Author: Jillian Bender-Cormier

Traffic Fatalities Reached a 16-year High in 2021

An estimated 16-year high 42,915 people died in motor vehicle crashes in 2021, up 10.5% from the 38,824 auto fatalities in 2020, says a recent report from the National Highway Traffic Safety Association (NHTSA). This…

Tesla Says it Can Lower Insurance Costs & Make Driving Safer

(Bloomberg) — For more than six weeks now, the tech and finance industry has been riveted by Elon Musk’s pursuit of Twitter. The topic has sucked up tons of oxygen and contributed to…

The TSA And Airlines Are No Longer Enforcing The Mask Mandate

After 14 months of required mask-wearing in public transportation, travelers can now decide for themselves whether to wear a face mask on a flight. Hours after a federal judge struck down the federal…

What are the real estate coverage risks for cannabis entities?

When it comes to statistics concerning marijuana use and sales, the numbers show just how mainstream cannabis has become. An estimated 12% of Americans actively use some form of cannabis and total…

6 Ways To Spring Clean Your Small Business

Ah, springtime. The time of year when flowers are budding, birds are chirping, and warmer winds are blowing. It’s also a time when people purge their houses of dirt, dust, and debris…

Inspections of Public Works Projects Increase

Written by: Edward Johnson, VP Construction Risk, BIS Construction companies and contractors that work on publicly funded projects in California can expect increased enforcement activity from a new task force that will…

What are the benefits & coverage options for gun liability insurance?

It may come as a surprise, but several cities are now requiring gun liability insurance for legal gun owners.  Could your city be next? What exactly is gun liability insurance? It is a type…

Aircraft insurers brace for a deluge of Russia-related claims

(Bloomberg) — Aircraft-leasing firms working to retrieve planes from Russia are set to collide with an aviation-insurance industry bracing for an unprecedented barrage of claims. Lessors of planes stuck in Russia since the onset of…

NAIC: 8 ways to reduce the risk of climate-change losses

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) reports that three out of four homeowners are at risk of becoming the victims of a severe weather event, but more than half of homeowners fail…

Manufacturers are now hackers’ favorite targets

Manufacturing was the industry most targeted by hackers during 2021, accounting for 23.2% of incidents, according to IBM Security X-Force research. The sector edged out insurance and financial services by a slim margin. IBM…