Top insurable risks to business growth and how to manage them Risks to business growth are similar, regardless of the size of your insurance client’s business (or your own business, if you’re self-insured), whether there’s six or 6,000 employees. Growing a business typically means adding more employees, more equipment and inventory, a larger location…all of […]

Amidst COVID-19: Is your business continuity plan active?   Your business has weathered multiple storms: Vendors who didn’t deliver. Employee mistakes that cost the company. Perhaps even a claim or two. But do you have a business continuity plan to help weather true storms, the kind caused by Mother Nature or a simple coronavirus? No […]

Share steps to protect business property from earthquake damage   Unlike hurricane or tornado seasons, earthquakes have no particular time of the year that they strike. When they strike, it’s seemingly random, even occurring outside of active earthquake zones along the West Coast. Whether your commercial clients are located along the West Coast, East Coast, […]

Meet Dhara Patel, ACM’s president, in the spotlight for National Women’s Month   In celebration of March’s National Women’s Month, we’re spotlighting  ACM’s  insurance leader: Dhara Patel, president of ACM and also CEO of Insurance Claims Adjusters (ICA). Patel joined ACM in 2001 as a temporary employee and rose through the ranks to lead the […]

How to recognize red flags and stop employee fraud Regardless of the size of your organization, employee or insider fraud is a real risk. While the vast majority of our employees are honest, the minority who aren’t can pose a significant risk. Taking measures to identify and stop employee fraud should be an ongoing concern […]

Protect your business with these fire prevention tips   Has it been awhile since you (or your insurance client) took a hard look at fire safety in your commercial building? Pass along this list of fire prevention tips and safety tactics to your building management team. The National Fire Prevention Association studied 98,000 non-residential fires that totaled […]

Is your workforce graying? Here’s how to work with them If you have an aging workforce, you know how valuable their knowledge and experience are. At the same time, health concerns begin to creep into our graying years, which can disrupt your workflow if you’re not prepared. We’ve compiled many HR and workers’ compensation expert […]

Avoid these top 7 workers’ compensation claim mistakes Workers’ compensation claims are potentially part of every business, whether your client (or yourself as a self-insured company) only employs workers sitting all day at desks, construction workers, medical staff, agricultural workers, a fleet of drivers or more. Wherever there are people working, there’s the potential for […]

‘Tis the season to prevent holiday identity theft   The holiday season is not only a prime time for shopping and gift giving, but also a prime working time for hackers and identity thieves. To help keep your clients from falling victim to credit card or identity theft, share some important ways they can prevent […]

  ACM field investigators: immediate CA wildfire response   So far this year, 6,400 wildfires have burned 250,000 acres and destroyed 600 structures. Many of our homeowners have been affected in the California fires. Even before claims were filed, ACM was on the job, providing an immediate CA wildfire response. Fire locations were mapped; policyholders […]