Philip was driving to pick up a tool rental for a construction job his company was working on when another driver rear ended his car causing Philip to sustain serious back injuries. Ultimately the workers compensation insurance policy purchased by the construction company Philip was working for paid the hospital bills and lost wages. Since […]
Last week Governor Cuomo imposed new emergency regulations on insurers. Doing so will aid hundreds of thousands of NY state residents whose properties were damaged or destroyed when Hurricane Sandy struck a month ago. The New York Department of Financial Services made an emergency amendment to New York Insurance Regulation 64 (11 NYCRR Part 216) […]
Every September, the incoming group of kindergarteners becomes slightly older. As parents look to give every possible advantage to their kids, experts see a growing trend of redshirting, in which parents hold off on sending their children to kindergarten so they have an academic, athletic, and social leg up on their peers. Not a new […]
There is a new rule regarding NYC Day care QR code. New York’s City Council unanimously passed a bill recently that requires every city agency that has inspection, permit, license or registration information online to post a QR code linking to it. Think construction (Department of Buildings) Restaurants, Daycares, etc. The bill will become effective […]
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 right? People typically search for somewhere to eat when they’re, well, ready to eat. Or maybe they’re […]
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 exposure to Labor Law 240/241, “The Scaffold Law.” If a contractor or vendor gets […]
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 list & 11 from New Jersey. We have listed them below […]
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 month we have selected the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation in honor of a dear […]
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 a typical business organization’s cost structure and impairing their ability to compete in their native […]