64% of Mobile Restaurant Searchers Convert "Immediately or Within an Hour"

Stumbled on this statistic that was recently released and figured I had to write a quick post about it for our food & beverage folks out there. "64 percent of mobile visitors convert immediately or within an hour!" Makes sense…

Using Risk Management Prevents Insurance Surcharges for Real Estate Owners

One of the most frequent questions we get is, "What is the difference between risk management and insurance?" In this video, we will focus on the difference risk management makes for real estate owners. In New York, these owners have tremendous…

Top 400 Contractors in the Country - What’s their Secret?

We researched the  Top 400 Contractors in the Country for 2012 to ascertain if there was a common thread that lead to their success. They are ranked by amount of new contracts received in 2011. There are 23 contractors from New York on the…

Non Profit of the Month!

We do a lot of work with schools and nonprofits, so we have decided to pitch in and design a “Non Profit of the Month” program. Every month Met Risk selects a non-profit organization to write about, promote, and donate to. This…

Utilize Risk Management To Help Manage Your Organization's Cost Structure.

  Our clients understand that 80% of their costs are outside the cost of the insurance policy. By utilizing the tools and techniques highlighted in this video series you will learn how to identify those frictional costs that are inflating…

Protecting Your Business Bank Account From Hacking Theft

A client of mine dealt with a near hacking theft. Luckily the attempt was unsuccessful. He smartly had the conversation with his bank on what would have occurred anyway. This major bank's shocking response? Not good. They started backpedaling.…

Do Home Day Cares Need Additional Property Insurance?

Are you considering starting a home day care? Then you need to invest in a separate insurance policy. While you may have homeowners’ coverage, such policies typically do not cover losses related to commercial enterprises. Along with liability,…

The Correlation Between Business Travel & Workers Compensation Claims

Lets get straight to the facts: business travel often causes travel-induced health problems that can eventually lead to workers' compensation claims. You don’t want workers' compensation claims. The following are the three biggest…

Workers Compensation Market Update 2012

As 2012 comes running around the bend heading into the final quarter it’s not too early to begin to look at how the 2013 workers compensation market might look. Referencing the National Council of Compensation Insurers (NCCI), the 2011 preliminary…