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Late Reporting of Employee Injuries will Lead to NY Workers Comp Board Fines
Claims Management, HR Challenges, Workers Compensation InsuranceAt Metropolitan Risk, our best practice clients understand the critical importance of getting employee injuries into the workers compensation system. Each injury that goes undetected or unreported costs the employer up to 39% more for the same…

Event Planning & Event Management
Human Services Practice Group Content, Other
Risk Insights & Takeaways
Event organizers must shoulder a significant burden—they have full responsibility for balancing health, safety, and fun at their events. That means they are also culpable for any event-related health and safety…

Understanding the Difference Between Cost of Risk & Cost of Risk Financing: An Untapped Competitive Advantage
Risk Financing, Risk ManagementIf you are like most small to mid-sized organizations (under $1 billion in sales) then you should be prepared to define these two terms and understand their consequences for your business.
Risk Financing is a fancy term for insurance. Think…

Working on a Wrap Project: You're Not As Protected As You Think
Claims Management, Construction Practice Group Content, General Liability Insurance, Workers Compensation InsuranceI work with high risk businesses every day, and sometimes, when I think I’ve seen it all, something new comes around to surprise me.
Many large construction projects will use a “Wrap” or an “OCIP/CCIP” (For more info on what this…

Important Updates to Your Experience Mod
Workers Compensation Insurance, Workers Compensation Premium AuditsThe NCCI (National Council on Compensation Insurance), is a group that calculates Experience Modification Factors for companies across the entire United States. Some states have their own rating bureaus due to their size and complexity. For…

Certificates of Insurance: Law Amendment Effective July 28, 2015
OtherEffective July 28, 2015 an amendment to the insurance law made it illegal to request or issue a certificate of insurance with language of any kind (including warranties of coverage) not found in the underlying policy. Certificates of insurance…

Overtime Pay: The Exposure You May Overlook
HR ChallengesAs a business owner the responsibility of providing a safe, positive, and comfortable work environment falls on your shoulders. The unfortunate reality is that these responsibilities are not always upheld or maintained. To help protect businesses…

In-house Bookkeeper or 3rd Party Bookkeeper... Bookkeeper for Business Advice
Construction Practice Group Content, Food & Beverage Practice Group Content, Human Services Practice Group Content, Other, Transportation Practice Group ContentMulti-tasking is an everyday occurrence in businesses and is in most cases a necessity in order to get things done in a timely fashion. Author Steven Berlin Johnson describes multitasking as “skimming the surface of the incoming data, picking…

The “Perfect Storm” Liability Exposure for Owners/Developers & Contractors
Construction Practice Group Content, General Liability Insurance, Risk ManagementThere is a contractual issue and an insurance issue which, together, combine to create a “perfect storm” liability exposure for Owners/Developers and Contractors.
The exposure begins with the contracts you sign. Most state the contractor’s…
