North Bay Business Journal

  • Law gives self-employed break on health costs

    January 10th, 2011

    The Small Business Jobs and Credit Act of 2010 signed into law last September provides a tax break for the self-employed on health care costs.

  • Health premiums rise for 2011; high-deductibles hit hardest

    December 13th, 2010

    NORTH BAY – Health insurance premiums for business owners in 2011 will rise anywhere from 9 percent to 55 percent.

  • Guest Contributor: As workers’ comp rates rise, employers can offset increase

    October 11th, 2010

    This year many California employers are paying a higher rate per $100 of payroll for workers’ comp insurance for the first time since 2003. Analysis from the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau (WCIRB) indicates that the average rate paid during the first quarter of 2010 was up 5 percent from a year ago.

  • Employers face tough choices for health plans

    July 12th, 2010

    NORTH BAY — Throughout the health care reform debate, employers and employees alike were told they’d be able to keep their current health plans, if so desired. With the unveiling of details on the so-called “grandfathering” clause by the Department of Health and Human Services, however, brokers said such a prospect seems slim, and employers will face a series of tough choices regarding what type of plan they choose to offer employees as they attempt to grapple with still-rising costs.

  • Insurance: Benefits survey shows wineries spend less, contribute more

    May 31st, 2010

    A recently completed benchmark survey that tracks insurance costs for Bay Area companies found that wineries in the North Bay spend significantly less on employee benefits while contributing more to employee premiums than other companies in other industries.

  • COBRA subsidy extended to laid-off through February

    February 1st, 2010

    NORTH BAY — Congress extended the 65 percent reduction in COBRA health premiums for unemployed workers, set to expire Dec. 31, 2009, and increased the maximum period for receiving the subsidy from nine to 15 months for workers laid off up until Feb. 28, 2010.

  • Sutter donates $10 million to Marin health fund

    January 27th, 2010

    NOVATO — Sutter Health has contributed $10 million to the Marin Community Foundation to establish the Sutter Health Access to Care Fund. The partnership between the two organizations aims to increase the availability of primary care health services to uninsured and underinsured Marin County residents that rely on the county’s community clinics as a health care safety net.

  • Insurance market trends: property/casualty stable; health premiums rise; worries about reform

    July 20th, 2009

    NORTH BAY – Perhaps now more than ever, insurance is an industry of many moving pieces. Where one sector surges the other might subside. Local brokers and industry experts sounded off last week on trends in the market as well as rising topics, including fire, high-deductible plans and long-term care products.

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