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Compliance ✔- ARPA COBRA Subsidy – Model Notices and FAQs
The Department of Labor (DOL) issued FAQs and model notices for the COBRA premium assistance provisions of the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA). As a reminder, ARPA provides a 100% subsidy for employer-sponsored group health insurance continued under COBRA and similar...
Identifying Fake Face Coverings
OSHA recently shared a resource from Health Professionals & Allied Employees (HPAE) to help employers and employees determine if the respirators they are using are fake/counterfeit. Since the pandemic began, there has been a shortage of personal protective...
Commercial Risk Insight: Workplace Retaliation, Severe Spring Weather
Prevent Workplace Retaliation Claims Each year, numerous workplace discrimination complaints are filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). In 2020, retaliation was the most frequently cited claim, accounting for more than half of all charges...
Maintaining Your Property’s Stairs and Elevators to Keep Residents Safe
Stairs and elevators constitute some of the most frequently used common areas that a community manager or condo association must manage. As such, it is important to keep these areas safe and in the case of elevators, functioning well, to maintain the safety of both...
Compliance ✔- PPE Expenses Eligible Under Health FSA, HSA and HRA
The IRS issued Announcement 2021-07 to permit amounts paid for personal protective equipment (PPE), such as masks, hand sanitizer and sanitizing wipes, for the primary purpose of preventing the spread of COVID-19 to be treated as amounts paid for medical care under §...
In The News
Get Ahead of the Cost Curve: Work Comp Offers Savings in a Hard Market
Originally published in Birmingham Business Journal Oct. 30, 2020. Author: Allen Baker, Sr. Vice President of Property & Casualty Companies are experiencing increasing (or “hardening”) rates on their property and casualty insurance programs — an average 19%...
Pandemic Policy Provisions: Interview in Business Alabama
Fifteen lawsuits have been filed in Alabama seeking compensation from insurance companies for business lost during the Covid-19 shutdown, according to the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies — 14 in federal court and one in Circuit Court in Jefferson...
Valent ranked as 4th largest Agency by Business Alabama Magazine
Business Alabama Magazine ranked Valent 4th largest agency according to a survey based on 2019 policy volume written by Alabama offices.