Hot Weather Warnings
Manish Handa2020-09-08T17:47:47-04:00Are you ready for the summer heat? Hot weather brings more than just sunburns and lemonade cravings: it can set the stage for sudden and severe events that threaten your [...]
Tips for a safe workplace summer party
Federated Insurance2021-03-25T09:13:52-04:00Bar and restaurant owners can face lawsuits if their customers become intoxicated and damage property, injure themselves or hurt others. Many people, however, are unaware that this liability applies to [...]
Food trends for restaurants and the risks they come with
This past January, Restaurants Canada conducted their annual survey to find out what the hottest food trends in the restaurant industry are for 2017. They surveyed more than 560 chefs [...]
Tips for restaurants: fire prevention
In a previous blog article, we looked at common insurance claims we’ve seen from restaurant owners and provided some helpful risk prevention tips to avoid those claims. With fire [...]
Auto dealership risk management tips
Thefts from auto dealerships occur frequently in both urban and rural areas in Canada. Just recently, two teens were charged for stealing vehicles from an auto dealership in Manitoba. Dealerships [...]
Tire dealer liability: risk management tips
When customers visit your business, they expect you to service their vehicles and return them in safe working order. Despite your best efforts, accidents can still happen. Tire dealer liability [...]
A restaurant inspection checklist you can rely on
According to Health Canada, about half of foodborne illness in Canada is linked to eating in restaurants. To decrease this number, all food establishments are subject to health and [...]
5 Types of water damage and how to prevent them
The good news is the holidays are just around the corner. The not-so-good news is that it’s also the start of the winter season and the time when melting snow [...]
BYOD: Protecting yourself when employees use their own devices for business
The current trend to Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) allows employees the benefit of using their personal mobile devices to conduct work, and employers the opportunity to communicate with them [...]
Fall property maintenance: Have you tuned up your heating system yet?
Last week, we shared some tips on how you can inspect your roof to ensure that it’s ready for the start of the fall season. In today’s blog post, we’ll [...]
5 Ways to protect your property from wildfires
The dry, hot weather means an increasing danger of wildfires. These destructive wraths of nature can make your home vulnerable to damage, as we saw this summer in British Columbia. [...]
Don’t let your ATM be a target for thieves
With more than 1.5 million Automatic Teller Machines (ATMs) around the world, ATMs are popular target items for thieves, who can steal from customers using the machine, and in some [...]
