A few weeks ago, the U.S. Department of Labor (“USDOL”) issued a proposed new rule regarding the requirements that must be met for certain employees to be exempt from the overtime pay requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”).  The 60 day comment period for that rule will expire in mid-May, after which time […]

Congratulations are again in order for the University of Georgia’s Risk Management and Insurance program.  It has been ranked as the number 1 such program in the country by U.S. News and World Report.   That was the case in 2015 when I last did a post on this subject and according to the college’s […]

Since last week’s post dealt with the above question regarding the sharing of commissions, I thought it would be a good idea to address that question with respect to restrictive covenants.  With many insurance agencies now conducting business in more than one state, how to protect an agency’s customers in other states from the solicitation […]