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The new Trump Administration proposal would increase the minimum salary level threshold for overtime-exempt employees from $23,660 per year, or $455 per week, to $35,308 per year, or $679 per week.

As a leading supporter of a modernized state-based system of insurance regulation, the Big “I” supports eliminating or significantly restricting the authority of the FIO.

This week, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the “Setting Every Community up for Retirement Enhancement Act,” a bill intended to encourage small businesses to provide retirement benefits for their workers.

Bipartisanship was the focus during this year’s Big “I” Legislative Conference Breakfast keynotes.

A driver crashes his vehicle into an insured’s home. The driver’s auto insurer informs the homeowner and their agent that they will pay the claim for the damage to the home on an actual cash value basis, then advises the homeowner to submit the claim to t

The U.S. Senate must act on H.R. 2578 to make sure the NFIP does not lapse at the end of the month.

At press time, the U.S. House of Representatives is scheduled to vote on a package of health care bills that would restore $100 million in funding for Navigators.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services recently announced the 2019 CMS Marketplace Agent & Broker summit will take place July 1 in Baltimore.

Last week, Rep. Stephanie Murphy (D-Florida), the first Vietnamese American woman to serve in Congress, addressed the Young Agents & InsurPac State Chairpersons Legislative Luncheon during the 2019 Big “I” Legislative Conference.

During his State of the Association address at the 2019 Big “I” Legislative Conference, Joe Leahy, Big “I” chairman, outlined five key ways the Big “I” advocates for the independent agency system.