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Compliance ✔- President Biden Announces COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates for Federal Employees and Large Employers
On Thursday, Sept. 9, 2021, President Joe Biden signed executive orders requiring federal workers and contractors to get vaccinated against COVID-19. Biden also directed the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to draft a new emergency rule requiring...
OSHA Developing Private Sector Emergency Temporary Standard for COVID-19
On Sept. 9, 2021, President Biden announced that the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is developing an emergency temporary standard (ETS). The new ETS will require private-sector employers with 100 or more employees to ensure their workforce is...
Enterprise Risk Management for Auto Dealerships
The risks an auto dealership faces are wide, varied and complex. When it comes to managing these risks you can’t wait for something to happen before you develop a response. Enterprise risk management (ERM) is an integrated approach to understanding and managing an...
T-Mobile Security Data Breach Impacts Over 40 Million People
T-Mobile Security Data Breach On August 17th T-Mobile learned their systems were breached. The cyber incident included personal information such as names, driver’s licenses, governmental identification numbers, Social Security number, dates of birth, T-Mobile pre-paid...
Compliance ✔- COBRA Subsidy Expiration Notice Due by Sept. 15 or Sooner
The American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) provides COBRA premium assistance to eligible individuals and imposes notice requirements on health plans. One such requirement is that plans must notify eligible individuals about when their premium assistance ends, and whether...
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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.