Category: Commercial Lines

Understanding Workers’ Compensation: What It Covers and How It Protects Your Busi...

Workers’ compensation, or “workers’ comp,” provides benefits to employees injured or ill due to a work-related incident. It covers medical costs, healthcare benefits, lost wages, disability pay and retraining. While mandated by state governments, requirements vary by state.   What […]

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AI’s Growing Influence on the Workplace

The Growing Adoption of AI in the Workplace Since the launch of ChatGPT, AI has seen widespread adoption, becoming accessible to anyone interested in exploring its capabilities. As a tool, ChatGPT, or competitors like Google Gemini and Microsoft Copilot, can […]

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Growing Need for Flood Insurance Across the U.S.

As development expands into flood-prone areas, the gap in flood insurance coverage continues to widen. This has led to a significant rise in the number of uninsured homes and businesses, putting many at risk of severe financial loss from flooding. […]

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Selecting the Right Commercial Property Insurance

The commercial property insurance market has faced rising premiums since 2017. These challenging market conditions are primarily the result of natural disasters, inflation issues and an increasingly volatile property valuation landscape. Losses stemming from these trends have forced commercial property […]

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Water, Water Everywhere…Benefits of an Automatic Water Shut-Off System

If you have ever had the misfortune of unwanted water in your home or business, the line “Water, water, everywhere, nor any drop to drink”, by Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s poem, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner is relatable. Despite being […]

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Cybersecurity Myths

Cybersecurity is about protecting your business operating systems, proprietary and client data and your companies’ digital assets from cyber threats. These breaches can lead to theft of information, money and disrupt your businesses’ operations. Given the heavy reliance most of […]

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Weather as it Relates to Increasing Property Insurance Premiums

Weather patterns and their impact on insurance premiums are intricately linked. Below is a breakdown of various types of weather and climate events that affect the United Sates as a whole when it comes to weather related insurance claims.   […]

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Home Insurance Premium Savings – Leak Detection Devices

Our team at Robertson Ryan Insurance have a shared goal with you to provide a strong personal insurance program and to keep premiums reasonable. There is no shortage of gadgets out there to make life easier, examples include smart home […]

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The Insurance Market Cycle: Hard Versus Soft Markets

The commercial insurance market is cyclical in nature, fluctuating between hard and soft markets. These cycles affect the availability, terms and price of commercial insurance, so it’s helpful to know what to expect in both a hard and soft insurance […]

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OSHA’s 2023 Top 10 Violations

OSHA’s preliminary data of the top 10 most frequently cited standards in the 2023 fiscal year have been released. Because this information applies to all businesses, we are highlighting their findings to help you identify common areas where risk can […]

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Insurance Market Conditions

It is our shared goal at Robertson Ryan Insurance to keep you up-to-date on the current state of the insurance market and how this may impact your coverages or rates for upcoming renewals. We’re currently experiencing what is referred to […]

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OSHA Expands Injury and Illness Submission Requirements for Employers in High-hazard In...

On July 17, 2023, OSHA announced a final rule that will require certain employers in designated high-hazard industries to electronically submit additional injury and illness information than what is currently required but employers are already required to keep. The final rule […]

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