As part of our service offering, Barrow Group provides free registration to our clients at our online video training platform–Barrow Group University. This gives your team 24/7 access to over three hundred training programs covering safety, OSHA, HR, wellness,...
Mergers and acquisitions (M&As) create a distinct period of directors and officers liability (D&O) risk that doesn’t exist during normal business operations. Directors and officers make decisions that can significantly affect shareholders and other...
Open enrollment may be over once you submit your elections, but your coverage doesn’t start immediately. Between the day you submit your elections and the day you can use them, a lot happens behind the scenes that employees don’t see. Dependents may need to be...
Working remotely offers flexibility, but it also expands the ways cyberthreats can reach you. Outside the office, the usual safety nets, namely IT oversight, threat detection tools and physical security, may not be readily available. This, in turn, can permit...
Offering more medical plans can seem like a way to increase employee choice. In practice, many employers now offer five or more options, and that creates complexity instead of clarity. As employers evaluate their benefits portfolios, many are looking for ways to...
Every single day, thousands of workers suffer preventable workplace eye injuries. From tiny metallic flecks traveling at high speed to subtle exposure to chemical vapors or invisible light radiation, the hazards threatening your eyesight are as varied as they are...
Managing risk while controlling overhead is a delicate balance in film and television production. Insurance premiums typically range between 1% and 3% of a production’s total budget, but smart structuring can drastically reduce premiums without sacrificing coverage....
Earbuds and music headphones have become fixtures of everyday life, but on the job, they can pose serious safety hazards. What feels like a harmless habit can put you and the people around you at risk. When you cannot hear what is happening in your vicinity, you lose...
When businesses purchase commercial insurance, they often focus on the coverage itself, the limits, the deductibles and the policy terms. However, many overlook the document that makes coverage possible in the first place, the insurance application. Far from a routine...
Some items are too heavy, bulky or awkward for one person to handle safely. That’s when a team lift can be the right call. A team lift occurs when two or more workers coordinate to move a load together, distributing the physical demand and reducing the risk of...
Workplace Ergonomics: What is Trigger Finger Trigger finger is a condition that affects the tendons in your fingers or thumb, making them difficult to move or causing them to lock in a bent position. It develops when repeated gripping, squeezing or pinching motions...
A commercial property loss can come without warning. Whether a fire breaks out overnight, a storm damages the roof or a pipe bursts and floods the building, the hours immediately following a loss have an outsized effect on the outcome of any insurance claim. Missteps...