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10 Ways To Deter Shoplifting At Your Retail Store
Shoplifting is one of the oldest problems we face as a society. According to Wikipedia, stealing more than five shillings worth of goods was a crime punishable by death under the Shoplifting Act of...
Legal Issues When Selling a Home with Tenants
Although selling a home is an everyday occurrence, it can involve several complicated steps. Add tenants into the mix, however, and it becomes a tall order. Aside from their emotional needs and the...
Risk Management for Real Estate Firms: How to Comply with the Fair Housing Act
Could you be accused of discrimination? The Fair Housing Act prohibits discrimination against people engaging in housing-related activities, including renting or buying a home. In addition to the...
Safe Food Handling in Grocery Stores
Food poisoning can ruin any meal. It can also ruin your store’s reputation. Risks can arise during every process, from receiving food from vendors to selling it to customers. Deli cases also can be...
Real Estate Professional Liability Exposures: Selling a Home with Leased Equipment
Home improvement projects typically add value to a home, but this isn’t always the case. Some additions may adversely affect the sales price. This is especially true when leased equipment is...
Real Estate Professional Liability: Should You Share Flood Risk Assessments?
When it comes to flood risk, what homeowners don’t know can absolutely hurt them. A single flooding event can cause significant damage, but many homeowners don’t understand the risks. New flood maps...
Sued for Slip and Fall Liability? Meticulous Sweep Logs May Help
What happens if there are coffee beans spilled in your aisle and a customer slips and falls and sues you for negligence? Are you guilty if you didn’t know the coffee beans were there? Unfortunately,...
Real Estate Cyber Risk: A Growing Threat
Real estate firms are going digital – and taking on new risks. Online communication, virtual showings and other digital tools have created new opportunities, added convenience and enabled work to...
Floral Department Safety Tips
A bouquet of flowers can brighten any day, but floral displays can also introduce dangerous hazards if proper care isn’t taken. Both slip-and-fall and trip-and-fall incidents can occur as a result...
Grocery Stores, Work Comp and COVID-19: What Your Store Leaders Need to Know
We’re living in a world none of us could have imagined just a few short months ago. For your grocery store employees working on the front lines, it’s been especially stressful. They can’t work from...
Professional Liability Exposures for Real Estate Brokers
As a real estate broker, you have big responsibilities and when things go wrong, the consequences can be significant. To avoid professional liability claims, beware of these common exposures. Breach...
Real Estate Industry Risk Management: Tips to Manage COVID-19 Exposures
COVID-19 may be a threat for the foreseeable future. As a result, we must find ways to adapt to this new normal. For real estate brokerage firms, this means taking steps to protect brokers and...
How Does Cyber Liability Insurance Work?
Like many businesses, your firm uses computers, a network, and portable devices to send, receive or store electronic data. Such data includes client communication, billing, confidential personal and...
Cyber Liability, Crime & Advertising Injury – What does it mean?
Recently there have been a lot of questions surrounding Cyber coverage and confusion about three areas of insurance coverage and exposures: Crime, Cyber Liability and Personal/Advertising Liability....
10 Cyber Security Resolutions to Reduce Your Data Exposures
Cyber security threats and trends can change year over year as technology continues to advance at alarming speeds. As such, it’s critical for organizations to reassess their data protection...
Riskpoint Insurance Advisors, Llc Included In Iiaba’s Best Practices Study
LAKE OSWEGO, OR, OCTOBER 26, 2018 – RiskPoint Insurance Advisors, LLC is proud to announce we have been selected to be part of an elite group of independent insurance agencies around the United...
