Alera Group Insights

Perspectives from our thought leaders and experts across the country.

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Wealth Services

Weekly Market Update

Stocks continued their upward climb last week as excitement around big tech continued; positive economic reports stoked investors’ belief that the Federal Reserve has pulled off a soft landing.

January 29, 2024

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Property and Casualty

Tough Times Get Tougher for Commercial Auto Insurance

Myriad elements have combined to affect today’s Commercial Auto Insurance market, ranging from increasingly extreme weather to the number of cars on the roads. These factors have created one inevitable conclusion: Commercial Auto pricing will again increase by double digits in 2024.

January 24, 2024

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Wealth Services

Weekly Market Update

Stocks finished higher last week, with big tech again leading amid lingering uncertainty over how continued economic strength would influence the Fed’s rate decision.

January 22, 2024

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Wealth Services

January is Financial Wellness Month

January is Financial Wellness Month, a time to remind people to make arrangements for their financial strategy.

January 19, 2024

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Wealth Services

Budget Check Up: Tax Time Is the Right Time

Tax preparation may be the perfect time to give the household budget a check-up.

January 19, 2024

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Wealth Services

Health, Hobbies, and a More Fulfilled Life

Tax preparation may be the perfect time to give the household budget a check-up.

January 19, 2024

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Property and Casualty

Property Insurance: ‘Hard Row to Hoe’ for Agribusiness

Auto and Property Insurance pose the greatest challenges to the agribusiness sector in what is generally a daunting property and casualty (P&C) market. Here's how to navigate that market and present yourself to underwriters in the most favorable light.

January 17, 2024

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Employee Benefits

Employers, Employees and Job-Flexibility Tradeoffs

Faced with one of contemporary business’s most prominent dilemmas – allow work from home or insist on return to work? – employers and employees alike must come to terms with an axiom: Life is a series of tradeoffs. Join us on Thursday, January 18, for "The Value of Flexible Work: Alera Group’s Tradeoff Study."

January 11, 2024

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Employee Benefits

A Cautionary Tale: Self-Funded Plan Administrators Must Meaningfully and Effectively Communicate With Plan Participants and Their Providers on Appeal

This alert is of interest to employers who sponsor self-funded health plans.

January 9, 2024

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