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CNA CyberPrep Brochure
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CNA CyberPrep is available to all CNA cyber policyholders, providing them with a network of cybersecurity professionals and services to actively identify, mitigate and respond to their cyber risks.
CNA Surety's Capabilities and Offerings
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When you need a surety provider with capacity, experience and dedication to servicing a full range of bonding needs, we're ready.
Carefully Speaking®: New Models of Care: A Look at Five Aging Services Trends and Challenges
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This edition of Carefully Speaking ®focuses on five trends - from artificial intelligence (AI) to higher resident acuity levels, to shifting care and reimbursement models - that are shaping the aging services industry of the future.
Chains & Binders
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Safe and effective load securement starts with thorough pre-trip planning. Before you begin to secure your load ensure that your chains and binders are in good working condition and they meet the requirements for the load you plan to transport.
Client Intake and Proper Client Selection
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Client intake should never be dismissed as an unimportant but necessary task when taking on a new client. Creating a thorough client intake process is essential in order to establish a strong foundation for an attorney-client relationship whether the relationship lasts for weeks or years.
If lawyers seek to continue to practice law they must devote time and resources to instituting sound banking and trust accounting procedures and supervising the parties entrusted with the authority to handle client funds.
Artificial Intelligence: A Second Look at an Evolving Technology
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This edition of Vantage Point® takes a fresh look at AI applications in the healthcare industry, revisits data-related exposures, notes regulatory efforts intended to enhance data quality to minimize bias, and more.
Conflict of Interest Issues in Representing the Company/Employee
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Times arise particularly in litigation where a lawyer for an entity might find it useful to represent an employee or other constituent of the entity for some limited purpose. This dual representation of an entity and its constituent raises a number of practice issues.
Conflicts of Interest
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Conflicts of interest have constituted a leading cause of legal malpractice claims for years. Despite repeated warnings to lawyers and law firms about this risk they continue to engage in conflicts of interest.
This edition of inBrief® offers a self-assessment tool designed to assess compliance with basic continuity of care protocols and determine where improvement is needed.
Contractual Risks: Understanding Indemnification and Subrogation
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Via third-party contracts many healthcare organizations outsource a wide range of clinical, technical and administrative functions.
Counselor Liability Claim Report: 2nd Edition
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This report will help counselors enhance their practice and minimize professional liability exposure by identifying loss patterns and trends.
Counselor Spotlight: Boundaries
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This article focuses on risk recommendations regarding one of the most significant topics from the report: Boundaries. Counselors assume a position of trust and authority with theirclients frequently becoming familiar with the most intimate and sensitive aspects of their lives. These relationships
Equipment and Systems Outage
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Here are some tips to help your business reduce the risk of equipment problems at every stage: before an outage, during the outage and as you restore operations afterward.
Ergonomic Tips for Working Remotely
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When working remotely, it is important to ensure that your workspace is set up for optimal comfort and productivity. These suggestions can help you work outside the office safely and successfully.
Ergonomics Consulting Services
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Our team has the capabilities to serve as a resource for program development and provide collaborative consultation to develop effective solutions that address ergonomics risks.
Ergonomics Solutions for the Construction Trades
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Injury risk is managed proactively when work is designed with considerations for efficiency and employee capabilities. This results in a larger percentage of the workforce performing work tasks safely.
Ergonomics Tips for Fleet Safety
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Areas employers can focus on to enhance fleet driver safety and productivity.
Ergonomics for Manual Material Handling
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Strategies to help improve common workplace material handling tasks.
Evolving Models of Care: New Delivery Methods Present New Risks
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This edition of Vantage Point® identifies the elements of new healthcare delivery methods, describes the benefits and risks of these innovations, and suggests strategies designed to protect patients/residents and reduce liability exposure.
Extreme Weather Events: Take Steps Now to Address a Growing Risk
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This edition of CNA's AllertBulletinAlertBulletin® explains as the earth's climate becomes less stable, weather-related disasters proliferate and consequent risk exposures increase for all types of healthcare facilities.
Fall Prevention Guide
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Take steps to reduce fall exposures and associated costs.
For Your Eyes Only: Securing Lawyer-Client Communications
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While acceptable response times were once measured in days modern communication channels have clients counting the hours or even minutes since they sent their email or text. File sharing also has accelerated with clients able to review revise and approve documents instantly.
Geriatric Psychiatric Units: Six Keys to Safe and Efficient Care
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One quarter of residents admitted to aging services settings have a primary diagnosis of schizophrenia bipolar disorder depression or anxiety disorder and a significantly higher proportion exhibit some degree of dementia or memory loss.
