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Using Reserves for Insurance Premiums?
The trees got sick. Rose bushes were eaten by beetles. The self-closing and locking pool gate is not self-closing or locking. The 911 phone isn’t dialing 911. A bottle of red wine broke in the elevator. A raccoon chewed through the HVAC’s insulation. The town required a new type of no-trespassing signs in order to…
Moving forward … the Gary Waldych legend
It is official – Gary Waldych is leaving the insurance world… and he will be missed. So where is life going to take him? Concerned he would be less than forthcoming with his personal adventures, I decided to make some up and get him thinking: Trip to Space African Safari Sail the 7 Seas When…
Bethany Miller Named 2016 Outstanding CSR of the Year in Maryland
The National Alliance for Insurance Education & Research has announced that Bethany Miller is the 2016 Outstanding CSR of the Year recipient for the state of Maryland. To qualify for this top state honor, Bethany Miller submitted the winning essay on the topic, “Many in our industry came into insurance by chance, but have built…
Tired at Work?
We all get tired at work; it’s a fact of life. But fatigue during the day does more than cause some head bobbing. It affects how workers feel, how productive they are, and how safe they are. The results may be small—attention spans that are compromise—or big, including accidents that cause injury. There are a…
Pooper app – proves there is an app for everything.
Community Associations spend a lot of time discussing the clean up of pet waste. From Dogipot stations to scheduled Poop scooping services to DNA testing, every avenue of keeping communities free of feces is being utilized. Now there is an App for that! The Pooper App! Yes, by simply taking a picture of the offending…
Circuit Court Rules That Password Sharing Violates Federal Law
In a ruling that appears to declare password sharing a federal crime, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals recently upheld the conviction of a man who used a borrowed password to gain access to his former employer’s database. The case involved a man named David Nosal, a former employee of Korn/Ferry International, a research…
Would you trade your personal password for chocolate?
Chocolate is good stuff. Gifts are fun to receive. A pair of psychologists from the University of Luxembourg—armed with nothing more than University of Luxembourg bags and a large supply of chocolates—convinced nearly half of those who received the candy to turn over their personal passwords. The psychologists did so to study the effects that…
5 Key Takeaways From Ponemon’s 2016 Cost of Data Breach Study
According to the 2016 Cost of Data Breach Study from the Ponemon Institute, the average total cost of a data breach for a U.S. company is now $7 million. There are a number of key takeaways from this report: The average cost of a data breach hasn’t fluctuated much in recent years. While this year’s…
Pokemon Go – Insurance Style
Admittedly, I have not yet downloaded this latest phenomena… but our IT department and several other people in our office are going to get them all! The trend is so popular that Property & Casualty 360 has already listed three types of insurance you need prior to starting out on your adventure: Homeowner or Renter…
