Employee Benefits
Accelerent Breakfast: The Power of Interdependence
The world’s best blind golfer let the audience see how important it is to support each other.
June 23, 2023
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Employee Benefits
Our 2023 AZ Benefits Benchmarking Results Announced!
Our 10th Annual AZ Benefits Benchmarking Results Breakfast Seminar on June 8th was a great opportunity for employers to review the benchmarking data and new trends and strategies for employee benefits. They also heard from our keynote speaker about the use of data science to provide consumers access to best-performing doctors to achieve better medical outcomes and lower costs.
June 8, 2023
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Ron Jaworski: The ‘CEO-Quarterback’ on Leadership, Commitment and Teamwork
Go out thinking you’re going to complete every pass!
Ron Jaworski, ESPN analyst and former NFL quarterback, believes that positive thinking is the key to success.
April 20, 2023
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Dan O’Brien: Overcoming Adversity to Become a Champion
Most sports champions and successful business leaders make it look easy…but it’s not.
Dan O’Brien is a former decathlete, 1996 Olympic gold medalist, TV personality, motivational speaker, author, and coach.
January 27, 2023
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Building a Brand Begins with Passion: UGG Founder
He started with $500 in capital in 1978.
He used passion, entrepreneurship and energy to build one of the world’s most recognizable brands.
November 18, 2022
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9/11 Fire Chief Richard Picciotto on the Value of Training and Leadership
We each remember where we were on Sept. 11, 2001.
At today’s Accelerent/Benefit Commerce Group Breakfast Event, Chief Richard Picciotto, Fire Department of New York, talked about his day on that Sept. 11th and how he relied on preparation and effective leadership when confronted with this enormous adversity.
September 30, 2022
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Scott Wood Profiled as Inspiring Leader in IE Magazine
We are very pleased to share with you a recent profile in IE Magazine that highlights the success and culture of Benefit Commerce Group, an Alera Group company.
September 22, 2022
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AmyK Hutchens at Accelerent Breakfast -- LIFE. HAPPENS. ONE. CONVERSATION. AT. A. TIME.
Want to know how to confidently lead tough conversations at work and at home without saying something you regret? It’s called the power of profitable conversations, and that’s what AmyK Hutchens taught attendees at the Accelerent Breakfast on June 10th.
June 10, 2022
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Our 2022 AZ Benefits Benchmarking Results Announced!
Our 9th Annual AZ Benefits Benchmarking Results Breakfast Seminar on June 2nd was a great opportunity for employers to review the benchmarking data and new trends and strategies for employee benefits. They also heard about the importance of their workplace culture from our keynote speaker.
June 2, 2022
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Property and Casualty
Alera Group’s 2025 Property and Casualty Market Update
Alera Group’s 2025 Property and Casualty Market Update, designed as a bridge between Alera Group’s annual Market Outlooks — provides insight into pricing, coverage availability, market capacity and underwriting trends for the balance of 2025.
August 1, 2025
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Employee Benefits
Legal Alert: IRS Issues Affordability Percentage Adjustment for 2026
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has released Rev. Proc. 2025-25, which contains the inflation adjusted amounts for 2026 used to determine whether employer-sponsored coverage is “affordable” for purposes of the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) employer shared responsibility provisions and premium tax credit program.
July 23, 2025
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Employee Benefits
Legal Alert: Enforcement of the HIPAA Reproductive Health Care Privacy Rule Vacated Nationwide
On June 18, 2025, a federal district court in Texas vacated a significant portion of the HIPAA Privacy Rule to Support Reproductive Health Care Privacy (“Final Rule”), which was implemented on April 24, 2024, on a nationwide basis. The Final Rule, which was implemented in response to the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization (effectively overturning Roe v. Wade), was intended to protect the ability of individuals to receive reproductive health care when the care is provided lawfully under the circumstances without risk of an individual’s identity or health information being disclosed for purposes of state criminal, civil or administrative investigations (or for imposing liability related to lawfully providing or obtaining reproductive healthcare).
July 21, 2025
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