B.J. Webster assumes newly created role Deerfield, IL (September 5, 2023) — Alera Group, a top independent national insurance and financial services firm, announced the creation of a new chief investment officer (CIO) role for its Wealth Services and Retirement...
After several failed attempts by pharmacy benefit managers (“PBM”) to challenge state laws regulating PBMs, the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals (in Pharmaceutical Care Management Association v. Mulready) handed down a big win for PBMs and, by extension,...
Illinois recently passed a new law and implemented emergency regulations to protect day and temporary laborers (collectively “temporary workers”) and require day and temporary labor service agencies (collectively “temporary agencies”) to...
This alert is of interest to all applicable large employers (ALEs) – generally, those with at least 50 full-time equivalent employees. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has released Rev. Proc. 2023-29, which contains the inflation adjusted amounts for 2024...
On July 12, 2023, the IRS, DOL and HHS (collectively, “the Agencies”) released proposed regulations that modify the conditions for hospital indemnity and other fixed indemnity insurance to be considered an “excepted benefit.” Maintaining...
Fourth Annual ‘Healthcare and Employee Benefits Benchmarking Survey’ Reveals Market Trends Deerfield, IL (July 19, 2023) — A new study measuring employee benefits and human capital management challenges reveals that after navigating through a period...
On June 9, 2023, the IRS released OCC Memo 202323006, which advises that wellness indemnity payments under a fixed indemnity insurance policy are wages for purposes of Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA) taxes, Federal Unemployment Tax Act (FUTA) taxes, and...
Deerfield, IL (June 27, 2023) — Alera Group specialty practice Blue Communications received six awards at this year's Hermes Creative Awards, adding to honors the agency has received from one of the world’s most prestigious creative competitions....
Deerfield, IL (June 22, 2023) — Alera Group, a top independent national insurance and wealth services firm, announced today that Mark Dennis has been appointed as Managing Director for the Northwest region. In his new role, Mark will help drive Alera...
Deerfield, IL (June 20, 2023) — Alera Group, a top independent national insurance and wealth services firm, was recently ranked the 31st fastest-growing company in Chicago by Crain’s Chicago Business. In its first appearance on the Fast 50 list, Alera...
