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Some employers sponsor a high-deductible health plan and concurrently a self-funded health reimbursement account (“HRA”) to which it contributes to reimburse certain amounts towards deductibles, co-pays, and other out-of-pocket expenses. An HRA is an employer-sponsored health plan and as such is subject to COBRA. ...Read More

by Elena A. Lovoy and Peter L. Cockrell The year 2017 may have been the tipping point in data breach incidents. In September 2017, Equifax Inc. disclosed a breach exposing the names, Social Security numbers, birth dates, home addresses, and driver’s license numbers of ...Read More

Like a lot of us, New Year’s resolutions for many community banks are based around improvement and growth. Spurred by the recent tax reform bill, many are looking to a possible merger or acquisition as a way to meet their business needs and improve ...Read More

by Charles W. Prueter The Supreme Court picked up its pace in the last week of February, issuing seven decisions in argued cases. (The Court thereby nearly tripled its entire output in such cases since the beginning of the term in October 2017.) Two ...Read More

by Nancy Bush, NAB Research for Banks Street Partners As we go into 2018 and face the realities of the American political and economic landscape — global headline risk, capital markets that are rocketing skyward (and provoking debate about valuation and bubbles in the ...Read More

FEBRUARY 23, 2018 — Legislation allowing county commissions to select a public depository at any time (rather than during a very narrow window of time every December) passed the Legislature on Tuesday. Senate Bill 60, sponsored by Sen. Clay Scofield (R-Arab) and managed in ...Read More

With exams and audit cycles beginning soon in earnest, now is the time to prepare across the whole bank — how ready are you really? Have internal checks been consistently followed and applied? Compliance Alliance is here to help. With over 63 individual tools, ...Read More