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(Bloomberg) — The potential for terrorists to pack small consumer drones with explosives or to use them as weapons has become a “tangible reality” in the U.S. that keeps security teams awake at night, two officials said. Continue reading
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) is the second line of defense for protecting your hands from injuries. There are many glove selections for different applications. Using an ill-fitted glove is just as dangerous as not using a glove at all.
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Automobile insurance is in place to protect those on the road. As Americans continue to take their eyes off of the road, a new danger has been rising over the years since technology became a huge part of our everyday lives. Now our wallets are going to start paying the price for something that has become somewhat of an epidemic. Cell phones, Smart Phones, Tablets and computers are now readily available on the go and the risk is HUGE! Continue reading
Millions of homes and condominiums across the country are in high danger zones for environmental hazards.
According to the Environmental Hazards Housing Risk Index, produced by ATTOM Data Solutions, 17.3 million single family homes and condos with a combined estimated market value of $4.9 trillion are in zip codes with high or very high risk for at least one of four environmental hazards: Superfunds, brownfields, polluters or poor air quality. Continue reading
Effective January 1, 2017, OSHA has revised its requirements for recording and submitting workplace injury records and illnesses. The OSHA Final Rule on Electronic Tracking of Workplace Injuries and Illnesses revisions require that some recorded information is submitted to OSHA electronically. Continue reading
Business interruption is a top global corporate risk for the fifth year in a row. But worries about Brexit and incoming U.S. President Donald Trump also made the list of companies’ 2017 fears and uncertainties in a new Allianz report.
About 37 percent of respondents rated business interruption as their biggest risk worry, essentially even with 2016, the latest annual Allianz Risk Barometer noted. This year’s report – Allianz’s sixth annual – was based on a survey of 1,237 risk experts from 55 countries. Continue reading
Insurance carriers and agents have come to learn that increased data can lead to greater risk for insureds, and they are increasingly advising businesses to disclose data collection practices while seeking to gain insurance coverage, according to David Garrett, president of CISO Advisory & Investigations LLC.
“It is not unusual now for insurance applications to include specific questions about applicants’ data collection practices,” Garrett said. Continue reading
Among all the safety problems an employee can encounter, fire can be the most frightening. Every year office fires cause millions of dollars in damage and result in hundreds of employee injuries. Yet many employees do not realize how their own actions can contribute to the risk of fire. Continue reading
