Demand has been rising for employment practices liabilityinsurance protection as layoff activity has sparked increasedemployee claims, an insurance brokerage expert warned.
Speakers during a recent Marsh webinar said that in 2008, theEqual Employment Opportunities Commission reported discriminationclaims up 15 percent compared to 2007, with a growing number oflaid-off workers filing suit under a variety of federal and statelaws.
“During these financial hard times, one trend in coverage is anincrease in the purchase of EPLI coverage,” said Brian Elowe,managing director of Marsh's global risk management division, basedin Boston, who moderated the webinar on “Hot Topics in EmploymentPractices Liability.”
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