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Using Employee Feedback to Optimize Benefits Packages
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National Hurricane Preparedness Week Starts May 5th
It’s essential to be properly prepared for hurricane season, as these storms carry significant risks to safety and property. To raise awareness of the dangers of hurricanes, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) annually sponsors National Hurricane Preparedness Week. This year, it runs from May 5th to May 11th. With the eastern Pacific hurricane season beginning May 15 and the Atlantic hurricane season beginning June 1, now is a good time to review how to prepare for hurricanes and tropical storms.
Ensuring Campus Safety: End-of-Year Property Inspections
As the end of the academic year approaches, schools must take proactive measures to ensure the safety and security of their campuses. End-of-year property inspections play a crucial role in identifying potential hazards, addressing maintenance issues, and maintaining a safe environment for students, staff, and visitors.
Navigating Compensation in the Era of Transparency
Six decades after the Equal Pay Act aimed to eliminate gender-based wage discrimination, women in America still earn just 82 cents for every dollar earned by men. For Black and Hispanic women, the gap is even wider at 70 cents and 65 cents, respectively.
Navigating the Cyber Insurance Claims Process
Cyber incidents—including data breaches, ransomware attacks and social engineering scams—have become increasingly prevalent over the past decade, impacting organizations of all sizes and industries.
Press
North American Solutions Transitions to INSURICA: A New Chapter
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Supporting Employees During Mental Health Awareness Month and Beyond
Employee mental health has become a workplace topic of increased focus and awareness in recent years. An employee’s mental health includes how they think, feel and act, and their emotional and social well-being. While mental health includes mental illness, these two concepts aren’t interchangeable. For example, an employee can go through a period of poor mental health but not necessarily have a diagnosable mental illness. Additionally, an employee’s mental health can change over time, depending on factors such as their workload, stress and work-life balance.
Best Practices for Patient Safety in Healthcare Facilities
Strategies, when implemented effectively, can contribute to a safer and more reliable healthcare environment for patients and healthcare providers.
Parametric Insurance: A Sure Bet on Nature’s Gambles
Parametric insurance sounds a lot like betting on horses. In betting on horse races, there is a set threshold - the finish line - that must be crossed to trigger a payout. In parametric insurance, there is a threshold that set parameters must cross to trigger payout.
Supporting Caregivers in the Workplace
In 2023, 38 million people across the U.S. provided unpaid care for their loved ones, according to AARP. Another study from Harvard Business School estimated that 73% of employees have some caregiving responsibility, making caregivers the fastest-growing employee group.
Publications
Architecture of TGS: 2023 Year in Review
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Modernizing Insurance: 2022 Year in Review
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Integrity, Innovation, Purpose: 2021 Year in Review
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Three Pillars of Growth
Three Pillars of Growth INSURICA executives share lessons in [...]
Eric Pach Captive Practice Leader
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Blog
Preventing Burnout in Working Parents Helps Employers
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The Game-Changing Benefit You’ve Been Overlooking: SECURE 2.0’s Student Loan Matching
A key provision in the SECURE 2.0 Act that took effect January 1 could be a game-changer for employers looking to assist workers with student debt while also bolstering retirement savings.
Environmental Liabilities at Agriculture and Farming Properties
The most common environmental and regulatory exposures encountered at agriculture and farming properties include the following:
Baltimore Bridge Collapse Could Lead to Historic Marine Losses
On Tuesday, March 26, 2024, a large container ship traveling through the Port of Baltimore in Maryland collided with a concrete column supporting the Francis Scott Key Bridge, ultimately causing the nearly 50-year-old structure to completely collapse and shutting down one of the largest and busiest harbors in the United States.
Heat Rules: OSHA’s National Emphasis Program (NEP) for Heat
As OSHA’s National Emphasis Program (NEP) for Heat enters into its second year, it is important to revisit some key takeaways.
Podcasts
Client Buy In With Bakersfield’s Jeremy Hearron
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The Evans Agency Joins INSURICA
The Evans Agency Joins INSURICA INSURICA's newest partner agency [...]
Michael Moore, Partner Club Profile
Michael Moore, Partner Club Profile The U Podcast features [...]
INSURICA Energy Practice Announces New Workers’ Compensation Program
INSURICA Energy Practice Announces New Workers' Compensation Program INSURICA's [...]
Tim McFall Talks Compliance
Tim McFall Talks Compliance For employERs, staying in compliance [...]
Webinars
Section 125 Election Changes & HIPAA Special Enrollments: January 27th 2022
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Medicare and Employee Benefits: February 17th 2022
This webinar will cover employee eligibility issues including HSA eligibility, Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP) Rules that prohibit employers form incenting employees to take Medicare, the COBRA Medicare penalty trap some former employee face, and more.
Regulatory and Legislative: March 24th 2022
During this webinar, we’ll cover these and other important regulatory news that impacts employee benefit plans.
Regulatory Review & Wrap-Up
This webinar will review important employee benefits compliance issues from 2021 and look forward to developments coming in 2022 that will impact your benefit plans.
Employer Reporting
Attend this webinar to make sure you are ready for this year’s employer reporting season. We’ll also cover some state-specific employer reporting requirements to pay attention to.