San Diego, CA -(PRNewswire)- Preferred Employers Insurance, a Berkley company, recently announced the introduction of a new risk management center for customers. The secure web-based platform offers a wide array of workplace safety tools designed to improve a company’s ability to prevent and control on-the-job injuries. Additionally, workplace safety standards, employee safety training, and Human… [Read more]
Risk Management News
Origami Risk Appoints Duden Strategic Relations Exec – Core Solutions Division
Chicago, IL – Origami Risk recently announced the appointment of David Duden as strategic relationships executive in the firm’s Core Solutions division. In this new position, he will provide account management, business and product development and implementation support services for Core Solutions clients, including risk pools, third party administrators (TPAs), property/casualty insurance companies, managing general… [Read more]
NSC Accepting Nominations for Five Prestigious Safety Awards
Itasca, IL – The National Safety Council is accepting nominations for five of its prestigious safety awards and designations: the Distinguished Service to Safety Award, the Marion Martin Award, the Community Advancement Award, the Teen Safety Award and Rising Stars of Safety. Winners will have advanced safety in the workplace, in the community or on… [Read more]
TDI-DWC: TX Retail Worker Injuries Now Higher Than on Factory Floors
Austin, TX – According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), there are more workers in shopping malls and retail outlets that get sick and injured than in any other private industry sector in Texas. About 33,200 retail workers in Texas suffered a job-related illness or injury in 2018, as compared to 12,300 in construction,… [Read more]
NIOSH Partners with National Science Foundation to Fund Workplace Robotics Research
Atlanta, GA – The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) has partnered with the National Science Foundation (NSF), along with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the U.S. Department of Agriculture, to make funding available to study collaborative robots (co-robots) in the workplace. The NSF published a Program Announcement calling for proposals… [Read more]
Five Lauren Concrete Plants Receive TDI-DWC Safety Awards
Austin, TX – The Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) recently recognized five Lauren Concrete plants for their exemplary workplace safety programs. Plants in Round Rock, Liberty Hill, Bastrop, Llano, and Mason won Lone Star Safety Awards for their proven safety management systems and low rates of work-related injuries and illnesses. “This… [Read more]
ACOEM Urges Congress to Consider Workplace Safety if Marijuana Legalized
Elk Grove Village, IL – Marijuana is an impairing substance and its legalization has huge public and workplace health implications. Before passing any legislation legalizing this substance, the U.S. Congress should proceed deliberately and consider workplace safety when dealing with this complex issue, according to a statement released by the American College of Occupational and… [Read more]
Safety National Announces Winners of 2019 Safety First Grant Program
St. Louis, MO – Safety National recently announced the winners of the Company’s annual Safety First Grant Program, awarding three policyholders for their creative risk control solutions. The first-place grant, in the amount of $10,000, was awarded to Yale University to host a series of mobile slip simulator training events. Training will provide hands-on experience… [Read more]
AF Group Partners with MSU to Offer Master’s Certificate in Quantitative Risk Analytics
Lansing, MI – AF Group and Michigan State University (MSU) Department of Statistics and Probability are partnering to offer a Master’s-level certificate in Quantitative Risk Analytics exclusively to AF Group teammates. The partnership was formed through the collaborative efforts of Jacob Geyer, vice president of AF Specialty and Business Analytics & Underwriting Operations at Accident… [Read more]
Friedlander Group Announces a 22.5% Dividend for Wholesale Group of NY WC Safety Group
Purchase, NY -(BusinessWire)- Friedlander Group recently announced a 22.5% dividend paid to members of the Wholesale Group of New York Workers’ Compensation Safety Group #551*. The 22.5% paid dividend is in addition to the 25% group discount clients already received on their policies effective April 1, 2018 – April 1, 2019. The combination of the… [Read more]