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21 Financial Events and Trends During 2021

Money Talk

Insurance- COBRA premium assistance for health insurance was provided under the American Rescue Plan Act and Medicaid enrollment surpassed 80 million. There were also large premium increases nationwide for homeowners and flood insurance. Some states/cities have moratoriums through dates in 2022. Savings Rate- The U.S.

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‘Nuclear’ Jury Verdicts Blowing Up Businesses

InterWest Insurance Services

The number of these verdicts in 2019 was three times the annual average from 2001 to 2010. Increasingly large jury verdicts in liability lawsuits against businesses are a driving factor in rising insurance rates, as insurers, which often pay the lion’s share of these decisions, grapple with a more difficult legal landscape.

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Atradius’ reward strategy supports employees through cost-of-living crisis

Employee Benefits

The Covid-19 pandemic highlighted the need for the trade credit insurer to put mental health support at the centre of its reward and benefits proposition. At a glance Atradius is a financial services business specialising in trade credit insurance.

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N4one Launching New Employee Benefits Platform

Joe Markland

For those who know me I have been consulting in the HR/Benefits/Payroll technology business since 2001. For brokers and others such as payroll companies or HR Consultants wanting to bring something new to the market, it is an opportunity.

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RV Insurance: Coverage for Your Recreational Vehicle

Higginbotham

million households owned an RV in 2021, an increase of 62 percent since 2001. million RV owners, make sure you have the right RV insurance. Different types of RVs require different types of insurance. Motorhome Insurance Coverage Requirement. Note that liability insurance only covers injury and damage to other people.

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Ohio Court Affirms Finding that Furnace Worker’s COVID-19 Was Not Compensable

The Workcomp Writer

Not Health Insurance. 01CA36, 2001 Ohio App. 20, 2001), the appellate court stressed: It is not contemplated by the law makers that the law should cover health insurance. Quoting from Ingram v. Conrad , 4th Dist. LEXIS 6017 (Dec.

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The Disability Insurance “trust gap” Part 1: Causes

Workers' Compensation Perspectives

[The following notes background and discussion points from a series of sessions Disability Management undergraduates completing a 4 th year course on Workplace Insurance and Benefits. Part 1 explores the reasons for the lack of trust in disability insurance. Complicating interactions are pervasive attitudes and beliefs about insurance.