WGA InsureBlog

Experts from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) predict a busier than usual storm season for 2010 and there are reports that show unsettling similarities to the 2005 season which produced 28 named storms including Hurricane Katrina. WGA’s Bruce MacDougall talks about being prepared for the 2010 storm season.

For more information on being prepared, see WGA’s Claims Bulletin.

There was an article in the New York Times recently focused on one aspect of national reform, the push for more graduates to become primary care physicians. Pete Reilly of WGA’s Healthcare Practice takes a look down the road to the potential impact this will have on insurance rates for healthcare providers and the influence it could have on the increased use of electronic medical records.

Legislation on both the federal and state levels, has many of corporate insurance buyers feeling anxious about security and privacy. This installment of “Ask the Experts” takes a look at the coverages available and questions to ask when analyzing these coverages.

The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (known as the “HITECH” Act), enacted as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, substantial expands the HIPAA privacy and security rules. A recent survey conducted with the readers of Modern Healthcare found that privacy is a big concern with several key changes in healthcare information privacy laws of the act. This installment of “Ask the Experts” takes a look at risk management issues regarding this issue within healthcare operations.

A Group Excess Liability program is a master umbrella policy issued to the sponsoring organization or employer that provides additional coverage to participants.

For months I have worried that the battle over health reform would devolve into a partisan and political battle, pitting ideologies against one another, all the while losing sight of the larger goal. President Obama campaigned on a promise of reducing health care premiums by $2,500 for every family in America. That message appears lost in the bills working their way through Congress. Read more…

We are finding more companies at risk of being dragged down by a single source supplier or other entity that is struck by a unforseen diasaster.  Ken Hoggins, WGA’s Property expert, explains why a close examination of all the viable parts of a company’s supply chain is crucial to managing risk; risks that not only your own company faces, but those risks that impact the interconnected chain needed to maintain your production and revenues.