Month: May 2022

When it is non-existent or poorly executed, risk management becomes the subject of intense scrutiny, especially when a municipality or public entity is assigned responsibility for an occurrence resulting in widespread damage or singular tragedy.   “How did this happen?,” we... Find out more »

Employers that sponsor self-insured group health plans, including health reimbursement arrangements (HRAs) should keep in mind the upcoming July 31, 2022 deadline for paying fees that fund the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) via Form 720, which was recently updated and released... Find out more »

The COVID-19 pandemic has profoundly impacted every aspect of our society. In addition to coping with illness and loss of loved ones, we’ve had to adapt to marked and evolving disruptions in our daily routines and livelihood. The challenges associated with the pandemic have also changed... Find out more »

Alera Group, a top independent, national insurance and wealth services firm, today announced the acquisition of West Michigan Insurance Inc., a property & casualty insurance agency based in Grand Rapids, Michigan, with office locations in Shelby, Michigan, and Hart, Michigan. Founded in... Find out more »

Faced with perpetually rising healthcare and pharmacy costs, challenges in retaining and attracting employees, and now a surge in inflation, today’s business owners and HR managers find themselves working with little margin for error. To compete in a tight labor market, they must offer a... Find out more »

Reports of a pandemic-induced Great Migration, it turns out, may have been greatly exaggerated — though not in Florida, where hundreds of thousands of transplanted residents have learned some hard lessons about the hidden costs of property ownership.   According to the Palm Beach... Find out more »

Alera Group, a top independent, national insurance and wealth services firm, today announced Monica Evans has joined the organization as Senior Vice President and Director of Property & Casualty Solutions, effective May 16, 2022.   In this new role, reporting to Alera Group’s... Find out more »

Alera Group, a top independent, national insurance and wealth services firm, today announced the acquisition of The Beck Agency, an insurance agency based in Alpharetta, Georgia. The Beck Agency has been meeting the personal and commercial insurance needs of clients throughout Georgia since... Find out more »

Let’s be clear on a couple of points about the assisted living/skilled nursing industry. Those who work in long-term care are predominantly empathetic, dedicated, hard-working people — most of whom chose a career in serving a vulnerable population over less demanding, more... Find out more »

This alert is of interest to employers that sponsor HSA-qualified plans or plans subject to the ACA out-of-pocket limits. In Rev. Proc. 2022-24, the IRS released the inflation-adjusted amounts for 2023 relevant to Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) and high deductible health plans (HDHPs). The table... Find out more »