A storm rolls through Northeast Oklahoma and you get three estimates. One comes in thousands cheaper. Before you sign it, ask why - because the answer is usually insurance, and if a roofer gets hurt on your property and nobody in the chain carries workers' comp, that cheap roof can get very expensive. Here is exactly what Green Country homeowners should verify first.
Ask a contractor whether cyber crime is a real threat to the business and you usually get the same answer. We pour concrete. We frame houses. We do not store credit card numbers. Hackers have nothing to take from us.…
If you carry workers comp insurance in Oklahoma, there is a number attached to your business right now. You may not know what it is. You may not even know it exists. But it affects what you pay for workers…
Did you know most Oklahoma business owners pay more for workers comp than they should? It’s true. And the frustrating part is — it’s usually not their fault. Nobody sat down with them and explained how the price is set.…
Workers compensation claims don’t care what industry you’re in. They happen on job sites and in restaurant kitchens and behind retail counters. They happen to businesses that have been around for twenty years and businesses that opened eighteen months ago.…
David had been running his painting business for seven years. Residential and light commercial work, mostly in the Tulsa metro. He had a core crew of two full-time employees and a rotating group of guys he brought on project by…
He Skipped Workers Comp to Save $180 a Month. The Injury Cost Him $87,000. A real story from an Oklahoma contractor — shared with permission, names and details changed Published by Eagle National Insurance Group | Tulsa, Oklahoma Marcus had…
If you’ve ever read through a workers compensation policy and felt like you needed a law degree to understand it, you’re not alone. Workers comp comes with its own language — terms that insurance companies and adjusters use every day…
Running a small business in Oklahoma means you wear a lot of hats. But there’s one hat most business owners have never worn — the one you put on the day an employee gets hurt on the job and a…
The two types of claims When one of your employees gets hurt on the job in Oklahoma, the claim that gets filed will fall into one of two categories. Understanding the difference matters — because they don’t hit your insurance…