worker's comp Posts

If you’re injured at work, the first step to getting workers’ compensation to cover the associated costs is to report your injury to your supervisor. Try to do this as soon as possible after it happens. Companies can be skeptical of the legitimacy of your claim if you wait too long to let them know what happened. Plus, the sooner you report it, the sooner you can start getting benefits.

Finding new clients in the competitive market of workers’ compensation insurance can be challenging. But just like other sales jobs (and really, being an insurance agent is essentially a sales job), it’s all about relationships.

At Normandy Insurance, we understand how difficult it can be to stay one step ahead of your clients, so we are now offering a monthly blog post to lay out all that you should do in February to be the best insurance agent you can be.

Thousands of people are injured every year in workplace accidents. Some are relatively minor, but others are more severe and could lead to life-altering disabilities. If someone is injured at your place of business, do you know how to handle the situation correctly?

You can avoid the stress associated with an extended absence by cross-training your workers. If you teach Worker A to do Worker B’s job, and vice versa, not only does that give your staff more skills (which improves their value within the company), this can rescue productivity when someone is absent, or when an employee has an injury that no longer allows them to perform the job for which they were hired.

The beginning of a new year is a great time to reflect on what went well and not so well in the preceding year. Individuals do it, and so should businesses. It’s a good time to examine some of the mistakes we’ve made and learn from them. It’s also a good time to create some goals to help your business grow and, in turn, increase success. Here are five suggestions for resolutions you may want to adopt for your business in the New Year.

The rise of company-sponsored wellness programs is well documented in magazines and social media, alongside photos of the coolest and most unusual office spaces. While these might seem like ways of getting publicity, for many employers, investing in their workers and their lifestyle, elicits handsome returns.

Most employers don’t think of a cubicle as hazardous, for example, but non-physical occupations can spell d-a-n-g-e-r overnight. Here are the risks concerning employees’ health in the office and the areas of focus that can save time and money.