An awkward job interview question — how much did you make at your last job? — is getting banned in some parts of the country.
Massachusetts, New York City and Philadelphia have passed laws that bar employers from asking applicants about their salary history. And several states, including California, Mississippi and Pennsylvania, have proposed similar legislation this year. Continue reading
When Congress passed the 21st Century Cures Act in December 2016, it created a new health plan for small businesses—the Qualified Small Employer Health Reimbursement Arrangement (QSEHRA), or Small Business HRA. Continue reading
The Toyota Research Institute (TRI) is exploring blockchain and distributed ledger technology (BC/DL) for use in the development of driverless cars. TRI is collaborating with the MIT Media Lab and other industry partners on ways that both businesses and consumers may share driving and autonomous vehicle testing data, manage ride-share and car-share transactions and store vehicle usage information that could be used in the setting of insurance rates. Continue reading
When it comes to obtaining or renewing business insurance policies such as general liability, workers’ compensation, commercial automobile coverage, property etc., typically the business, policy coverage and risk associated with the policy will go through what is called underwriting. Each insurance company has it’s own set of underwriting guidelines when determining if they are willing to take the risk of the insured. Continue reading
The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration will delay the July 1 compliance date for the electronic submission of the 2016 Form 300A, the agency said Wednesday Continue reading
The takeup rate for cyber insurance is increasing, although still less than one-third of firms are buying it, says a survey issued Thursday by the Washington-based Council of Insurance Agents & Brokers. Continue reading
A little-publicized Nevada law provides residents with a unique opportunity that doesn’t exist anywhere else in the Untied States. NRS 687B.480, which took How a little-known Nevada law benefits residentseffect January 2014, allows uninsured residents to buy an individual insurance policy any time during the year. Continue reading
