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Property and Casualty

Workers’ Compensation: Stable market with emerging challenges from mental health claims

Despite pressure from medical inflation, increases in fee schedules on medical procedures and wage inflation affecting premiums and benefits, Workers’ Compensation remains a stable and profitable line for insurers. This stability allows buyers favorable conditions, such as ample capacity and stable rates. However, a new trend is emerging: the inclusion of mental health claims as compensable workers’ compensation.

August 28, 2024

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Employee Benefits

"Leave Report": An Innovative Resource for Informing Your Employee Benefits Plan Design

Based on a survey of more than 1,040 organizations across the U.S., Alera Group’s 2024 Healthcare and Employee Benefits Leave Report provides insights into how businesses of different sizes, industries and regions are addressing employee leave, including holidays, vacation time, sick leave and other paid leave for common life events.

August 8, 2024

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Employee Benefits

Q3 Considerations: Health & Welfare Short Plan Year Form 5500 Filing

It’s common for a plan sponsor to sometimes change their ERISA plan year.

August 6, 2024

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Employee Benefits

Spotlight: 2025 Changes to Medicare Part D

Effective January 1, 2025, Medicare Part D prescription drug benefits will be changing.

August 6, 2024

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Employee Benefits

Key Considerations for Employers of all Sizes: Leave of Absence Policies

Many employers recognize the importance of offering extended leave options to their employees, but there are many things to consider when creating these policies.

August 6, 2024

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Employee Benefits

Webinar Preview: A User-Friendly Open Enrollment

Join Alera Group on Thursday, August 15, for “Driving Communications and Engagement: Open Enrollment,” an Engage series webinar on effective, year-round benefits communications — beginning with the all-important run-up to Open Enrollment.

August 2, 2024

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Employee Benefits

Employee Wellbeing Fair: A Day Dedicated to a Healthier Future You

You and your employees are welcome to join us for the virtual fair, a series of eight online sessions that will take place from 11 a.m.-4 p.m. ET on Thursday, September 26. With session topics including metabolism, sleep, “sandwich generation” challenges, social media, menopause, foot health and nutrition, the program offers something for everyone.

July 30, 2024

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Employee Benefits

Benefits Benchmarking Webinar: What To Do With the Data

If you’re designing your company’s employee benefits program, you want to know what your peers and competitors are offering. Employee retention and talent acquisition are largely dependent on whether you offer a benefits package that meets or exceeds the standards of your industry, location and company size while managing costs in an increasingly expensive market for healthcare and pharmaceuticals. That’s why Alera Group places a high priority on using benchmarking data and analysis to inform and otherwise serve our clients.

July 1, 2024

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Employee Benefits

How To Lower Healthcare Costs While Improving Benefit Offerings

Join us on June 20 for a one-hour webinar designed to help you eliminate wasteful healthcare spending while providing your employees with benefits that attract and retain talent. We’ll take you through our three-step solution.

June 11, 2024

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