Regulation & Public Policy

While your ultimate choice of an insurance company may be restricted based on the type of insurance you need, the priority should always be to seek a high-quality provider, regardless of whether the company is admitted or non-admitted.

The MCARE law in Pennsylvania is an example of why a governmental entity should never get involved in insurance because they do not understand what insurance is or how it works in the real world.

It appears that the exclusive remedy provision for workers' compensation will no longer serve to prevent costly civil litigation.

Ovum publishes report about the 2013 US insurance regulatory landscape.|

Employers must be aware that even if a manager never stops monitoring and managing, once the manager engages in non-exempt duties, there is a risk that the entire time performing those duties will be counted as non-exempt time when evaluating the "primarily engaged" test for exempt status.

The hurdles for properly deducting premiums paid to one's own insurance company are both numerous and, to some extent, subjective.

Once the currently undocumented can legally remain in the US and continue to work in the industries they occupy, it is more likely that they will opt to go to their home country for medical treatment should they get injured on the job.

Health plans, their insurers, employer and other sponsors, and business associates should review critically and carefully the adequacy of their current HIPAA Privacy and Security compliance policies, monitoring, training, breach notification and other practices.