On June 13th, King Arthur Flour, Inc. voluntarily recalled around 14,000 five-pound bags of unbleached flour due to potential E. coli contamination after being notified by their supplier certain wheat used to make their flour... read more...
Don’t Let Potential Profits Float Away
As reported by NBC News, a global helium shortage is causing Party City, the New Jersey-based party supply company, to shutter around 45 stores in locations throughout the nation, citing a short supply of helium... read more...
What’s a Landlord to Do?
Changes may be on the horizon to many state-sponsored rent-control measures, which if they become law, will certainly have an impact on business owners who are landlords with rental property holdings in those states. According... read more...
Waiting…and Waiting….. for that Delivery
Over the past week, there has been growing concern over the traffic back-ups and delayed wait times for commercial shipping and logistics companies’ along the 2000 mile long US-Mexico border. According to the Wall Street... read more...
Rain, Rain Go Away!
As recently published in the Wall Street Journal, according to early estimates from state and industry officials, Nebraska’s agricultural sector could be facing nearly a billion dollars in damage and losses after a blizzard and... read more...
Proposed Government Regulations Affect the Corner Store
This week the FDA, as reported in the Wall Street Journal, issued proposed restrictions estimated to be finalized over the next few months, which effectively would ban convenience stores and gas stations from selling flavored... read more...
Uber and Lyft Form Captives in Hawaii As Part of Their Risk Management Strategy
The leading firms of the Ridesharing industry, Uber and Lyft, are utilizing Hawaiian-based captive insurance companies as part of their risk management strategy. Hawaiian public records show that Pacific Valley Insurance, a captive registered in... read more
Oxford’s Own Susan Euteneuer Elected to the Board of SIIA
Susan Euteneuer, Oxford’s General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer, has been appointed to the Self-Insurance Institute of America’s Captive Insurance Committee. SIIA is the national association for protecting and promoting self-insurance and alternative risk transfer. ... read more...