Property Insurance Trends
The property insurance market has seen steady rate increases that affect both commercial and homeowners’ lines of business. While...
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cbeckman98
- Jun 29, 2021
- 3 min
Emergency! — Do you have a plan?
Emergency action plans are required in OSHA regulations. The OSHA regulations show their age by focusing on traditional fire drills and...
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cbeckman98
- Jun 1, 2021
- 4 min
Slip and Falls - Manage the risk
How to manage your exposure to the most common liability claim
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cbeckman98
- May 4, 2021
- 4 min
Telematics - A great tool - do you know how it is used?
What can your car tell me about you? Uses of Telematics Telematics is a powerful tool for managing fleet safety and vehicle maintenance....
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cbeckman98
- Apr 27, 2021
- 3 min
Insurance to Value - How much is this worth?
Valuation is obviously a key part to property insurance. The insurance company will routinely do an “Insurance to Value” calculation and...
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cbeckman98
- Apr 6, 2021
- 3 min
Means of Egress - Getting out of trouble...
Our prior review of the Life Safety Code and Emergency Lighting highlighted the structure of the code and the provisions in place to...
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cbeckman98
- Mar 30, 2021
- 3 min
Certificates of Insurance - Risk Transfer Tool
Certificates of Insurance – a Quick Review The most common request we get for policyholder service is providing a certificate of...
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cbeckman98
- Mar 23, 2021
- 3 min
Valuation Clauses - What will it pay?
A prior posting, What is my Property Worth? focused on the different values that can be established for a piece of property. This was the...
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cbeckman98
- Mar 16, 2021
- 2 min
Shedding light on Emergency Lighting
We previously reviewed an overview of the Life Safety Code. This continues that discussion to focus on emergency lighting. Emergency...
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cbeckman98
- Mar 2, 2021
- 2 min
Flood Insurance - What do I need?
Flood Factor TM an online tool that allows property owners to search their address and find their property’s current and future risk of flo
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cbeckman98
- Feb 23, 2021
- 2 min
Life Safety and Emergency Planning – Life Safety Code
Businesses are required by OSHA standards to have an emergency action plan. The emergency action plan requires that you have provisions...
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cbeckman98
- Feb 16, 2021
- 2 min
What is My Property Worth?
One of the most important decisions to be made concerning your property insurance is the values that you set for the insurance policy....
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cbeckman98
- Feb 9, 2021
- 2 min
Two Inch Drain Tests – Valuable Data on Your System’s Health
One of the most common ways that a property can lose sprinkler credits from insurance rating services is failure to perform routine...
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cbeckman98
- Feb 2, 2021
- 2 min
What is an EMR and why is it important?
The National Council of Compensation Insurance (NCCI) calculates the Experience Modification Rate (EMR) that is used in pricing your...
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cbeckman98
- Jan 26, 2021
- 3 min
Do you speak BASIC?
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) uses seven Behavior Analysis and Safety Improvement Categories—BASIC—to determine...
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cbeckman98
- Jan 19, 2021
- 2 min
Distracted Driving
Driving safely is a full-time job. Yet many believe the car is another place to do business, return calls and answer texts and questions....
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cbeckman98
- Jan 12, 2021
- 2 min
February is OSHA posting time!
OSHA requires that employers with 10 or more employee maintain records of serious work-related injuries and illnesses. Some low hazard...
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cbeckman98
- Jan 5, 2021
- 2 min
Ice Dams - A winter headache you can avoid!
Ice dams are most common in cold climates. They occur when heavy snow buildup melts during the day and then refreezes when temperatures...
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cbeckman98
- Dec 29, 2020
- 1 min
2021 is coming and our blog will be part of the new year
Driehaus Insurance Group is excited to launch our blog in 2021. We know that insurance is a critical part of your personal and business...
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cbeckman98
- Dec 8, 2020
- 2 min
Have You Updated Your Smoke Alarms?
Smoke detectors entered the codes in 1971. Smoke alarms were to be installed on the main floor of the residence. In the early 1980’s some...
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