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Insurance Agents Independent Contractors Employer Liability Issues

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Insurance Agents as Independent Contractors: Best Practices To Preserve This Status

There are multiple benefits to insurance companies from utilizing an independent contractor model with its insurance agents. These include, for example, typically not having to supply office space, equipment or benefits, as...more

Locke Lord LLP

Oil and Gas, Cable, Shopping, Pet Sitting, and Shipping Companies Lose Ground in Independent Contractor Misclassification Cases:...

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In October, a diverse group of industries experienced adverse court rulings defending independent contractor classification class and collective action cases. Two cases involved courts granting conditional certification of...more

Genova Burns LLC

New Jersey District Court Rules Insurance Agents Appropriately Classified as Independent Contractors

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In a state where the independent contractor model is under attack and squarely in the crosshairs of multiple enforcement agencies, a New Jersey federal court refused to allow independent insurance agents to convert their...more

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March 2019 Independent Contractor Misclassification and Compliance News Update

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Cases reported below for this past month show that large companies remain in the crosshairs of class action lawyers representing workers in independent contractor misclassification lawsuits. Two well-known industry leaders in...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

Insurance Agents Properly Classified As Independent Contractors, Circuit Court Rules

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The Sixth Circuit ruled that agents were properly classified as independent contractors in an Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) class action brought on behalf of thousands of current and former insurance agents...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Insurance Agents as Employees? Court Breaks Independent Contractor Precedent

On August 1, 2017, the US District Court for the Northern District of Ohio held that insurance agents working under independent contractor agreements with an insurer were employees for purposes of pursuing pension and other...more

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April 2017 Independent Contractor Misclassification and Compliance News Update

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April was a red-hot month for independent contractor misclassification cases. We report below on 11 cases in the courts and two before administrative agencies involving...more

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