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Workplace Violence and Active Shooter Preparedness For Restaurants & Hospitality Businesses
With over 300 mass shootings so far already across the United States in 2022, these tragic incidents have brought to light the reality that restaurants and all hospitality businesses need to be aware of to protect their employees from workplace violence. Restaurant workers have been...
A Recipe for Success Through a Hard Insurance Market for Hospitality...
The continuing effects of COVID-19 dominated the hospitality industry over the last several years and these challenges have also had a major impact on risk management and insurance. Owners and operators of bars, restaurants, hotels, and associated businesses can become more resilient...
Steps To Avoid Costly Hospitality Employment-Related Lawsuits
From discrimination to wrongful termination, employment practice claims can carry a heavy price tag when businesses fail to have the right risk management procedures and insurance coverage in place. It’s impossible to prevent all lawsuits. However, you can take mitigating steps to reduce your business’ risk...
Voluntary Benefits: The Missing Ingredient in Hospitality Talent Attraction & Retention
Employee retention is a serious issue that employers in the hospitality and food service industry are facing today and as businesses recover from impacts of the pandemic, labor shortages still threaten the progress. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the industry has an annual...
Hospitality Delivery Service: Trends, Opportunities & Challenges
After seeing a substantial uptick in new delivery and carry-out services since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, this has been a lifeline for many restaurants to continue serving customers, keep employees working, and perpetuate a revenue stream. As such, the introduction of third-party delivery services...
Preventing Food Allergy Risks & Liability Exposures
Severe allergic reactions of all kinds happen quickly and can be life-threatening and with an estimated one in ten adults with a food allergy in the United States, food allergy related negligence can be a dangerous and costly mistake for hospitality businesses...
Safeguarding Your Restaurant From Common Cyber Security Attacks
The hospitality industry, like others, have had to reinvent themselves since the start of the pandemic. Pushing businesses towards a model where an essential point of contact with consumers is online, these changes have resulted in the development of new websites, mobile apps...
Hospitality Business Winter Weather Preparedness & Protection
While still dealing with pandemic related challenges, this winter may bring an additional layer of unwelcomed obstacles and losses for the hospitality industry. According to the Insurance Information Institute (III), winter storms caused $1.1 billion in insured losses in 2020. In the first half of 2021, winter storms caused...
