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Preparing your business for potential holiday hazards

prepare businessMenorahs and Christmas trees light up Main Streets across America during the holidays, but there are risks associated with these decorations. Risk management professionals and insurance agents can help business owners understand how to keep their stores festive yet hazard free during the holidays.

The holidays usually bring several things to a small business – more foot traffic, celebratory decorations and additional staff to help with boosted sales.  However, with added customers and distractions, slips and trips are never far away. So when getting into the holiday spirit, you should make safety a priority.Read More »Preparing your business for potential holiday hazards

Insurance for Alcohol and Drug Treatment Centers

Alcohol & Drug Rehabilitation facilities provide medical assistance and behavioral and nutritional counseling to individuals who are in need of substance abuse services. Eligible risks may include Outpatient Alcohol & Drug Counseling, Rehabilitation Centers, Halfway Houses Inpatient, Methadone, Early Release Prisoner Programs (Alcohol & Drug related offenses only) and Outpatient Detox. Clinics may also be included as an eligible class when the clinic is only a part of the facility’s overall services. Our program includes a Package, General & Professional Liability, Property, Umbrella, Auto (some restrictions may apply) and Abuse & Molestation. Our pro- gram also offers Coverage Endorsements &… Read More »Insurance for Alcohol and Drug Treatment Centers

What does a company really need to protect its reputation online

Experts agree that the most effective protection for a reputation is to consistently follow best practices in conducting business so that negative incidents are avoided. However, bad things can happen to good companies – especially when it comes to data integrity in an era of pervasive hacking, viruses, spyware and malware. Therefore, it is important to be prepared to defend your company’s image. The following five steps proposed by Travelers Insurance Company address both proactive and reactive measures for maintaining your reputation. 1. Assessment. Understand the risks to reputation that your company faces, whether it is from data breaches, product… Read More »What does a company really need to protect its reputation online

The Next Insurance Storm is in The Cloud

Interesting article about cyber liability insurance and exposures on National Insurance Law Forum: The highest profile cyber incidents – such as major data breaches at Sony, Zappos, Global Payments, and Nationwide Insurance, and the disruption to Netflix’s service on Christmas Eve due to problems with Amazon’s cloud service – may dominate the news, but the bigger issue is just how pervasive such problems are. Every company that uses computing and networking technologies faces a variety of potential cyber liabilities, including: repair, restoration, or replacement of data or services; notification of affected customers of a data breach… Read full article

How to Protect Against Identity Theft in College

By Menachem Wecker In interviews ahead of National Cyber Security Awareness Month, which runs through the end of October, cyber security experts—both here and abroad—said identity theft is a serious problem, which may require extra vigilance on college campuses. Identity theft can mean anything from users’ online bank accounts being compromised to their E-mail accounts being hacked and used to mass-distribute spam. “Universities are, by their nature, open, trusting environments. Nobody thinks that they will be subject to an attack, and that isn’t just isolated to students,” says Alan Woodward, a cyber security specialist and visiting professor at the University… Read More »How to Protect Against Identity Theft in College

How to respond to fraud with my Facebook account

Step 1: secure your account. Choose a password that is the same strength as one you would choose for online banking (but don’t use the same password). Having a strong password will help prevent someone from hacking into your account. Step 2: take precautions with where you access your account. If using a mobile phone, free network, or an unsecured network, or public computer (at a library, in school, even at work) it may not be worth updating your status for the sake of your privacy. Step 3: read the privacy terms and agreements of any applications you might download… Read More »How to respond to fraud with my Facebook account

Enhanced Cyber Coverage

Did you know that the average organizational cost for data breach in 2011 was $5.5 million and the average cost per compromised record was $194*? With a growing body of law directed at protecting personal information, our carriers are constantly looking for ways to improve cyber liability offerings so that our customers have the best coverage in place to protect their businesses. We are excited to introduce the enhanced version of The Hartford’s CyberChoice 1.0® Policy. Now known as The Hartford Data Privacy ~ Network Security Liability Insurance Policy, this policy builds industry leading terms onto one superior platform. Reliable… Read More »Enhanced Cyber Coverage

What Every Business Owner Should Know About Credit Card Protections

Protecting Against Consumer Identify Theft The use of credit and debit cards and electronic payments has become a way of  life for public and private businesses and their customers. With this, vulnerabilities to credit card fraud and identity theft have increased. To help improve credit and debit card security, the credit card industry and federal and state governments have set standards and regulations. Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act and Receipt Requirements Congress passed the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act of 2003 (FACTA), significantly amending the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA). Effective Dec. 4, 2006, 15 U.S.C. §1681c amended the act to require any… Read More »What Every Business Owner Should Know About Credit Card Protections

California Signs Electronic Proof Of Insurance Bill

Yes! It happens right now. We witness a great moment of the history! Gov. Jerry Brown made California the seventh state in the nation to allow drivers to show proof of insurance coverage using their smart phone. Brown on Friday signed Assembly Bill 1708, a bill authored by Assemblyman Gatto, which will give drivers the option to show proof of financial responsibility electronically using a mobile electronic device. “Governor Brown just brought proof of coverage into the 21st Century by signing AB 1708,” said Armand Feliciano, with the Association of California Insurance Companies. “California has long been known as ground zero… Read More »California Signs Electronic Proof Of Insurance Bill