One of the biggest factors that goes into your workers’ compensation premiums are the classification codes for each type of work done at your business.

Can you relate? You’re woken by a sick child, and a feeling of helplessness sets in. You quickly cancel your meetings and rearrange your work day so you can travel to the doctor. You arrive early and then sit for an hour in a crowded waiting room full of sick people, trying to quarantine yourself from floating germs.

Lovitt & Touché was excited to welcome three organizations from our C.A.R.E.S program on yesterday for our last C.A.R.E.S event of the year: Ability 360, The Boys and Girls Club of Metro Phoenix, and St. Vincent De Paul. Each organization had a representative that was able to attend and share more information about their respective programs all while enjoying some holiday desserts.

Industry leaders and economists who contributed to the 2019 Dodge Construction Outlook predict that total construction starts in 2019 will increase to over $808 billion from this year's estimated $806.8 billion. Experts see this small change as an indicator that the economy is in a tug of war between recent growth stimuli (e.g., tax cuts) and emerging risks (e.g., rising interest rates). Here are some more specific predictions:

Lovitt & Touché would like to congratulate our very own Matt Nelson, Vice President and Sales Executive, for finishing second in the 36th El Tour de Tucson. The race is the largest participatory sporting event in Southern Arizona, with an estimated 7,000 riders competing. Through the years, El Tour has also raised over $90 million for over 40 different local & national nonprofit organizations.