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Communicating with care: Supporting patient comfort during exams while maintaining boundaries
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Communicating with care: Supporting patient comfort during exams while maintaining boundar …
It’s among the most vulnerable, yet often routine situations a person faces: a physical exam with a clinician. In most instances, a clinician’s professionalism and respect for boundaries — instilled through years of education, licensing, and medical …
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Where there’s smoke: How plan sponsors can guard against tobacco surcharge litigation
For organizations that offer wellness programs to their workforce, there’s been increased scrutiny over how employees who smoke or use other tobacco products are treated under those programs. Tobacco surcharges – which impose higher premiums on emplo …
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Ahead of another hot summer, employers should plan to protect workers from heat
Employers in the United States should prepare for another hotter-than-average summer in 2026. AccuWeather forecasts that nearly the entire contiguous United States will sweat out average temperatures this year that exceed historical averages from Ju …
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The Return of “Super El Niño”: A potential risk amplifier to watch carefully
With summer's arrival, a familiar climate phenomenon is quietly gaining strength in the Pacific. Ocean temperatures are already flirting with record highs, and forecasters are warning that we may be heading toward a rare “Super El Niño”—one of the st …
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A highway crash and a Supreme Court decision lead to higher risks for freight brokers
In 2017, a speeding truck carrying a load of plastic pots slammed into a tractor-trailer parked on the side of an Illinois highway. A man inside the parked tractor-trailer — Shawn Montgomery — suffered severe injuries, including an amputated leg. I …
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Ensuring resilience as wildfires risks persist
In 2025, wildfires in Southern California destroyed more than 16,000 homes and businesses and cost insurers billions of dollars. So far, 2026 has not produced a singular wildfire event as large as last year’s California fires, and many smaller fires …
