Opioids provide value in pain management associated with a variety of conditions, but it comes with the trade-off of a high abuse and addiction potential. Prescription opioid drug misuse and abuse has been recently declared a national epidemic and state of emergency. Both federal and state agencies are devoting resources and issuing updated guidance to address this widespread problem.
Gallagher’s John Wagner, National Construction Director, discusses labor shortages in the construction industry and 6 strategies for change.
Reduce your risk of HIPAA penalties with Compliance Continuity. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has the authority to levy multi-million dollar penalties on organizations for HIPAA violations, and is not hesitant to do so. Our focus this month will be on critical compliance efforts under the HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules to not only avoid HHS penalties, but also to provide a solid framework for protecting employee and dependent health plan information.
The market is always fluctuating, and though some anticipated a significant market tightening in 2018 as a result of the catastrophic events that occurred at the end of 2017, the threat of a near term correction has largely dissipated.
Recently, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, applying New York law, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, applying Michigan law, respectively, agreed with an insured that the computer fraud provisions of a crime policy covered the loss incurred when the company’s employees transferred funds in response to a spoofed email.
At annual enrollment HR must communicate with employees and complete a variety of administrative activities in a very short time. Our 1-hour recorded webinar is designed to help HR professionals with this year’s annual enrollment process.
This market update will identify and evaluate factors contributing to market conditions and detail the state of the current market and future expectations for public company D&O.
The purpose of this paper is to explain the basis of liability for a public company, discuss the D&O marketplace with respect to IPO exposures, and set forth what you can expect from us as your broker in the process.
One of Janet Yellen’s last acts as head of the Federal Reserve was to impose an unusual settlement condition upon Wells Fargo: as part of the consent decree, Wells Fargo would agree to the removal of four directors.
There is an old saying that there are only two seasons: winter and construction. In most of the country a limited amount of road construction can be done in the winter months so as soon as the temperatures are moderate the cones, barrels, barriers and workers come out.