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Markets in Focus :: Construction Q1 2024

The IMA National Construction Group gathers to analyze construction economic data, weaving together insights that could influence risk and insurance strategies for construction firms.

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Navigating Contracts: Builder’s Risk and Tenant Improvement Projects

Contractual risk transfer is a critical piece of risk management strategy and a very familiar one for contractors. As a contractor, there are many ways to mitigate your risk and protect your business when entering into contracts…

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Markets in Focus :: Hospitality Q1 2024

Dynamic shifts are shaping the hospitality industry, from the surge in consumer preferences to innovative strategies driving resilience in the restaurant and hotel sectors. Learn more about how these trends are impacting insurance considerations in our latest Markets in Focus.

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Risk in Focus :: Cyber Q1 2024

Cyber risk is an evolving and often misunderstood class of risk. Rapid technological change, the ever-increasing reach and skills of hackers, and the unpredictability and often unexpected cost of cyber events compound the challenges and increase the stakes for cyber risk protection.

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Making Your Healthcare Organization More Insurable: Medical Professional Liability Claim Trends and Risk Mitigation Strategies

Parker, Smith & Feek’s recent webinar, “How to Make Your Healthcare Organization More Insurable,” featured valuable insights from account executives and healthcare risk management experts Noel Murata and Danielle Donovan. Murata and Donovan shed light on how today’s hard market conditions are impacting medical professional liability claim trends and how insurance carriers are responding.

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Markets in Focus :: Construction

Our Construction Group gathers to analyze construction economic data, weaving together insights that could influence risk and insurance strategies for construction firms.

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Risk in Focus :: Education Q1 2024

Risk in Focus is an overview to show recent risks in the workplace, on the jobsite and throughout the world.

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Markets in Focus :: Real Estate

The real estate industry has experienced turbulent swings in recent years. Market dynamics, including fluctuations in property values, poor economic conditions, and rising interest rates, have negatively impacted real estate clients.

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2024 Compliance Outlook in Oregon

The Oregon legislature was very busy last year adding consumer protections to insured benefits. In addition, the taxable wage cap for Paid Leave Oregon has increased. The contribution rate is not changing, but the taxable wage amount is going up.

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Gender Nondiscrimination Considerations

Coverage for gender-related treatment and services is an evolving issue. Over the past decade, however, legislation, regulations, and court decisions all suggest that failure to provide equal access to coverage based on gender or sexual orientation may violate various nondiscrimination laws.

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Markets in Focus :: Life Sciences Q4 2023

In the wake of the pandemic, life sciences companies were challenged to pivot to adopt new technologies and rethink existing operating models to sustain growth and deliver innovation at speeds unseen in the industry.

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Markets in Focus :: General Q4 2023

The global business landscape has undergone significant transformations in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Supply chain disruptions, a direct consequence of the pandemic, have fueled a rapid two-year surge in U.S. inflation. This surge, in turn, has elevated input costs for goods production and heightened public expectations of future price increases.

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