4 Steps to Keeping Workplaces Safe With New Marijuana Laws
West Virginia is the 29th state to legalize marijuana recreationally or medically, with more likely to follow. Vermont, a state that has allowed marijuana for medical use for more than 10 years, will allow it for recreational use beginning July 2018. It is the...
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Brexit: The Lockton Way
Brexit: The Lockton Way The initial economic and emotional response to the UK’s vote to exit the EU is now behind us, leaving much conjecture and ambiguity. One certainty is that Lockton continues to work closely with its clients to inform, manage and where possible,...
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3 Keys to New 2017 OSHA Reporting Requirements
The Federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has passed a final rule effective Jan.1, 2017 regarding electronic OSHA 300 log reporting. While the new electronic OSHA 300 log reporting requirements will be phased in during the next two years, there...
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Don’t Wait for a Recall: Your Standard Insurance Policy Won’t Cover It
Recalls are on the rise, yet approximately half of companies in key consumer industry segments lack proper risk management. Without it, a recall can push a successful company into a downward spiral that may be impossible to reverse. The price of...
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P&C Market Update: Market Remains Competitive Despite Select Carrier Changes in Strategy and Approach
Lockton has released its July 2016 P&C Market Update, and after another year of underwriting profits and strong capitalization, the current property/casualty marketplace remains very competitive through the first half of 2016. Two of the largest...
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Managing Risk After Brexit
The UK vote to exit the European Union may ultimately have far-reaching implications for businesses around the world. The vote has created uncertainty. The best response is to remain calm and avoid hasty decisions that may not be in your best interest. Lockton is...
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Lockton Comment on UK Vote to Exit the EU
The UK vote to exit the EU (Brexit) has sent shudders through financial markets and created a cascade of political changes. Our clients face an array of short-term challenges with foreign exchange volatility especially in the core currencies of the sterling,...
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Why it’s Too Early to Say the Energy Market Has Reached Bottom
The insurance market continues to feel the pain of the industry down-turn. The supply and demand imbalance for the past 18-24 months has continued unabated. The market is still characterized by drastic over-capacity and demand that has fallen off a cliff. CAPEX is...
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Energy Market Seeing Choppy Waters in the Gulf of Mexico
More egregious than the US Government cracking down on banks for being overly optimistic with their loans, has been the direct influence of regulators on the wider operations of energy firms. Especially with respect to their surety / bonding obligations. Nowhere has...
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2 Events in Q2 that Could Create an Optimistic Energy Market
As we entered 2016, crude oil sat at $33 per barrel, down from more than $100 as recently as summer 2014. The naysayers in January, Goldman Sachs among them, predicted a plunge into the $20s, if not lower. Bearish sentiment crept beyond energy markets as the Dow sold...
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Transportation Market in State of Flux
The appropriate description for the current transportation primary and excess marketplace is “in a state of flux.” There is no question that the exit of Zurich and Lexington from the trucking space has had the following impact at a minimum: Reduction in overall...
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4 Keys to Defense Base Act Coverage
The Defense Base Act (DBA) marketplace has become an increasingly tumultuous line of property and casualty insurance during the past several years. US troop draw downs in Iraq and Afghanistan have caused significant changes in contractor exposures in those...
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Bermuda Market Update: What You Need to Know about Wage & Hour Coverage
Many risk managers in the coming months, when asked about what their concerns are in the Employment Practices Liability (EPL) coverage space, will most likely move away from topics like diversity and the implementation of updated HR policies/procedures....
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