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Rising Insurance Rates for Motor Carriers: Understanding Premium Increases and How to Manage Risk

Insurance costs for motor carriers have been consistently increasing over the past few years. Facing higher losses and claim payouts, insurance carriers have raised premiums to cover costs. Some carriers have exited the trucking insurance industry altogether, decreasing competition and further increasing costs for business owners. Rising premiums combined with unpredictable freight rates, costly parts … Continued

Updated PCRB MOD Summary

Pennsylvania Compensation Rating Bureau (PCRB) recently greenlit alterations on August 22nd, set to impact employers throughout the state starting on April 1, 2024. The PCRB has undertaken a thorough evaluation of the current experience rating plan formula and is proposing multiple adjustments to reflect an employer’s loss experience more accurately within their respective experience rating. … Continued

It’s Operation Safe Driver Week

July 9-15 is the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance’s annual Operation Safe Driver Week. Throughout the week, law enforcement officers are extra aware of commercial motor vehicle and passenger vehicle drivers partaking in unsafe driving.   Some examples of unsafe driver behaviors include speeding, improper lane changes or passing, driving while under the influence of either drugs … Continued

Whitepaper: Addressing OSHA’s Most Frequent Violations with NIXN Technology

At the end of 2021, OSHA revealed the top 10 most frequently cited standards during the 2021 NCS Safety Congress & Expo. The findings should come as no surprise for those involved in the management of safety and health programs in the workplace. These findings reflect the need to improve workplace health and safety conditions … Continued

Webinar: Implementation Considerations for the Vaccination ETS

On November 4th the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) introduced an Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) for COVID-19 in the workplace. The ETS requires that employers with 100 or more employees implement a program for vaccination against COVID-19 or the regular testing of their staff for COVID-19.  The new ETS is part of the larger pandemic response ecosystem … Continued

OSHA Emergency Temporary Standard FAQs – COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing

Earlier today the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration released the long-anticipated Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) for COVID-19 vaccination and testing. The ETS requires affected employers to  develop, implement, and enforce  a mandatory COVID-19  vaccination policy.  Employers are permitted to utilize regular testing and the wearing of a face mask while working … Continued

Whitepaper: Reactions to COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate Vary Among Employers

The Emergency Temporary Standard OSHA announced in early September has been met with a wide array of responses from employers, industry groups, and employees. It appears that just about all viewpoints have been captured in response to the announcement. While some employers have welcomed the announcement as a path forward to returning to a more … Continued

Understanding the TikTok® Challenge

Around the start of the school year a TikTok® trend began to emerge among teens and young adults. The trend known as “Devious Licks” has middle and high school aged students participating in and filming for social media various scandalous activities. These activities are primarily taking place on school grounds. In the month of September, … Continued

Improve Your Cyber Liability Risk in Eight Fundamental Ways

SolarWinds, Colonial Pipeline, JBS Foods… these companies have made the news over the past 12 months for the large and sophisticated cyber breaches that impacted their businesses. For every high-profile breach, there are thousands of breaches impacting small to medium sized businesses. These businesses typically don’t have Chief Information Security Officers and they might not … Continued

Cyber Liability Alert: the “Hafnium” Attack on Global Email Servers

Henderson Brothers’ cyber liability practice group needs you to be aware of one of the latest, most significant cyber attacks to date: in recent days there have been alerts about a “Hafnium” attack on global email servers. This issue is very widespread and could impact more than 60,000 companies. This is important to note, and … Continued

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