Insurer sees lack of workplace violence programs. (Great American Insurance Co. offers program to train employees on proper response)

National Underwriter Property & Casualty-Risk & Benefits Management, November, 1997 by Esters, Stephanie D.

If there is ever a fire at a company, that business will likely have a fire-evacuation plan that tells employees how they are to proceed. Ditto for tornadoes. But that does not hold true for. incidents of workplace violence, according to Beth Lindamood, assistant product manager in the workers' compensation division of Cincinnati-based Great.

American Insurance Companies. She heads the insurer's recently introduced workplace violence prevention program. "If a fire occurs, most employees know that the procedure is to evacuate the building," Ms. Lindamood said. "But if there is a violent act that occurs in the workplace, generally speaking, we don't have the procedure set up as to how an employee is supposed to handle that situation." In Great...

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