Hailstorms: Protecting People and Property
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Review this guide to learn how to prepare for hailstorms.
Healthcare Capabilities Brochure
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The Healthcare Capabilities Brochure provides an overview of CNA's tailored coverages for aging services, allied healthcare facilities, physicians and more.
Healthcare Claims Capabilities
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CNA's Healthcare Claims professionals use experience from the medical and legal professions to provide superior technical expertise and outstanding customer service.
Healthcare Risk Exposures Infographic
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CNA has developed this infographic to display top claim allegations in the healthcare industry and how these risk exposures can be mitigated.
This edition of Vantage Point® list common types of acquired infections and discusses the four cornerstones of an effective infection control program.
Heating System Pre-Season Maintenance and Inspection
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In order to have a safe and reliable heating system, pre-season maintenance and inspection should be completed every year by trained and licensed professionals.
Hired and Non-Owned Auto Exposures
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An employee using their personal vehicle or hired (rental) vehicle to conduct business activities for their employer under the approval and/or knowledge of the employer constitutes H/NOA exposure.
Home Healthcare: Common Exposures and Effective Mitigations
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This edition of Vantage Point offers various risk management suggestions for home healthcare providers, ranging from practice guidelines to hazard assessment procedures to security measures for both patients/residents and caregivers.
Homeless Patients: Meeting the Needs of a Vulnerable Population
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According to a recent estimate about 600000 Americans are homeless on a nightly basis. This population suffers from a variety of disadvantages both medical and social. The unhoused are more susceptible than others to chronic disease mental illness and substance abuse.
Hospital Discharge: Revamping Processes, Reducing Readmissions
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This edition of Vantage Point® offers a range of measures to retool the hospital discharge planning process and increase awareness of post-discharge care directives.
Hot Work
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The purpose of a hot work program is to ensure appropriate safeguards are in place to prevent a fire from non-routine work involving open flames, sparks or heat.
Hot Work - Spanish
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This version of the guide is in Spanish. The purpose of a hot work program is to ensure appropriate safeguards are in place to prevent a fire from non-routine work involving open flames, sparks or heat.
CNA's Alert Bulletin discusses strategies for how organizations can transform their current rounding program into a powerful quality improvement and risk control tool.
Housekeeping on the Job
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In English - A messy work environment can be an very unsafe place for employees. Download and learn how to keep your work environment clean and organized while minimizing potential employee accidents.
Residents with Serious Mental Illness: Addressing Common Risks
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This month's Carefully Speaking® outlines strategies that can help administrators enhance quality of care, reduce liability exposure, and help mental health residents achieve a more secure and stable existence.
This edition of In Practice with CNA...® emphasizes the importance of evaluating one's options and purchasing appropriate tail coverage before, and not after an attorney retires, changes firms and/or switches insurance carriers.
This edition of In Practice...with CNA® discusses why law firms need to be aware of the types of conflicts that most often lead to disqualification and the types of attorneys who may be affected.
This month's InBrief® is designed to help owners of medispas and aesthetic practices, as well as associated providers, address major risk factors and consistently deliver safe, high-quality care.
Office Sharing and Professional Responsibility
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This edition of In Practice...with CNA® discusses professional responsibility concerns that lawyers endure when sharing an office space and how to take necessary precautions when in this space.
Serious Adverse Events: Creating a Sound Crisis Response Plan
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This edition of AlertBulletin(r) focuses on the essential elements of serious adverse event crisis management.
The Importance of Incident Response Planning: A Cyber Risk Control Perspective for Law Firms
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Having a well-documented Incident Response Plan can greatly mitigate exposure in the event of a cyberattack.
This Professional Counsel® explores the ethical concerns associated with lawyers charging success fees by examining a lawyer's obligations under the American Bar Association's Model Rules of Professional Conduct.
Risk Control Learning Modules
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Small Business Insurance Solutions for Lawyers
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As the nation's top provider of Lawyers Professional Liability coverage, we offer real and relevant coverage options beyond what is typical on a standard industry business owner's policy.
Small Business Insurance Solutions for Management Consultants
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As more companies worldwide turn to management consultants and opportunities emerge in a variety of industries, CNA’s experienced professionals can provide tailored coverage solutions to address unique and evolving needs.
Patient/Client Portals: Maximizing Benefits, Minimizing Risks
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This month's InBrief® highlights the many benefits and efficiencies of portal use, notes common risks, and recommends practical strategies to protect patient/client confidentiality and ensuree that portals are used safely, properly and efficiently.