Construction Executive article by Nick Oates
January 2021
Companies always hope that their employees never get injured on the job, but the reality is that workplace accidents do happen, particularly in the construction space. In fact, OSHA reports that the construction industry is responsible for more workers’ compensation claims on an annual basis than any other industry in the United States.
Worcester Business Journal
December 2020
Derderian brings more than 12 years of experience in business development and client management at Joseph’s Lock & Safe Company in Worcester. At Knight Dik, Derderian will focus on helping owners keep their businesses, people and assets safe through a variety of comprehensive, cost-effective insurance solutions.
Worcester Telegram
It’s difficult for any business to weather the ups and downs of economic changes, but Knight-Dik Insurance Agency has done just that by “going with the flow” and taking advantage of new situations, according to President Ross Dik. This year marks the company’s 100th anniversary.
Worcester Business Journal
Any industry that relies on whirring blades, navigating heights and falling objects can be a dangerous environment in which to work. And that sums up the landscaping industry. Learn what most impacts the ability of your business to achieve the best possible insurance coverage at a reasonable and moderate premium.
Worcester Business Journal
Since it was founded as the Thomas Babb Insurance Agency in 1917, the Knight-Dik Insurance Agency has seen plenty of changes in both its industry and Worcester over those 100 years, all of which have been all spent in various offices in downtown Worcester.
We all hope that our employees never get injured on the job. But the truth is accidents do happen, and when they do you need to have a process in place for dealing with a workplace injury, so you aren’t caught off guard.
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An ambulance company located in central Massachusetts with two divisions — wheelchair vans and traditional on-call ambulance services — with more than 100 employees and annual revenues in the $20 million range was seeing abnormally high insurance premiums.
A large commercial electrician in Boston had an employee who was injured early in the day on Monday and they weren’t sure if this injury was real or not. The employee provided a doctor’s note stating he needed to be out of work for 6-8 weeks, but it did not provide a reason.
Knight-Dik noticed that one of its clients, a A janitorial company in Worcester, Massachusetts frequently had small claims and because its employees work independently, there were no witnesses to any of these incidents.
