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Court Bonds 10.22.2024

Shifting Asset Ownership?

  Assigning assets to new owners can be a useful estate planning strategy, especially when circumstances make a speedy and private inheritance preferable. In essence, when asset ownership is effectively shifted ahead of death, the…
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Shifting Asset Ownership?
Court Bonds 10.22.2024

Dementia and Guardianship?

  Reckoning with the progressive cruelties of dementia is an ongoing and stressful process for impacted families. Though tendencies to deny and minimize the challenges are understandable, a proactive approach to designating decision makers to…
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Dementia and Guardianship?
Surety Bonds 10.18.2024

Why Wait: Resiliency Projects

  As the work of rebuilding after Hurricanes Helene and Milton unfolds, states across the country are pressing ahead with critical “infrastructure resiliency” projects designed to curtail damage and improve preparedness in the face of…
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Why Wait: Resiliency Projects
Surety Bonds 10.18.2024

It’s Time: Get The Lead Out

  As many of us across the country continue drinking water through “lead straws,” the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is looking to speed up replacement of lead pipes via new regulations and a ten year…
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It’s Time: Get The Lead Out
ERISA 10.18.2024

Evolutionary: ERISA

  With ERISA headed into its next 50 years, robust compliance with the high standards it continues to set is a high priority for retirement plan sponsors. Regulatory investigations, class action lawsuits, and courtroom precedence…
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Evolutionary: ERISA
ERISA 10.18.2024

Woulda, Coulda, Shoulda?

  If only we followed through on everything, what would life be like? It’s hard to know, but this much is sure: business owners who never get around to cybersecurity insurance will regret it the…
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Woulda, Coulda, Shoulda?
ERISA 10.09.2024

Career Path: Ladder Vs Pogo Stick?

  Protected by ERISA, which is now fifty years old, company sponsored retirement plans came of age when employees aimed to work up the ladder within a business, and retire securely, after a good climb….
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Career Path: Ladder Vs Pogo Stick?
Surety Bonds 10.09.2024

New Jersey-New York: Uh-Oh?

  As states across the country grapple with how to ensure “infrastructure resiliency” in the face of climate change, decision making, project planning and regulatory debate is heating up in New Jersey and New York….
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New Jersey-New York: Uh-Oh?
ERISA 10.09.2024

Tag, You’re It?

  Every business owner wants to make money while running a thriving company. Innovation? Sure, that too. Unfortunately, as risk management experts point out, cyber criminals have similar goals: making as much money as possible…
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Tag, You’re It?