Broker Regulation

A landmark ruling involving a veteran sheriff's deputy in Georgia states employers must include gender-affirming medical care in their health insurance coverage or face federal charges.

The penalties for not effectively executing on one's fiduciary duties are steep.

As always, successful brokers will find ways to turn challenges into opportunities.

The proposed fund would incentivize states, localities and nonprofit organizations to experiment with portable benefits models.

Authorities are also hinting at increased interagency data sharing, such as between civil investigators and criminal prosecutors.

What are COBRA administrators to do in the face of all this change? At the very least, they have to stay flexible. And that flexibility has to start with their administration system.