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May 13, 2021
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When Baby Boomers Retire: Are you Ready for the Insurance Knowledge Gap?
Join Cassie Young, Workforce Development Director at Big I Kentucky, and Gary Barber, Owner and Insurance Training Facilitator at Barber Insurance Navigation, as they discuss the challenge of educating those who are new to the insurance industry as older generations of insurance professionals begin to leave the workforce.
Ransomware Attack on Colonial Again Shows U.S. Ignores Warning After Warning
The ransomware attack that shut down the nation’s biggest fuel pipeline prompted an all-too-familiar question in the corridors of power in Washington and boardrooms across the country: Can anyone stop debilitating hacks?

The assault on Colonial Pipeline Co. last week was a particular affront. Not only did it disrupt fuel distribution on the East Coast, but it also followed an effort by the Biden administration to act against cybercrime — especially ransomware, where criminals remotely disable a computer system and demand payment. Colonial was hit on day 37 of a 60-day push by the Department of Homeland Security to confront such attacks.


Source: Insurance Journal
Overtime, Flexibility, Automation Among Challenges in Pandemic Labor Reshuffle
If the coronavirus pandemic produced its own brand of anxiety for American workers trying to stay healthy while balancing job and family demands, the coming return to “normal” will pose a new set of challenges.

Like whether to first try to claw back all the free hours of labor donated to companies during the crisis, or shift to a “future-proof” occupation to insure against the next one, or figure out how to compete with the robots being deployed more widely because of the pandemic.


Source: Insurance Journal
What Coronavirus Restrictions and Rules are Still Active in Kentucky?
The state still has a mask mandate in place, which means Kentuckians need to wear a face-covering while indoors at public facilities and outdoors when in crowds of more than 1,000. 

In April, Gov. Andy Beshear loosened the mandate and the state no longer requires people to wear masks at events with 1,000 or fewer people. 


Source: Courier Journal
You're a Family-Run Agency but Are You a Family-Friendly Agency?
With children unable to attend in-person school, working parents have been charged this past year with overseeing their children's education through a constantly changing patchwork of in-person, virtual and asynchronous days, while also working 9 to 5. Meanwhile, parents with daycare-aged children have been faced with an altogether different struggle, juggling work time with childcare.

However, work still had to be done, deals had to be closed and deadlines had to be met. For many parents, the pressure has been too much. As work, family and more converged into the confines of a Zoom call, many caregivers have turned to their employers for support, providing a reminder that when there is no childcare infrastructure, employers and managers wind up being indirectly responsible for helping to support their coworkers' ability to work.


Source: IIABA
EKU RMI Golf Outing
The Eastern Kentucky University Risk Management and Insurance Department is hosting a golf outing on Monday, August 30, 2021 at The University Club at Arlington.

Register before June 15, 2021 for the early bird discount!
Sponsorships are also available.
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