Knowing how to prevent fires caused by spontaneous combustion is a key aspect of maintaining a safe workplace. Several conditions, including the improper storage or disposal of combustible materials, can create conditions for this process to occur. By taking steps to mitigate this risk, you...
Annual insurance reviews are a critical practice for small businesses. They can help reduce insurance costs while ensuring coverage keeps pace with the company’s evolving needs. Skipping this review can result in coverage gaps, leaving new business services, equipment or locations underinsured—or worse, completely uninsured....
Temporary Staffing Targeted On May 20, 2025, OSHA announced its updated Site-Specific Targeting (SST) inspection program, which directs agency enforcement resources to inspect establishments with the highest rates of injuries and illnesses. The SST inspection program uses objective data from injury and illness information that employers...
Quick response (QR) codes have become popular marketing, sales, payment and customer service tools. However, as the presence of QR codes increases, malicious actors have found ways to exploit them, including by using them in phishing attacks and spreading malware. These vulnerabilities can lead to...
As businesses adapt to post-pandemic realities, regulatory shifts, and workforce evolution, the demand for PEOs is undergoing major transformations. Industries, once reliant on traditional HR models, are now turning to PEOs to manage growing complexities from multi-state compliance to workforce risk mitigation. Meanwhile, new sectors...
The business of storytelling has always carried risk — but in 2025, those risks are triggering sharp increases in insurance costs across the film and television industry. Whether you’re working with studio-level talent or indie crews, you’ve probably already felt the sting of rising premiums....
In February 2025, local authorities confirmed that 8,000 cartons holding 100,000 eggs had been stolen from the back of a semi-trailer for Pete & Gerry’s Organics, a national egg production company that partners with over three hundred farms across the United States. The incident occurred...
A Missouri-based health insurance company and its California-based subsidiary have agreed to pay $11.25 million to settle allegations that the subsidiary did not comply with cybersecurity requirements while managing the health insurance program for servicemembers and their families. The subsidiary allegedly failed to remedy cybersecurity...
A New Mexico jury awarded a man more than $412 million after he alleged he was misdiagnosed and unnecessarily treated with erectile dysfunction shots that caused irreversible damage. The complaint stated the man visited the clinic in 2017 looking for treatment for fatigue and weight...
Fatalities caused by falls from elevation continue to be a leading cause of death for construction employees. In fact, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, falls account for the majority of fatalities in the construction industry. Those deaths are preventable. The National Safety Stand-down...