Certificates of Insurance are documents provided by Agents to verify the existence of insurance coverage. They are commonly used when an agreement or contract requires a party to maintain specific types of insurance. For example, a Certificate of Insurance can be used when: A general...
Shortly before the July 4th holiday, the U.S. Department of the Treasury announced that enforcement of the Employer Shared Responsibility requirement under the Affordable Care Act (Act) will be delayed until 2015. The employer mandate, which generally requires employers with at least 50 full-time or...
Under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), employers are required to give employees written notice about their options for purchasing health insurance through Affordable Insurance Exchanges (Health Insurance Marketplaces). Though the original March 1, 2013 deadline was delayed, the Department of Labor (DOL) recently announced the...
Insurance companies such as Geico and Progressive started selling personal insurance online over a decade ago. So is it safe to assume that business insurance can also be sold online? We decided to explore this endeavour and we're not the only ones. Plenty of insurance agencies...
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released final rules pursuant to the Affordable Care Act (Act) that are designed to help consumers shop for and compare health insurance options in the individual and small group markets. According to the HHS, these final rules...
The Affordable Care Act’s Individual Shared Responsibility provision requires nonexempt individuals to obtain minimum essential coverage for themselves and any nonexempt dependents. Starting January 1, 2014, those failing to get the required health insurance will have to pay a monthly penalty. Who is subject to the...
On January 25, 2013, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published its omnibus Final Rule regarding the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH) and the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA). According to...
To help individuals understand their health insurance options under the Affordable Care Act (Act), employers are required to give employees written notice about Affordable Insurance Exchanges. The Act's March 1, 2013 deadline for employers to start giving this notice to all employees was recently pushed...
Under the Affordable Care Act’s Employer Shared Responsibility provisions, “large” employers with at least 50 full-time equivalent employees may be subject to an annual $2,000 or $3,000 penalty (tax) per qualifying employee. An employer may avoid the penalty by offering health coverage to at least...
On January 2, 2013, the Internal Revenue Service published proposed regulations regarding one of the Affordable Care Act's more controversial provisions--the Employer Shared Responsibility (penalty) provision. Under this provision, an employer may face an annual $2,000 or $3,000 penalty (tax) per qualifying employee depending on...