It’s Time to Reevaluate Your Organization’s Cyber Risks

When nationwide stay-at-home orders were enforced back in March, most employees thought they were packing up their desks for just a few weeks. Majority of employers and employees could have never anticipated that six months later they would still be working from home. Although remote working appears to have been coordinated overnight, it seems like …

Check out our H&A 2020 3rd Quarter Newsletter ~ Commercial Insurance Forecast

The H&A 3rd Quarter Newsletter is hot off the press and is titled "Commercial Insurance Forecast". It's a look into the insurance marketplace during the economic downturn and COVID-19, plus other interesting articles and fun facts!

What’s Up With The Commercial Insurance Market?

By: Hawley & Associates and Lutheran Social Services of Minnesota Risk Management team You might not realize it, but times have been relatively good for insurance customers. For the most part, premiums have been steadily reducing for years now. In the insurance world, we call this a soft market. But this has changed drastically. The …

Are the Kids Alright? Social Isolation Takes Its Toll on Mental Health

The end of summer means fall is right around the corner and kids are gearing up to go back to school. Except this year, not everyone is comfortable in returning to the classroom due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. As parents, teachers, and child advocates worry about the physical health of children, the looming question …

To All Those Affected by Hurricane Laura

Our thoughts and prayers go out to all those who are or will be affected by Hurricane Laura.  You are in our thoughts and our sincere wish is for everyone's safety and well-being. For our clients specifically, we want to remind you that we are your claim advocates. If you experience a claim, we are here to help! …

Is It Time to Update Your Organizations Remote Worker Policy?

At the beginning of the pandemic, many organizations set up their employees to work from home as a response to stay-at-home orders or as a health precaution. Now many are realizing that remote work is, well, working. Being in a crisis mode created its own energy and pushed things forward. By now, most organizations have …

Commercial Insurance Forecast – Cloudy with A Chance of Premium Increase

When it rains it pours... If things aren't bad enough, the insurance marketplace is following suit. We are seeing premium increases, many sizable, for more lines of insurance than we've experienced in recent memory. Along with the increases, we are also experiencing more restrictive coverage, minimum premium increases, lower limits and some carriers are even …

New Executive Order Signed to Support Child Welfare Systems

As child-protection agencies across the country struggle with multiple challenges related to the coronavirus pandemic, President Trump signed an executive order focused on strengthening child-welfare programs nationwide. We at Hawley and Associates were enthusiastic to read the underlying goals of this order, which include decreasing child maltreatment, empowering adoption programs and increasing support for at-risk …

Why Covid-19 Should Have You Rethinking Cyber Liability Insurance

In this day and age, organizations rely on computers, networks, and electronic data to complete essential tasks. With most companies implementing work-from-home guidelines due to the coronavirus pandemic, office staff are dependent on technology like never before. For organizations unfamiliar to the challenges of having staff work-from-home, there are dangerous cyber risks at play, such …

Wendy’s Wonderful Kids Expanding into Nevada

Some more good news to reach the headlines! Late last month, the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption announced they were expanding the Wendy’s Wonderful Kids program to Nevada. Through this program, the Foundation supplies funding to adoption agencies to hire recruiters who implement an evidence-based, child-focused recruitment model. According to the Foundation, the model of …