Author: Clark Insurance

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text] In the last couple of weeks, some aspect of your current lifestyle has gone through yet another round of new findings to spare you from disease. Don’t eat sugar. Processed meat causes cancer. Red meat could possibly cause cancer. Seriously?!? Well, yes. What...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text] John Traynor, Chief Investment Officer at People’s United Bank Wealth Management, seems optimistic for the growth of the New England economy. In his outlook for 2016, he recently told members of Corporate Partners at the University of Southern Maine that key economic indicators...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text] Despite tepid growth in the region’s economy, many employers are finding it a challenge to recruit willing and qualified employees. Many applicants lack skills while others may be challenged by personal circumstances such as day care or transportation that make it hard to...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text] Many of the most frequent and costly insurance claims for businesses are winter-related accidents. With more frequent cold weather, property owners need to take steps now to avoid injuries as well as property and liability claims. Here are a number hazards to avoid...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text] The deluge that visited parts of New England this past week left a lot of water-damaged buildings and cars in its wake. The first call many owners made was to their insurance agent to report a claim. Sadly, some of those conversations ended...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text] Here’s a big change that will require some work. If implemented as proposed, most employees earning between $23,600 ($455/week) and $50,440 ($970/week) will be eligible for overtime wages under new soon-to-be enacted regulations. This change in the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) will...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text] Do you love traveling for your vacation? When going to a new place, you pull out maps, read the travel guides and you ask well-travelled friends for tips. For vacations, we tend to plan and save. Well, maybe it’s time to think of...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text] Not “knowing” is not only a risk but also is a huge and unproductive source of anxiety. Whether it’s personal or in business, not “knowing” impacts our emotions, performance and our behavior. On a personal level, lack of knowledge strikes fear into our...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text] In 2008, the University of Southern Maine introduced a new program called Risk Management & Insurance (RMI), an industry-funded initiative spearheaded by Ken Ross, a USM graduate and now the chair of the board of directors of Clark Insurance . The new academic...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text] Oz was a fantastical place of Munchkins, Wizards and talking scarecrows. However, after a Kansas house dropped on the Wicked Witch of the East, her sister threatened “I’ll get you, my pretty,” and soon sent her monkeys aloft to retrieve Dorothy and her...