Engulfment risks are some of the most overlooked hazards in agricultural operations. The most common types of engulfment hazards are in grain silos, where a worker can quickly become trapped and buried by a sudden flow of grain. But there are also a number of engulfment hazards besides grain silos. Workers can also be engulfed…
Construction firms are reeling from snowballing costs of building materials due to spiking demand and supply chain snarls that are resulting in massive budget cost overruns. This is especially affecting construction businesses that are managing apartment or commercial projects. These cost overruns are imperiling profits — and risking red ink — on the projects after…
Thank you to InterWest partner BBSI for inviting InterWest to volunteer with them at the Sacramento Food Bank on May 13th. InterWest’ s Jeff Keena, Ruth Elliott and Karen Esquibel worked side by side with more than 20 BBSI volunteers who showed up to assemble and fill 811 boxes of food to help ensure that…
InterWest’s Distinguished Employee: Liz Collodi Liz thinks on her feet. She takes appropriate action that is proactive rather than being reactive. She is flexible, confident and her calm nature makes her approachable. She has excellent relationships with staff, underwriters, and clients. Never was there a bond that Liz didn’t get to a client when they…
The IRS has announced significantly higher health savings account contribution limits for 2023, with the amount increasing more than 5% for individual HSA plans. The new limits were announced in conjunction with other changes, such as increases in the minimum deductibles and maximum out-of-pocket expenses for high-deductible health plans (HDHPs). The IRS also announced rises…
The Human Race Sonoma, organized by the Center for Volunteer & Nonprofit Leadership of Marin, is an opportunity for nonprofits to raise much needed funds to support the work they do. Making it happen on a Saturday morning are, Scott Pikey, Vic McKnight & Chet Laws (shown here with his wife Valerie) from InterWest’s Santa…
Cal/OSHA has issued new language that amends its current COVID-19 emergency temporary standard and pushes back the expiration date of the ETS until the end of the year. The extension of the ETS comes as Cal/OSHA pushes ahead on creating a permanent airborne infectious disease prevention standard for general industry, which is expected to be…
On May 3rd the Children’s’ Law Center (CLC) www.clccal.org hosted an event to kick off fundraising for the capital regions 10th annual Big Day of Giving on May 5th. The Plant with Purpose event, was held at Our Place in Old Sacramento. Tamra Alsberge with CLC & Karen Esquibel with InterWest Insurance were in attendance…
InterWest’s Distinguished Employee: Ashita Narayan Ashita is a “doer” and highly respected and liked by her peers. She has a quiet strength, is smart, sensible, efficient and always cool and collected under pressure and tight time frames. She is a hard worker with a huge capacity and extremely consistent & reliable. Brokers can count on…
Surprise bills and billing errors are driving growing dissatisfaction among Millennials and Gen Zers with their health insurance, a new study has found. HealthCare.com’s “2022 Medical Debt Survey” found that about one in four Gen Zers and Millennials with medical debt skipped rent or mortgage payments because of their debt. That’s compared with 21% for…