March 30, 2021
OSHA has published statistics on their response to the COVID-19 Pandemic. According to the OSHA COVID-19 Response summary, between February 1, 2020 and March 7, 2021 Federal OSHA has received at total...
February 08, 2021
On January 1, 2015, OSHA established the latest requirements for reporting work-related deaths and work-related hospitalizations. The COVID-19 pandemic has not changed any of those requirements. Accor...
February 03, 2021
If you're not prepared your renewal might not include this critical coverage. Every year we say the cyber insurance market is evolving. While it sounds redundant, it remains true. Years ago, the prio...
January 12, 2021
The final quarter of 2020 was perhaps the most “normal” with respect to all issues compliance- and benefits-related. We saw the typical updates of federal limits for various benefits/fees an...
January 06, 2021
The COVID-19 relief bill recently passed by Congress contains several important employee benefit-related provisions, including restrictions on “surprise medical bills,” new plan and health c...
December 17, 2020
A year ago, it would have been hard to imagine a world that looks like the one we are living in today. Pricing in the commercial insurance market was already “hardening” for a number of reas...
December 17, 2020
While the Holidays are known as the “Season of Giving Gifts,” this time of year is quickly also becoming known as the “Season of Giving away Personal Information.” Cyber crimi...
November 11, 2020
A key shift in day-to-day operations for employee benefits in the corporate workforce since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic is the increased usage of technology. Born out of necessity and...
November 09, 2020
Last week, New Jersey Governor, Phil Murphy issued Executive Order 192 to expand health and safety requirements for public and private businesses in all industries* effective at 6:00 am on T...
October 27, 2020
What changed? The CDC updated the guidance on how COVID-19 may be spread to uninfected people based on recent study findings. The CDC changed the definition of “close contact” as it relate...
October 26, 2020
A North Carolina judge has issued what looks to be the first decision finding that property policies “provide coverage for Business Income and Extra Expenses for [businessowners’] loss of us...
October 19, 2020
As companies who received Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans are considering whether to seek forgiveness of those loans, they should also consider whether to hedge that forgiveness with...
October 13, 2020
On September 17, 2020, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law Senate Bill 1159 (“SB 1159”) which modifies and extends the Governor’s Executive Order from earlier this year, creatin...
October 01, 2020
Do you think you have an impenetrable firewall, strong enough to ward off a cyber attack before it happens? Do the terms “Dark Web”, “Ransomware”, “Malware” and “Phishing” sound like things ...
September 16, 2020
On September 14, 2020, Governor Phil Murphy of New Jersey signed Senate Bill 2380 into law. As previously reported, the law creates a rebuttable presumption that COVID-19 infections contract...