Business Safety, Tips, Resources Archive
Playground safety (03/25/2025)
Playground accidents injure hundreds of thousands of kids each year. This article offers some preliminary guidelines for keeping them safe.
Managing cyber risks (01/31/2025)
Data breaches are a growing problem for businesses. Your business needs a strategy for keeping hackers at bay and recovering from their incursions when you can’t.
Making your woodworking business safe (01/09/2025)
To help woodworking businesses make their facilities safe, Grinnell Mutual compiled an overview of the regulations and safety codes.
Commercial kitchen fire safety (01/09/2025)
Things can get pretty hot in a commercial kitchen. Careful planning will help ensure that heat doesn’t lead to an actual fire.
Business insurance terms explained (12/29/2024)
Want to better understand the insurance definitions, terms, and coverages for your business' insurance policy? We can help answer questions you may have about insurance terminology.
Avoid injury at work (12/18/2024)
Not everyone has a 9-to-5 desk job. A lot of jobs require hard physical labor — lifting, standing, bending, and climbing. Learn how to protect yourself if you’re doing more than shuffling paperwork.
The importance of leak sensors (12/16/2024)
Wireless (Wi-Fi) or cellular (device to device) sensor systems protect buildings and contents through remote monitoring, allowing quick action in the event of a leak.
Fireproof your business (12/15/2024)
There’s more than one kind of fire. Make sure you know what varieties there are, and how to protect your business against them.
Employment practices liability (12/02/2024)
Too often, business insurance policies will shield your business from a range of losses, but leave you unprotected in the event of an employment lawsuit. Employment practices liability insurance (EPLI) will make sure you’re covered.
Business Continuity Planning (12/02/2024)
Business disruptions can cost serious money, or even result in your company’s doors closing for good. If you want to avoid this kind of trouble, you need a business continuity plan (BCP).
Keeping your business’s workshop warm (11/07/2024)
Here are a few things to consider as you install a safe and effective heating system in your workshop.
What to do if your business has been hacked (10/30/2024)
If you’re a business owner, it’s scary to find you’ve been hacked. What’s your next move after a cyberattack?
Equipment Breakdown Insurance (10/26/2024)
What is Equipment Breakdown Insurance? This type of insurance covers loss stemming from mechanical or electrical breakdown of nearly all the machinery your business uses, from laptop computers to backhoes, and beyond.
Commercial Umbrella insurance (10/25/2024)
A business or commercial umbrella policy will cover claims — either single claims or multiple smaller claims for a single incident — that are beyond the limits of your underlying liability policies.
Return to Work Program (05/20/2024)
A return-to-work program can help employees preserve their earning capacity after injury and can help your business preserve its bottom line.
Retail violence (04/29/2024)
Violence in retail spaces is a growing problem. There are things you can do to make your business, your employees and yourself safer.
Keeping your workplace OSHA compliant (04/19/2024)
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) protects worker safety with an extensive list of protective measures. It’s important that you know what measures apply to your business, and how to keep track of your compliance.
Insuring your fleet (10/25/2023)
Insuring a fleet of vehicles is more involved than insuring your personal car or truck. We’ve provided a thumbnail guide.
Workplace safety (07/18/2023)
Here are a few things you should know about on-the-job risks and ways you can mitigate them.
Cyber Liability and Data Breach Response Insurance (03/15/2017)
The price is high when it comes to cyber fraud. Grinnell Mutual Cyber Liability and Data Breach response insurance can save your business and your reputation.