Amerisure Insights Blog

The Road to Recovery: What To Do When a Loss Occurs

In the wake of a natural disaster, you want to get your business up and running as soon as possible. During these stressful times, Amerisure Insurance partners with your agency throughout the claim process. Our valued agencies are here to advocate for your business and collaborate with us to ensure the claim goes smoothly.

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Telematics Can Help Reduce Accidents and Improve Fleet Efficiency

Imagine being able to reduce your company’s vehicle accident rate by as much as 50% through GPS technology. That’s what Amerisure policyholders participating in a pilot program have experienced as a result of telematics.

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OSHA to Post Employer-Specific Safety Data

For the first time, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) will publicly disclose establishment-specific injury and illness data from certain employers (see Table, below). Under a new rule that took effect January 1, employers must submit some data electronically so OSHA can post it on its website.

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Silica Standard Raises Bar on Construction Industry Safety

A new federal safety standard on worker exposure to silica dust will have major implications for the construction industry.

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OSHA Final Rule Targeted to Improve Tracking of Injuries and Illnesses The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recently issued a final rule which makes a slight change to their requirement around recording and submitting records when a worker is injured or suffers an illness at the workplace.  Read More

Drones: Flying High and Growing Fast Like many disruptive technologies, drones were initially thought of as anything from an amusing diversion to an annoying threat to the status quo. Now, however, drones are being talked about as possibly the insurance industry’s next game changer. Read More

Managing Your Employees’ Chronic Pain…and Your Bottom Line Managing chronic pain can be a real challenge for both an employer as well as the employee. Conscientious employees want to get better and back to work but are often fearful of overmedicating. At the same time, responsible employers want to demonstrate the proper level of concern without appearing to be interfering with prescribed treatment. Read More

What is "Construction Defect" and Why All the Fuss? Construction Defect is a two-word phrase that has taken on a life of its own over the past 20 years. To be clear, construction defect claims have existed ever since construction projects began, but the construction boom of the 1990's dramatically increased the amount of construction defect claims that made their way into the courts. So what is construction defect and why all the fuss? Read More

Building on Disaster: Four Construction Accidents that Shook the World For as long as people have been dreaming and building, the construction industry has also been fraught with peril for anyone unlucky enough to be caught in the wrong place at the wrong time.  Read More

A Focus on Posture Can Improve Worker Health and Safety For employees today, many repetitive tasks and bad behaviors can be just as risky on the job as working from heights, and that can add up to workers' compensation insurance claims and added expenses. Read More