ERISA News

8 Tips to Increase Your Agency’s Surety Bond Business

This post is part of a series sponsored by Old Republic Surety. There’s a significant surety revenue stream hiding within the average independent agency’s book of commercial business. Need clues? Here are eight to get you started! Are you an …

California Company Says CDI Wrongly Halting Sales of Workers’ Comp Product

The head of a business providing worker’s compensation and other benefits that was issued a cease and desist notice from the California Department of Insurance this week says the notice was wrongly issued. The CDI issued the notice to stop …

How Well Do Oklahoma Opt-Out Plans Serve Injured Workers? It Depends, Study Says

A recent analysis of the workers’ compensation “opt-out” system in Oklahoma concludes that employer-run plans for injured workers may offer benefits that are equal to or better than those provided by traditional workers’ compensation as proponents suggest, but there are …

States Developing IRA Plans for Small Business Employees

For people working for a small business that doesn’t have a retirement plan, help is on the way. Roughly half of the U.S. states are working to create government-sponsored automatic individual retirement account (IRA) plans that would enroll workers without …

Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Offers Fiduciary Liability Product

Boston-based Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) has launched Executive First Fiduciary Liability Insurance, a new addition to its Executive First suite of executive liability insurance products offering customizable coverage for commercial and financial firms. The product will provide enhanced protection …