Today, every customer is a reporter and every employee is a potential marketer. Learn about the basics of social media and how to apply it to your own Human Resource functions. Presenters: Jeff Coon, Art Director & Partner at Stream Creative – Social Media Expert and Inbound Marketing Certified Educator Who Should Attend: Human Resource» Read Full Article

The Internal Revenue Service released final guidance for small employers eligible to claim the new small business health care tax credit for the 2010 tax year. This includes a one-page form and instructions small employers will use to claim the credit for the 2010 tax year. New Form 8941, Credit for Small Employer Health Insurance Premiums,» Read Full Article

A recent survey by the National Business Group on Health reveals that large U.S. employers predict their health care benefits costs will rise an average of 8.9 percent in 2011 (up from 7 percent in 2010). Top strategies employers plan to use to control costs include: Raising employee contributions (63 percent) Raising out-of-pocket maximums (46» Read Full Article

Economy has more employers taking defensive action regarding employment liability insurance.

Differences between the policy for Pension and Welfare Fund Fiduciary Responsibility Insurance and the Employee Benefits Liability (EBL) endorsement for the Commercial General Liability Coverage portion.

Thanks to everyone who attended this free webinar hosted by our Assurex partner on Health Care Reform for Employer Sponsored Plans. May 5, 2010 1:30-2:30 (CST).

The recently enacted federal health reform legislation contains provisions for health insurance expense tax credits for small businesses. A qualifying employer must have less than the “equivalent” of 25 full-time workers. Employer eligibility rules, how to calculate the full-time equivalent workforce, amount of credit, how the credit is calculated, how to claim the credit and other important concerns were covered in this 60 minute Webinar.

It has been difficult enough to keep track of the legislative process and much more difficult to actually know and understand what it contains and means. We know that there are many more questions than there are answers at this point. One simple and common question that we have received from many of you is: “So what happens next?” In an effort to help answer that question, we have made two documents available to you…