Is this the worlds longest running standard?

The US standard railroad gauge (width between two rails) is 4 feet 8.5 inches. That’s an exceedingly odd number. Why was that gauge used? Because that’s the way they built them in England and the US railroads were built by English expatriates.

Why did the English build them like that?

Because the first rail lines were built by the same people who built the pre-railroad tramways, and that’s the gauge they used.

Why did they use that gauge then?

Because the people who built the tramways used the same jigs and tools that they used for building wagons which used…

Covid-19 has disrupted everybody’s lives, but at Shieldhub, we are determined to help restore some sense of normality — and that means getting people back to work. We are doing everything we can to help people get hired, starting with the background check process.

Shieldhub Is Working to Keep the Mortgage Field Services Industry Hiring

Courts across the country are shutting their doors to prevent the spread of Covid-19, stopping some background checks from being completed. …

Can you afford to take the risk?

Risk is always a factor when you employ somebody to work closely with a customer — particularly in the customer’s home. The risk is minimized when your company employs staff you have vetted and chosen for the role, but many companies rely on third-party contractors to carry out services on their behalf. Perhaps you can trust them to carry out the work to professional standards, but what happens when that trust is misplaced? What happens if the individual completes the work to a poor standard or poses a genuine risk to the customer?

Here we outline some cases where bad…

When the Shieldhub team attended the Property Insurance Restoration Conference (PIRC) in 2018, those involved in the insurance industry were concerned that the absence of an industry-standard had prompted inconsistency among insurance companies and TPAs. At the time, PIRC was seeking to establish a forum for everyone in the insurance industry to come together and discuss key topics within the industry. Representatives from insurance carriers, third-party administrators (TPAs), national and regional franchises, and contractors agreed that the absence of an industry-standard had created an environment where compliance varied from one business to the other. …

Efforts to establish consensus on standards and conformity have been helping to streamline markets and save money for organizations for decades. One example is the mortgage field servicing industry, which introduced a standard background check in 2013 to ensure that all field servicers were assessed to an industry standard, eliminating the laborious (and expensive) exercise for national, regional and local providers to have multiple checks done based on differing client requirements. …