Jul 17, 2025 | Business Insurance, Business Interruption
1. Data is a valuable asset Your data is almost certainly worth many times more than the physical equipment that stores it. A standard property policy would not respond in the event that this data is damaged or destroyed. A cyber policy can provide comprehensive... 
Jul 10, 2025 | Business Insurance, Business Operations
THE OCCUPATIONAL Safety and Health Administration has overhauled its Site-Specific Targeting (SST) inspection program, marking a major shift in how the agency identifies and prioritizes workplaces for inspection. Effective May 20, 2025, the new guidance applies to... 
Jul 3, 2025 | Business Insurance, Business Operations
AFTER WINNING approval in California State Assembly, legislation that would temporarily reverse a controversial cannabis excise tax hike that took effect July 1 passed out of key Senate committee in a unanimous vote in early July. Assembly Bill 564, introduced by... 
Jun 29, 2025 | Business Insurance, Business Interruption
EMPLOYERS ARE increasingly facing lawsuits over how they handle background checks during the screening process for job applicants. For a lesson in what can happen, take the recent class-action lawsuit filed against a Whole Foods Market Inc. store in Fresno,... 
Jun 20, 2025 | Business Insurance, Business Interruption
THE HOUSE Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture in early June passed a spending bill that could dramatically reshape the U.S. hemp industry. The bill, which focuses on a number of unrelated spending issues, would redefine hemp under federal law to ban cannabis...