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Making cybersecurity a critical priority for public entities

As October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month, it’s a great time to raise awareness, engage leadership and implement essential cybersecurity best practices to focus on the vulnerabilities or weaknesses in systems, applications, networks or organizational processes that could be exploited by attackers. A single breach can compromise sensitive data, disrupt operations and erode public trust. Strengthening cybersecurity in Florida’s public entities

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Preferred Partner Spotlight: Viviane Ruiz

In this installment of Preferred’s Partner Spotlight, we feature Viviane Ruiz, President of Workers’ Comp & Medical Management at PGCS, a Davies company. Check it out and learn why Viviane values the collaboration and shared commitment to excellence she experiences with the Preferred and PRU Florida team. Also learn what she likes best about working with Preferred members! Tell us

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Six property risk and valuation trends everyone’s talking about

by Greg Friz, Centurisk Property insurance and property insurable values are shifting significantly due to economic, environmental and technological factors. At Centurisk, we keep up on these industry trends to help our customers better prepare for, mitigate and manage the risks. The six biggest property risk and valuation trends we’re hearing about include: 1. Increased natural disasters can equal higher

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Teammate spotlight: Kevin Meehan

This edition of our Teammate Spotlight focuses on Kevin Meehan, Senior Vice President, Director of Trust Services. We recently sat down with Kevin to discover more about his enthusiasm for teamwork in tackling challenges and achieving success! What influenced your career path? People and our Brown & Brown culture. I started in the public entity insurance business in late 1997

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Insights and strategies to reduce workplace injuries and claims

Practical tips to enhance worker safety and control claims costs  Although safeguarding worker safety is an important organizational objective, workplace injuries are an unavoidable reality employers must face. After examining over 1.2 million workers’ compensation claims submitted between 2015 and 2019 to develop its 2023 Injury Impact Report, Travelers Companies, Inc. revealed that a staggering 18.6 million workdays were lost

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