In a move to support the mental well-being of New Jersey’s first responders, Gov. Phil Murphy signed A.5792 into law on Aug. 21, 2025. The legislation, which passed both chambers of the New Jersey Legislature without opposition, establishes confidential mental health...
While a pregnancy announcement at work can be welcomed and exciting, sometimes it can stress the relationship between employer and employee. Surprisingly, pregnancy discrimination often is one of those awkward discussion topics that tends to be avoided, or it gets...
Since 1989, New Yorkers in need of temporary disability leave, including individuals with pregnancy and childbirth-related conditions, have been limited to a maximum benefit amount of $170 per week. This figure—unadjusted for over three decades—has diminished in its...
For years, PIANY has campaigned for changes in the way the New York State Insurance Fund conducts business. Currently, NYSIF is the largest writer of workers’ compensation insurance policies in the state by a comfortable margin. In fact, it is one of the top 10...
Video marketing is more popular than ever, and it shows no signs of slowing down. While the types of videos your agency posts might change, it’s clear that consumers connect with this type of content. However, when you’re building a video marketing campaign, it’s...
Gov. Kathy Hochul vetoed a potentially disruptive change to New York’s workers’ compensation laws. The bill would have changed the definition of temporary total disability in a way that would have increased workers’ compensation premium costs for businesses across the...
The Supreme Court of New Jersey issued an opinion last month that directly impacts the way insurance producers must handle workers’ compensation for limited liability companies. The court held in the case of Holm v. Purdy that insurance producers have an ongoing duty...
At the end of June, Gov. Kathy Hochul signed legislation into law that directly impacts businesses with outstanding unpaid balances with the New York State Insurance Fund. What does the new law do? Under the new law (S.9096/A.10078), which goes into effect...
The Connecticut Insurance Department approved the proposed workers’ compensation loss cost filing made by the National Council on Compensation Insurance, consisting of an overall 14.1% decrease. The CID also approved an overall assigned risk rate decrease of 8.2%....
When independent agents take a closer look at workers’ compensation insurance, disability insurance and health insurance, they need to be able to identify which types of coverage come from each type of insurance. This is important because then, agents can prepare...