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Compliance ✔- New I-9 Form Required by USCIS in 2020
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) released an updated Form I-9 for employers to complete for each U.S. new hire. The new form must be used beginning by May 1, 2020. Employers may use the prior version (Rev. 07/17/2017 N) until April 30, 2020. The...
New Heights for Real Estate and Construction Firms Bring New Risks
It’s more challenging than ever for firms that specialize in acquisition and ground-up development to make deals pencil out. Increased labor and construction costs resulting from today’s strong economic climate, workforce shortages and highly valued assets trading are...
Initiatives for Managing Heart Disease with Your Employees
Heart disease, which includes strokes and other cardiovascular diseases, is a pervasive problem in the United States. In fact, more than 12 million people visit their physicians each year for heart disease-related reasons. Individuals diagnosed with heart disease may...
Compliance ✔- Deadline for CMS Creditable Coverage Disclosure
Employers who provide prescription drug benefits must report to CMS annually whether the benefits are creditable in respect to Medicare Part D coverage. The disclosure must be made online within 60 days from the beginning of the plan year. For calendar year plans, the...
Scaling Back – Kicking Off 2020 with a Weight Loss Initiative
By Maggie Hill Last week marked the start of Scale Back Alabama 2020, and Valent Group was excited to participate. With the recent launch of our new wellness program, Taking Steps, we concluded that joining the Scale Back initiative would be the perfect...
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30-Year Insurance Veteran to Lead Property & Casualty Broking and Service Departments
We are excited to announce that 30-year insurance veteran Kurt Close has joined our team to lead our property and casualty broking and service departments. Kurt comes to Valent Group after an impressive career with Travelers Insurance where he oversaw and grew their...
Our Agency Honored as Best Practices Agency for Third Year in a Row
We are very excited to announce that this year, our agency has once again been recognized as a Best Practices Agency! This honor was originally awarded to SSN in 2016 by the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (IIABA or the Big “I”) as part of a...
Our In-House Cyber Specialist to Speak at Local Cybersecurity Panel
We are very excited to share that our Vice President of Property & Casualty, Mike Roman, will be a panelist at the Birmingham Business Journal's (BBJ) Cybersecurity Panel event on Sept. 25th. Mike specializes in management liability and cyber liability and has...