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Small Businesses Remain Committed to Employee Benefits

Despite a shaky economy, 75% of small employers are keeping or growing their benefits in 2021, according to a Unum survey. Thirty-six percent of small businesses plan to hire new employees, and 20...

What Employees Want During Open Enrollment

The company, isolved, surveyed full-time employees to learn about their expectations for benefits programs and platforms. At the top of the wish lists are better enrollment technologies, more cust...

Anthem Released a COVID-19 Relief Guide to Help Employers

Anthem Blue Cross created a guide to help employers respond to the effects of COVID-19 on their business and employees. COVID-19 Employer Relief Options Guide includes the following information: ...

Your Online Resource for COBRA Premium Subsidies Under ARPA

Amwins Connect has created an online resource on COBRA and Cal-COBRA premium subsidies under the American Rescue Plan Act Of 2021 (ARPA ). You can easily find answers to your questions with our c...

CA Businesses Won’t be Taxed on Forgiven PPP Loans

Governor Gavin Newsom signed a bill that will give small businesses a $6.2 billion tax cut over the next six years. Under the legislation, AB 80 by Assemblymember Autumn Burke (D-Inglewood), the f...

New Rules Lower OOP Costs on Marketplace Plans

CMS adopted new provisions to lower maximum out-of-pocket costs to consumers by $400 for millions of Americans who will rely on the Federal Health Insurance Marketplaces in plan year 2022. The fol...

CA Bill Would Allow Adding Dependent Parents on a Health Plan

Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara is sponsoring legislation authored by Assemblymember Miguel Santiago (D-Los Angeles) that would allow employees to add their dependent parents to their health i...

How A Lower Medicare Age May Affect Health Plan Costs

Employer health plan costs could drop significantly if the Medicare age were lowered, according to an analysis by the Peterson Center on Healthcare and the Kaiser Family Foundation. One of Pres...

Cypress Break the Bank Broker Bonus for Dental PPO Sales

Cypress Dental is offering a broker bonus for fully insured dental PPO groups you enroll from May 1, 2021 through September 1, 2021. The bonus is broken out by group size. 3-9 employees = $150 ...

Principal's Stance on ARPA COBRA Premium Subsidy

Since the passage of the American Rescue Plan Act on March 11, our community of employers, brokers, carriers, and members have stretched compliance skills to understand how the provisions of fully sub...

LAAHU Virtual Conference May 13-14, 2021

This year’s LAAHU Virtual Conference is a can’t miss event with some great CE classes and networking opportunities. Featuring Keynote Speaker, Ricardo Lara, California State Insurance C...

Webinar: Kaiser Permanente COVID-19 Vaccine Update

Webinar: Kaiser Permanente COVID-19 Vaccine Update With rapid changes in what we know about COVID-19, Kaiser is offering a webinar series focused on the most common questions, the latest clinical n...

Oscar Q3 Update

Oscar Q3 rates are now quoting. Rates increased on average with a 4.6% increase for EPO and 5.4% for EPO HSA plans. There are no plan changes. Contact your Amwins Connect Regional Sales Manager for...

Oscar Q3 Update

Oscar Q3 rates are now quoting. Rates increased on average with a 4.6% increase for EPO and 5.4% for EPO HSA plans. There are no plan changes. Contact your Amwins Connect Regional Sales Manager for...

Sutter Health Plus Same-Day Pharmacy Delivery Expands in Bay Area

Sutter Health Plus members in a select Bay Area delivery zone have access to free, same-day retail pharmacy delivery through Alto Pharmacy—for many prescription drugs—at the same cost share as picking...

Sutter Health Plus Same-Day Pharmacy Delivery Expands in Bay Area

Sutter Health Plus members in a select Bay Area delivery zone have access to free, same-day retail pharmacy delivery through Alto Pharmacy—for many prescription drugs—at the same cost share as picking...

Blue Shield of California and American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 - COBRA Subsidies

The American Rescue Plan Act includes a COBRA premium subsidy provision to allow assistance-eligible individuals who have lost employer-sponsored health coverage due to involuntary termination or redu...

Blue Shield of California and American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 - COBRA Subsidies

The American Rescue Plan Act includes a COBRA premium subsidy provision to allow assistance-eligible individuals who have lost employer-sponsored health coverage due to involuntary termination or redu...

Individual Coverage is Unaffordable for Nearly Half of Adults 50-64

Nearly half of older adults purchasing health insurance through the nongroup health insurance market faced unaffordable health coverage in 2019, compared to only 30% of younger adults, according t...

Permanent Subsidies Would Slash the Uninsured Rate

The number of uninsured in the United States would fall by 4.2 million if policymakers made a temporary provision in the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) permanent, according to a new analysis by t...