InterWest’s Distinguished Employee: Amanda Beaver Amanda received a promotion to Financial Analyst, which she managed with her inherent qualities of resilience and tenacity. Her dedication to learning and knowledge building strengthens and advances her department and InterWest. She possesses the valuable qualities that endure year after year.
With about 75% of employees in the U.S. using their own devices for work communications and productivity, businesses must implement safeguards to avoid company data from being compromised should a device be stolen, hacked or contract a virus. The BYOD (bring your own device) trend has grown as many employees have eschewed company-issued mobile devices,…
With confrontations between angry customers and employees just trying to do their jobs increasing during the COVID-19 pandemic, employers need to make sure they have policies in place to protect workers who are confronted. As well, many customer-facing companies — mainly retailers, restaurants, retail printers and entertainment venues — have seen an uptick in customers…
On September 23rd, the Sacramento Business Journal hosted an awards ceremony to celebrate the individuals and companies making a difference in the Capital City. InterWest was recognized with a Corporate Citizenship Award in the Youth Enrichment category for our partnership with Improve Your Tomorrow, a nonprofit that helps young men of color attend and graduate…
Many parents get a big surprise when they find out that their health insurance won’t cover their kids when they go off to college, particularly if they are out of state. The problem is that the health plan they may get through work may not have networks in the area or region. If your child…
Employers are being hit with a wave of COVID-19-related employment lawsuits, which is starting to have an effect on employment practices liability insurance (EPLI) rates and coverages. A tally by the law firm of Fisher Phillips found that as of August 2021 there had been 2,950 COVID-19-related employment lawsuits filed in the U.S. Most of…
The Biden administration has announced plans to require businesses with 100 or more employees to require their workers to be vaccinated for COVID-19 or be tested for the coronavirus on a weekly basis. The order is part of a sweeping six-part “Path Out of the Pandemic” plan, which focuses on expanding vaccinations, opening schools safely,…
InterWest’s Distinguished Employee: Veronika Saporito Roni provides valuable, impeccable service to her clients. She is admired and sets a good example in that she is conscientious, professional and willing stand up for what she feels is the right action in any situation. She does not back down from a challenge and is a good problem…
One of the most effective ways to generate more sales for your agency is to cross-sell to your existing clients. If you haven’t tapped your current book of business to sell additional policies they need, you could be missing out on an easy sale. After all, once you have them as a client, and develop…
In courtrooms all over the country, battles are occurring between businesses who endured COVID-19-related shutdowns and insurance companies who believe they are not obligated to reimburse them for their losses. According to the Covid Insurance Litigation Tracker from the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, more than 1,800 lawsuits have been filed in state and…