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Healthcare and Insurance Industry Consolidation: A Bitter Pill?

Corporate Synergies

Merger and acquisition activity in the brokerage and consulting space was at a feverish pitch in 2017 and through the first part of 2018, fueled in large part by the private equity industry’s continued love affair with the insurance distribution sector. © 2018 Corporate Synergies Group, LLC. RELATED TOPICS.

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10 People Sustainability Strategies for Your Business

Vantage Circle

Innovation broadly impacts a board's fundamental responsibilities, including long-term planning, corporate strategy, people and culture, executive compensation, investments, and acquisitions. Achieving a balance between innovation for long-term economic growth and the organization's purpose is a corporate governance issue.

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AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT CONTAINS MANY EMPLOYEE BENEFITS RELATED PROVISIONS

Benefits Notes

Plan sponsors can make a retroactive election to amortize over the extended period for plan years beginning after December 31, 2018, 2019, and 2020. First, for plan years beginning in 2022, the amortization period for underfunded plans is extended to 15 years, rather than seven as previous allowed.