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There is always something exciting happening at Lockton. Here are just a few from our newsroom.
Executive summary Federal authorities have issued an interim final regulation addressing requirements, imposed under last year’s Consolidated Appropriations Act, for health plans and insurers to submit information about prescription drug and other healthcare plan spending. The reports are expected t …
California just completed a busy 2021 legislative session, imposing a variety of new health insurance mandates. Here are the highlights. Please note that as with any state insurance mandate, the new California mandates do not apply to self-insured ERISA plans, nor to insured plans that are not subje …
In September, Illinois passed a law that requires any employer (including local governments, school districts and employers outside of Illinois) that both (1) has employees who are “gainfully employed in Illinois” and (2) offers group medical benefits to provide all eligible employees (not just thos …
The IRS has announced welfare and retirement benefit plan limits for 2022. There are many sections in the Tax Code that limit the amount of tax-favored welfare and retirement benefits an employer may provide or an employee may receive. The IRS updates these limits annually to account for inflation. …
Update: Legal challenges to OSHA's Emergency Temporary Standards have begun On Saturday, Nov. 6, a court in Louisiana granted a temporary stay of the OSHA Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) while evaluating whether the ETS should be permanently blocked. The states of Texas and Louisiana, along with …
Today, the White House announced that the deadline for the federal contractor vaccine mandate is extended to Jan. 4, 2022. This change was made to align with the vaccine mandate issued today by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), as well as the long-awaited and much-anticipated tes …
