Risk Management Magazine (12/1/2021)
As 2021 winds down, the struggles of managing a workforce during the COVID-19 pandemic continue. At a point when employers had hoped to be welcoming team members back to the office or ramping staffing back up to full shifts, infection rates returned to levels not seen since the early days of the pandemic.

Risk Management Magazine (12/1/2021)
Businesses that operate brick-and-mortar storefronts are likely well aware of Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act and its prohibition of discrimination on the basis of disability in places of public accommodation.

CBS News (12/3/2021)
At least 10 cases have been reported across five states: Hawaii, New York, Colorado, Minnesota and California. Some local leaders say Omicron is likely spreading in their states, after spotting cases not linked to international travel. 

AP News (12/3/2021)
America’s employers slowed the pace of their hiring in November, adding 210,000 jobs, the lowest monthly gain in nearly a year.

Insurance Journal (12/3/2021)
Like lowering the age of drivers, some of the other proposals for government action to get more people behind the wheel raise their own safety concerns.

Canadian Underwriter (12/2/2021)
Saskatchewan’s latest financial report says drought, wildfires and the COVID-19 pandemic have heavily contributed to what is projected to be a record deficit.

PropertyCasualty360 (12/3/2021)
This news follows a management- and partner-led buyout, which valued the business at $2.2 billion, from financial sponsor HGGC, LLC a California-based private equity firm.

Insurance Journal (12/3/2021)
A Florida judge said that lawsuits over the collapsed condominium tower in Surfside will likely go to trial by summer. But thousands of dollars in cash found in the rubble could be distributed to former residents within weeks.

Global Risk Manager (12/1/2021)
Global specialty insurer Mosaic Insurance has launched a syndicated programme inviting capital from commercial partners to underwrite complex specialty risks in regional markets around the world.

ERM Q&A Interview
Carrie Frandsen manages ERM at the sprawling UC system. Frandsen formerly was the ERM Manager at UC Santa Barbara, where in 2013 her work caught the attention of UC Chief Risk Officer Cheryl Lloyd. At the time, UC Santa Barbara had rolled out a formal ERM program, and Lloyd was looking to extend the program on a systemwide basis. RIMS sat down with Frandsen to discuss the development of ERM across the UC system.

 

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