shelley white Globe and Mail Update Posted on Thursday, April 5, 2012 6:00AM EDT   Being self-employed has its benefits: Flexible hours, autonomy, working within spitting distance of the fridge. But setting up shop in your home also brings along a host of new concerns: Keeping that HST squirrelled away, organizing your expense receipts, disciplining [...]

Canada NewsWire TORONTO, March 22, 2012 TORONTO, March 22, 2012 /CNW/ – During Fraud Awareness month, organizations across the country have been explaining to their customers and the public what to look out for when it comes to fraudulent behavior. But, surprisingly, a recent Pollara Poll, commissioned for the insurance industry, suggests these same people [...]

ALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater today announced $25,000 in rewards for three Floridians who provided key information that led to arrests and convictions in five major insurance fraud cases.  T These citizens helped the Florida Department of Financial Services Division of Insurance Fraud uncover almost $560,000 in fraudulent insurance billings leading [...]

ISB Seminar: The Lost Art of Customer Service Customer satisfaction scores are lower than ever even though keeping customers happy is key to business success. This seminar will: Improve Communication Skills Teach Unique Phone Tips Highlight Do’s and Don’ts of Email Communication Review Dealing with Irate Customers Offer Tips to Stay Motivated Topics Covered: Communication [...]

A romantic trio from Vermont has pleaded guilty to arson charges after attempting insurance fraud. Ralph Brown, Jr., 41, of Bennington, pleaded guilty to second degree arson for torching the house in which he, his wife, and her boyfriend lived in. The state agreed to reduce a first degree arson charge Brown faced and drop [...]

Executive Summary The Overseas Security Advisory Council (OSAC), in collaboration with Alliant International University (Alliant), coordinated a return-on-investment study of private sector pre-employment background investigations. Similar endeavours by many organizations have fallen short of providing measurable empirical data that can be used as a strong argument for why companies conduct certain practices. While benchmarking is [...]

Typically when a hiring a person that will be driving a company owned vehicle a provincial driver abstract should be requested and reviewed at the point of hire. Today, it is just too risky to hand over the keys to a new employee not knowing their driving history. Liability insurance is always on the rise [...]

As a partner in a professional background screening company I believe in sound documents that reflect an individual’s traits like a criminal record search, credit report or an employment reference.  It was not until one day several years ago, a client called me and asked if we did physiological assessments. We did not. But now [...]

Did you know that you can obtain a criminal background search on any potential new hire, transfer, high risk security personnel or for a required program such as Customs Trade Partners Against Terrorism program, C-TPAT. National criminal records in Canada are acquired though CPIC (Canadian Police Information Center). This massive database which is managed by [...]