National Insurance Services has partnered with Grand Rounds to help our clients reduce their health insurance claims. In this article, Grand Rounds discusses how they are helping to reverse the...

Many public-sector organizations are exploring the opportunity to reduce or eliminate their sick leave plan/banks and implement a short term disability (STD) plan instead.

On January 9, 2018, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued new income tax withholding tables. These tables (Notice 1036) will help employers determine how much income tax to withhold from their...

The continuing short-term spending resolution President Trump signed in late January has further postponed the health insurance providers fee for 2019 (although the fee continues to apply for 2018).

President Trump recently signed a short-term spending resolution to end the government shutdown on January 22, 2018. One key Affordable Care Act tax that was affected by this resolution was the...

The disability claims process is a lot more complicated than just the employer/employee submitting a claim application and then waiting for an approval/denial decision.

Here’s an overview of how the...

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (Act) was signed into law by President Trump on December 22, 2017. The Act makes several changes that impact employee benefits.

When an employee loses their insurance coverage due to termination or other specific events, when are you required to offer COBRA and which benefit plans are subject to COBRA coverage?

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released Notice 2018-06 on December 22, 2017. The purpose of this notice was to announce the delay for furnishing forms under Sections 6055 and 6056 for 2017. The...

The Senate and House both passed the tax reform bill, Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, on December 20, 2017. The bill will move onto the White House where President Trump is expected to sign it into law before...