EPLI providers turn up the heat. (Employment Practices). From: HRMagazine | Date: May 1, 2002| Author: Barrier, Michael | COPYRIGHT 2002 Society for Human Resource Management. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Going without it is like "not buying fire insurance when you own a house," the insurance executive says. "Your chances are very good you'll never have a fire, but boy, are you going to be upset if you do." That executive, Phil Norton of Arthur J. Gallagher & Co., a major brokerage based in Itasca, Ill., is talking about employment practices liability insurance (EPLI)--a form of coverage virtually unknown 10 years ago but increasingly vital to businesses of all sizes for protection ...

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