With so many insurance agencies having relegated staff to working remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic – some of them permanently – many principals are wondering how they can maintain their company culture with an increasingly dispersed staff. Since the pandemic started and a large portion of America’s workforce began working remotely, managers have been struggling…
The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau has announced that two temporary payroll reporting rules to reflect changes brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic stay-at-home orders will sunset. The move comes after Gov. Gavin Newsom’s June 9 executive order which revoked the statewide stay-at-home order that had been in place since March 19, 2020. You may…
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Service just released a series of new regulations targeted at banning surprise billing in most instances, taking aim at a scourge that ends up costing many covered individuals thousands of dollars even when they are treated in-network. The goal of the rule, slated to take effect Jan. 1, 2022,…