisis is the increased role risk assessment and risk mitigation will play in business recovery and…
Businesses Call for Liability Immunity from COVID-19 Litigation
As restrictions are lifted and businesses begin to slowly reopen amid the coronavirus pandemic, they are working to keep their employees and customers safe – following CDC and FDA guidelines that include implementing social distancing requirements, providing workers with personal protective equipment (face masks, gloves, etc., depending on the industry), upgrading cleaning and sanitizing practices,…