Vaping Is a Serious Health Threat to Our Youth
Vaping Is the Next Generation of Nicotine Addiction There is always some concern about the health challenges we face. Cancer, heart disease, diabetes and smoking are important topics in this commentary. Advances and breakthroughs make us feel like we are making...
Understanding Health Insurance: Employer Contributions
Employer Contributions and Your Responsibilities Mandatory Health Plans Thankfully, when it comes to health insurance, the passing of the Affordable Care Act mandated employer offered health plans . While such a mandate ensures that you will have access to health...
This Is Why You Should Offer Benefits to Part-Time Employees
Employee Benefits for Part-Time Employees For most organizations, employee compensation accounts for the largest share of company expenses. However, employees also represent a company’s greatest asset. Because of this, it is important to not only compensate employees,...
Medical Claims: The Top 5 Reasons for Insurance Plan Denials
Health Insurance Denials and The Top Five Reasons In Sonoma County, you would probably prefer to sit back, sipping on a glass of wine, rather than worrying about insurance denials. Unfortunately, denials are all part of the health insurance game, and while denials may...
Do Your Part To Make Distracted Driver Awareness Month a Success
Do Your Part To End Distracted Driving Accidents In 2016, 3,450 individuals lost their lives to distracted driving . Cellphones, GPS systems and radios were major contributing factors in these fatalities, but technology is not completely to blame. Drivers have been...
New Employee Onboarding Guide
5 Objectives of Your Company’s Onboarding Guide All businesses need an onboarding program to introduce new hires into the working environment. Before starting an official guide, an employer first needs to determine how long the introduction process will last, what...
What Is a Health Insurance Broker?
Why You Need an Experienced Health Insurance Broker When you provide employees with healthcare through your company’s policy, there are many people you need to become acclimated with. One of the most important people to know is your health insurance broker. Brokers...
Do You Have a Qualifying Life Event?
Understanding Qualifying Life Events (QLE) Sometimes, things in life happen that you didn’t plan for, such as losing health insurance. When this happens, you may still be able to receive health insurance due to special events. So, what is a qualifying life event? ...
3 Facts To Know Before Mailing in a DNA Kit
The Facts About DNA Mail-In Kits Technology continuously changes the limits of what humans can do. With DNA testing, you can now learn more about your genealogy and may be able to determine disease susceptibility. However, there are certain limits to these tests you...
Ask a Broker: What Happens if an Employee Misses Open Enrollment?
So You Missed the Employee Benefits Enrollment Window? H i Emma, We had a newly hired employee forget to enroll in our group health insurance plan during his enrollment period. What happens now? -Santa Rosa Business Owner Hi, Many thanks for your question. No...