From October 1, 1993 through September 30, 1994, the EEOC and related state and local agencies received 156 discrimination complaints.
As of May 1, 1995, the volume jumped exponentially to more than 100,000 complaints.

From 1991 to 1993, the number of sexual harassment charges filed with the EEOC increased from 3,300 to 7,200.

Fifty-five (55%) percent of all potential claims go unreported.

A recent telephone poll found that almost 31% of all female workers claimed to have been the object of sexual harassment at work.
Seven percent of all male workers also claimed to have been sexually harassed.

Through legislation like the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Family Medical Leave Act, Congress has created new grounds for employers to be sued.

Employment Cases filed in federal court tripled from 6,936 in 1990 to 21,540 in 1998 (Justice Department Statistics)

Consider these statistics from 1998:

• Approximately 1/3 of employment cases filed in federal court made it to trial
• Plaintiffs won 50% more often as compared to 1990
• The median damage award by juries was $137,000
• 14.2% of juries awarded punitive damages over $1 million.

The average Retention (the financial risk that the company assumes before the coverage applies) in an Employment Practice Liability Policy (EPL) for major corporations is approximately $100.000.00. This means that if there are 10 sexual harassment claims, then a given company is potentially faced with assuming $1,000,000.00 in expenses.