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Carrier’s Failures Create Coverage

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Insurance laws may vary slightly between jurisdictions but major principles are nearly uniform. These include requirements that an insurer should draft clear and unambiguous exclusions and should identify and fully inform the...more

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California Uber Accidents and Personal Injury Claims

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Uber is a California-born taxi service that relies upon apps on tablets, smartphones, and computers. Requests for service come with a few finger taps rather than hailing for cabs or competing with other taxi riders for...more

Verrill

ACA Compliance When Employees Move from Full-Time to Part-Time Mid-Year

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We are well into the Affordable Care Act (“ACA”) information reporting season. Forms 1095-B/1095-C must be provided to employees by March 1, 2024, and the deadline for electronic transmittal of Forms 1094-B/1094-C to the IRS...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

UPDATE: Planning for Open Enrollment? Note the ACA Affordability Threshold Drop

This post was updated on February 6, 2024, to reflect the 2024 Federal Poverty Level announced in January 2024. On August 23, 2023, the Internal Revenue Service issued Rev. Proc. 2023-29, announcing that the Affordable...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Special Report - Funding Employer-Sponsored Group Health Coverage: The Group Captive Solution - November 2023

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Employer-sponsored health insurance covers almost 159 million non-elderly US workers and their dependents, and employees and jobseekers alike view group health coverage as the single most important non-cash job-related...more

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NLRB Stacks Deck in Favor of Employees: Employers Must Play Cards Defensively or Go Bust

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The National Labor Relations Board has made a series of employee-friendly moves over the past few months that have significant adverse implications for employers, including those in the insurance and securities industries....more

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Every Scan You Make: The Illinois Supreme Court Rules BIPA Claims Accrue With Each Biometric Data Collection or Disclosure

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The Illinois Supreme Court recently opened the floodgates for class actions under the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) and created potentially catastrophic exposure for Illinois businesses. In a close 4-3...more

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The Role of Forensic Accountants in Measuring and Detecting Fraud in Employee Loss Claims

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Insurance claims for employee losses are generally examined by insurance carriers. The carrier will often retain a forensic accountant who has the ability to measure employee losses. Employee losses are typically categorized...more

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Department of Labor Exemption Impacts Investment Advice Fiduciaries

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The US Department of Labor (DOL) recently issued guidance concerning a new exemption under the prohibited transaction provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) in connection with the provision...more

Bricker Graydon LLP

Application deadline for BWC group-rating programs is fast approaching

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The Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) announced that private employers that are interested in the Deductible, Individual-Retrospective-Rating or One Claim programs must file an application by January 31, 2020, for the...more

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Connecticut Workers’ Compensation Carriers May Pursue Justice

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Workers’ compensation statutes impose liability without fault on the employers of men and women who are injured on the job. They also permit employers to recoup the costs they incur from any third parties who actually caused...more

Cozen O'Connor

Forgery May Not Constitute “Theft” Under an Employee Dishonesty Coverage

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Ruling in favor of the insurer on a motion for summary judgment, on July 29, 2016 the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals held that under the terms of a commercial crime policy, proof of a forgery by the insured’s employee in...more

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New UK Regulations to Govern Whistleblowing in Financial Institutions

This month, the FCA and PRA announced a new regime for whistleblowing that will start to be phased in from March 2016. This is part of the broader desire on the part of the UK regulators to encourage individuals to raise...more

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