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CBD vs. THC: What’s the Difference?
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention describe marijuana as the dried flowers and leaves of the cannabis plant. There are psychoactive components like tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), as well as ...What Are Schedule I Drugs?
According to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, "Schedule I drugs, substances or chemicals are defined as drugs with no currently accepted medical use and a high potential for abuse." Examples ...
The Lost Art of the Handwritten Note
When it comes to crafting more engaging employee communications, one solution is literally in business leaders' hands. From supervisors of small teams to CEOs of large companies, organizational ...
Thinking Past the Obvious: Former CEO of XL Group McGavick Looks Back
The former chief executive officer of XL Group, Mike McGavick, admits that frequently during his career he has taken on leadership roles that some of his contemporaries considered too hot to ...
Risks and Non-Risks in the Obesity Epidemic: Praedicat Analysis
Are the products used to build our buildings also making us fat? Are our diet sodas giving us cancer? As though it isn't hard enough to watch our diets, as insurers we have to worry about what it all ...
Visions of Commercial Transportation: The Future of Commercial Auto Insurance Is Here
For several years now, the commercial auto segment has been among the property/casualty insurance industry's worst performing lines. Wounded by a sharp uptick in claims frequency and severity and ...
Risks Hiding in Plain Sight
When an Italian man attended an art exhibit in the Serralves Museum in Portugal last year, he didn't expect to be hospitalized just for trying to view one of the works on display. But that's exactly ...
Different Roads
The March/April 2019 edition of Carrier Management features articles about the two commercial insurance lines at opposite ends of the profitability spectrum. Workers compensation is the most improved ...