Jan 31, 2020 | Business Insurance
With 2020 in full swing, the year looks to present a sizable challenge – commercial insurance hikes across most lines of insurance. According to insurance broker Willis Towers Watson’s 2020 Insurance Marketplace Realities, business owners should prepare themselves to... 
Jan 9, 2020 | Business Operations
On New Year’s Day, 2020, state taxes on legal marijuana will increase both at the retail and wholesale levels, the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration has announced. The marijuana mark-up rate from wholesale to retail has been set at 80% as of Jan. 1,... 
Jan 6, 2020 | Business Operations
EMPLOYEE THEFT and fraud is a perennial problem. One rogue employee can seriously damage the finances of a company. About a third of all business failures trace back to employee theft and crime, according to the U.S. Department of Commerce. Small and midsize... 
Jan 6, 2020 | Business Operations
STARTING JAN 1, 2020, employers can establish accounts for their employees to help them pay for individual health insurance policies they purchase, as well as for other health care expenses. A new regulation expands on how health reimbursement accounts can be used.... 
Jan 6, 2020 | Business Operations
One outgrowth of a new state law that applies more stringent criteria for what constitutes an independent contractor is that many employers are likely to see more audits and calls for additional premium from their workers’ compensation insurers. In fact, it’s already...