Anywhere there’s snow you’ll see a person driving down the road with their vehicle still covered in snow or windows still frosted over.  Maybe it’s happened to you?  You’re getting ready to start your trek into work ...

How Claims Are Handled If you've been given formal notification that a complaint has been filed against you, report the claim as soon as possible. The sooner our legal professionals can intervene, the better chance they have to improve the outc...

What is MEMIC EPLI? It is affordable employment practices liability insurance (EPLI). If you are a Maine policyholder, you can select this endorsement when you buy your workers’ compensation through MEMIC. It is not sold separately....

With the dawn of a new year, let’s all start off on the right foot by keeping our feet underneath us when afoot.  MEMIC has posted a plethora of safety blogs on slips, trips, and falls and rightfully so as this trilogy of hazards constitut...

Last year MEMIC celebrated our 25th anniversary of working to provide the best workers’ comp insurance by focusing on workplace safety and the compassionate treatment of all workers. Our safety blogs keep getting better and better, here are our...

Many safety professionals have been asked how OSHA handles situations where an employee is exposed to a chemical substance with no published OSHA permissible exposure limit (PEL).  OSHA recognizes that the PELs listed in the 1910.1000 tables are...

While thinking about resolutions for the new year, I came across a great article in Safety+Health Magazine by Steven Luttrull about being an intentional safety leader. One great resolution to consider is becoming a safety leader for your organization...

Sitting at a hibachi table watching the teppanyaki chef go through the “throws” of his show, a hard-boiled egg unexpectedly rolls off the side of his spatula and plummets on a collision course trajectory into a saucer full of secret sauce...