Blog Archives - SandRun Risk

The Erosion of Employer Immunity in Pennsylvania

5/9/2019

Until 2013, the Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation system prevented employees from filing suit against their employers except in cases of egregious misconduct. In this guest essay, John C. Bloomstine, President of Insurance Management Company, explains how a recent landmark case has opened the door to a rising flood of civil lawsuits against employers for which there may be limited or no insurance coverage.

The Sixth Circuit Rules on the “Occurrence” Issue

5/9/2019

On April 30, 2019 the Sixth Circuit, in The Scott Fetzer Company v. Zurich American Insurance Company, held a single occurrence with a single deductible applied to a vacuum cleaner company’s independent dealer, John Fields, who sexually assaulted three women on multiple occasions between May 2012 and January 2013.

Risk: A Primer for Business Leaders – Part IX (Asking Questions)

5/7/2019

Certainty of anything is rare so good leaders work to develop their personal capacity for identifying gaps in their knowledge such as knowing a question but not the answer (known unknown), recognizing there are times when we overlook relevant information (unknown known), and embracing situations in which we don’t even know the question that needs to be asked (unknown unknown).