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03.07.12 WORKERS COMPENSATION AUDITS: The Good. The Bad. And The Ugly – Matthew Davis MBA, AAI

At GDI Insurance Agency, Inc., we have been inundated with countless new clients that are all suffering from similar – if not the same – issues regarding Workers’ Compensation Audits that have gone awry. We’ve found that the majority of these insurance customers with Audit Issues are located in and around the Turlock, CA area [...]

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10.06.11 Protecting Your Clients’ Business and Personal Information – By Nick Colbert GDI

Whether your business is a Fortune 500 company or a one-man show, data security needs to be a top priority. Small and medium-sized businesses are becoming more frequent victims of data breaches, whether through their own negligence or the efforts of a malicious attack. Unfortunately, it often takes the loss of hundreds of thousands of [...]

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08.24.11 PEOs: What to Ask and Think About – Matthew Davis

PEO BASICS & HOW THEY WORK Preferred Employer Organizations (PEOs) gained popularity through the 1990s and continue to be a popular alternative to many employers.  The idea behind a PEO is that small businesses can essentially pool themselves together to benefit from economies of scale usually reserved for much larger organizations (i.e. Payroll Services, Lower [...]

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07.18.11 E-Liability: What are YOUR Risks? (By: Matthew Davis)

Internet-related liabilities are present whether your company simply has e-mail or is actively involved in e-commerce. Do you have the appropriate coverage? Who Needs a Plan? — Almost EVERYONE! Assumptions have been made that a traditional comprehensive Commercial General Liability (CGL) policy will afford you coverage for business interruption, intellectual property damage and similar losses. And [...]

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07.13.11 EXTRA EXPENSE COVERAGE – Are You Covered in Case of a Business Interruption?

If a fire causes ’s your facility to be temporarily unusable, what would you do next? Ideally, you would move to a temporary location while your permanent place of business is being repaired. Yet, traditional Property Insurance does not cover this move or a loss of income when a business must temporarily close. With Business [...]

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07.13.11 Third Party Action Over Liability – Business & Home Owners Sued for Worker Injuries

 Many business and home owners assume that the employees of others are covered by workers compensation and that the workers compensation coverage protects them (the business/home owner) from liability should some else’s employee be injured. This assumption is NOT correct! Although California, like most states, has what is called an “exclusive remedy” rule which mandates [...]

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