From the monthly archives: June 2015
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that President Obama’s health care law allows the federal government to provide nationwide tax subsidies to help poor and middle-class people buy health insurance, a sweeping vindication that endorsed the larger purpose of Mr. Obama’s signature legislative achievement.
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By: Mary Thompson, Capstone Brokerage President, June 25, 2015
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Small businesses are changing the way they offer employee health benefits. Owners and employees are saving up to 60 percent by giving money to employees to buy their own personal plans directly from insurance companies. Continue reading
As you may have heard, the on-demand car-service juggernaut lost a case early this month before the California Labor Commissioner on whether a driver was an independent contractor or an employee, and thus eligible for expense reimbursement. Uber is appealing that ruling in court, but it already faces a class-action lawsuit over the same issue in federal court in California and similar fights in Florida and Massachusetts. Continue reading
Fueled by an influx of expensive prescription drugs, group health insurance premiums are expected to increase an average of 5% to 8% in 2016. Continue reading
Roughly three quarters of ridesharing drivers don’t have ridesharing insurance, and nearly eight-in-10 conduct their ridesharing activities covertly and keep their insurer or agent in the dark.
Two informal polls from a popular Forbes blogger known as The Rideshare Guy show there’s a lot of ridesharing going under the radar of insurance carriers and their agents despite the prevalence of livery exclusions in personal auto policies. Continue reading
Millions of Americans could lose their insurance if the U.S. Supreme Court rules against President Barack Obama on his healthcare law. And with the decision due in the next two weeks, the government has no backup plan. Continue reading
The majority of property/casualty insurers do not expect autonomous or self-driving vehicles to have a real impact on their auto insurance business for another decade and have not adjusted their business models to prepare for the disruption.
Many insurer executives also believe that government will slow the introduction of autonomous vehicles. Continue reading
