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Study Predicts 8% Group Health Plan Cost Increase for 2025

InterWest Insurance Services

A new study predicts that group health insurance costs will jump 8% in 2025, on par with what American employers have experienced this year and in 2023. Many of the new drugs are costly, but they may also reduce overall health care costs in the long run as they may reduce the need for expensive intervention and emergency treatments.

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Commissioner Orders Benchmark Workers’ Comp Rate Reduction

InterWest Insurance Services

A new study predicts that group health insurance costs will jump 8% in 2025, on par with what American employers have experienced this year and in 2023. Many of the new drugs are costly, but they may also reduce overall health care costs in the long run as they may reduce the need for expensive intervention and emergency treatments.

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Two Neighboring States Recently Joined a Growing Movement to Provide Paid Family Leave

McNees

Delaware’s new law creates a statewide insurance program for paid parental, family caregiving, and medical leave funded through employer and employee contributions. Eligible employees will receive 80% of their average weekly wage, with a minimum weekly benefit of $100 and a maximum weekly benefit of $900 for 2026 and 2027.

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OSHA Updates HazCom Standard

InterWest Insurance Services

19, 2026, while those that evaluate mixtures will have to comply by July 19, 2027. Compliance deadlines are staggered: First: Chemical manufacturers, importers or distributors evaluating substances will have to comply by Jan. 19, 2028 for mixtures.

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State Moves to Ban Sale of Non-Electric Big Rigs, Semis in 2040

InterWest Insurance Services

By 2035, medium- and heavy-duty trucks entering ports and railyards must be zero emission, while state and local government fleets must be so by 2027. The rule applies to trucks weighing 10,001 pounds or more and package delivery vehicles of 8,500 pounds or more.

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Top tips for managing the cost of company car schemes

Employee Benefits

Education on charge- and fuel-saving driving techniques, as well as advanced driver training, can save on day-to-day motoring costs, as well as insurance premiums, and providers may be able to help with this. This will then change to 3% in 2025/26, 4% in 2026/27, and 5% in 2027/28.”

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More Big Rigs Phased Out as More Regulations Loom

InterWest Insurance Services

Electric work trucks and day cab tractors must equal 10% of their fleets in 2027, and 100% by 2039. Under current rules: 10% of box trucks and light-duty package delivery vehicles owned by fleet owners must be electric beginning in 2025, and be 100% of their fleets by 2035.