Loss Control

Employers and their insurers will have a new tool, grounded in the science of human behavior, available to assess an organization’s vulnerability to employment practices liability lawsuits when Montage Analytics officially rolls out its EPL Risk Index later this year.

What are the most relevant factors that make businesses vulnerable to significant damages from employment practices risk? Kathleen Long, co-founder and CEO of Montage Analytics, which is rolling out the EPL Risk Index later this year, says employees’ perceived lack of “organizational justice” and poor employee appraisal processes are among...

What are the most relevant factors that make businesses vulnerable to significant damages from employment practices risk? Kathleen Long, co-founder and CEO of Montage Analytics, which is rolling out the EPL Risk Index later this year, says employees’ perceived lack of “organizational justice” and poor employee appraisal processes are among...

The Montana Supreme Court has upheld a Workers' Compensation Court ruling that a man mauled while feeding the bears at a tourist attraction should be covered by workers' comp, despite the fact the man had smoked marijuana on the day of the attack.

Companies’ risks are increasing during the economic recovery, which means they must be vigilant in keeping down workers’ compensation claims and wage and hour lawsuits, according to an industry briefing.

By the end of next year, insurers and reinsurers doing business in the European Union will have to demonstrate to regulators there that they have sufficient…

In the wake of a magnitude 9.0 earthquake that struck Japan on March 11, with insured-loss estimates reaching as high as $35 billion, analysts and rating agencies fell on either side of the debate about whether the event will cause a turn in the long-running soft-market cycle.

Photos detail the conditions at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear complex and surrounding areas as a potential meltdown looms.