Are You Protected from a Costly Lawsuit?
Lawsuits and state board complaints are expensive, take time away from work and cause a lot of anxiety. The most frequent classes of lawsuits against social workers include: Incorrect Treatment and Sexual Misconduct
Social Worker Liability
Complexities have raised liabilities for Social Workers. Likewise, liability based lawsuits have become exponentially more frequent in our litigious society with more professions and specific occupations being exposed to tort liability. For example, in 1970, there were almost no lawsuits against Social Workers.
Core Functions and Shifting the Risk
Social Work is a profession and academic discipline that improves the quality of life and well-being of individuals, groups, and communities by direct practice, policy development, organizing communities and outreach, and crisis intervention. Social workers undergo demanding educational requirements.
President Obama Raises Cyber Threats
Recognizing the seriousness and increasing frequency of cyber crime, on January 20, 2015, President Obama called for new laws that require companies to report information breaches to customers within 30 days along with other legislation.
Computer and Device Theft
Preferra Insurance Company proactively started to study cyber insurance risk in 2012, and beginning in July 2014, introduced a line of cyber liability solutions that will help to protect you.
Cyber Crime. Today’s Reality.
Following HIPAA High Tech legislation and recognizing the seriousness of cyber liability and cyber crime, states are now starting to require some healthcare providers to purchase cyber liability insurance.
Cyber Crime
Following HIPAA High Tech legislation and recognizing the seriousness of cyber liability and cyber crime, states are now starting to require some healthcare providers to purchase cyber liability insurance.
Protecting Client Records
As always, the NASW supports its social worker members in many ways. Preferra Insurance Company augments this support with practical solutions and insurance protection.
Social Worker Core Functions
Social Work is a profession and academic discipline that improves the quality of life and well-being of individuals, groups, and communities by direct practice, policy development, organizing communities and outreach, and crisis intervention.
Importance of Cyber Liability
Social Workers now, more than ever, need insurance coverage for third-party data breach. Federal and State governments demand higher expectations from Social Workers, and with the advent of the HIPAA HIGH TECH Law passed in March 2013 and enforced beginning in September 2013, Social Workers are now held liable and even more accountable than ever before.
What is Cyber Liability?
A data beach is the release of secure information into an unsecured environment. This happens intentionally or unintentionally. A data breach or security incident occurs when confidential data such as patient records, or personal financial data is copied, transmitted, viewed, stolen, or used by an individual unauthorized to handle such information.
Are You Certain Your Employer’s Professional Liability Policy Covers You?
We live in a very litigious society. Your NASW endorsed Risk Retention Group Professional Liability insurance policy issued by Preferra Insurance Company provides insurance coverage for all of the above matters. It fills the coverage gaps?