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Michael A. Ortoll, ARM |Founder, iPEO and JV Partner, BKS-Partners| mortoll@bks-partners.com INDUSTRY OVERVIEW The PEO industry is 30 years young with a bright future filled with opportunity and challenge. The industry is strong and growing with approximately $ 150B in revenue, 150K clients, and 3M+ employees. The market potential is enormous with 80M+ individuals employed by firms with less than 500 employees earning on average[…]
2019-02-13T15:57:50
BKS Partners – Michael Ortoll, ARM In 2017, we saw a continued downward trend in Workers Comp (WC), including a reduction in premium rates overall, particularly in the large, loss-sensitive marketplace. Given the lack of deterioration in large WC carriers’ combined loss ratios, we expect similar aggressive targeting to grow market share in 2018. While returns for low-risk investment opportunities remain limited, the marketplace’s appetite[…]
2019-02-13T15:26:55
If you know your personality traits, you can master career and life challenges that come your way. Whether you’re just starting out on your career journey or have been in it for years, knowing and utilizing your personality type can prove to be immensely beneficial to help you understand your most authentic self. You can find out what yours is by taking a personality test such[…]
2019-02-05T10:53:40
The large rubber strip that I was speeding toward on the Ventura Freeway near Los Angeles looked easy enough to avoid. I swerved, but not enough. That strip was actually metal, however, and it ripped through my right front tire, which went spinning across four lanes of the freeway. Moments later, I was driving 80 miles an hour with one bare metal wheel, sparks flying.[…]
2019-02-05T10:39:33
Millions of RDP endpoints remain exposed online and vulnerable to exploit, dictionary, and brute-force attacks. In a public service announcement published today by the US Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3), the FBI is warning companies about the dangers of leaving RDP endpoints exposed online. RDP stands for the Remote Desktop Protocol, a proprietary technology developed by Microsoft in the 90s[…]
2019-02-05T10:37:45
Tech chiefs are worried by the threat posed by IoT devices, which could provide a new way of attacking corporate networks. The rise of the Internet of Things (IoT) has already sparked concerns about privacy: now security pros are worried that badly configured gadgets might provide a backdoor for hackers looking to break into corporate networks. The rise of the IoT could lead to all[…]
2019-02-05T10:35:42
Among the devices Google announced at its big hardware event on Tuesday was the Google Home Hub, a Google Assistant device that resembles Amazon’s Echo Show by adding a screen to create what is essentially a smart speaker on steroids. As its name suggests, the Google Home Hub is supposed to be at the center of the connected home with the ability to control smart home devices[…]
2019-02-05T10:34:35
It’s been a busy few weeks for cybersecurity researchers and reporters. There was the Facebook hack, the Google plus data breach, and allegations that the Chinese government implanted spying chips in hardware components. In the midst of all this, some other important news was overlooked. In early September, Apple removed several Trend Micro anti-malware tools from the Mac app store after they were found to be collecting unnecessary personal information from users,[…]
2019-02-05T09:57:54
For the founders of Tampa, Fla.-based BKS- Partners, being nominated as Insurance Journal’s Best Agency to Work For by their employees is not only an “incredible honor” but also motivation to keep improving. “It’s such an incredible honor because to think that what we do and how we try to interact and engage with colleagues is meaningful – and it also puts a lot of[…]
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