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Crane Agency – January Wellness Newsletter, HR Brief & Benefits Buzz

Jan 2017 – Live Well Work Well Newsletter
Jan 2017 – Benefits Buzz – Crane Agency
Jan 2017 – HR Brief – Crane Agency

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

Please find attached your January Wellness Newsletter from Crane Agency.  The Live Well, Work Well newsletter is an employee newsletter that is produced monthly and covers topics like health, wellness, fitness, nutrition and personal finance. This month’s issue includes a summary of how the New Year may impact your benefits, explains the difference between making a lifestyle change focused New Year’s resolution versus a quick change focused resolution and offers information on National Blood Donor Month.

You will also find attached this month’s Benefits Buzz and HR Brief.  This month’s Benefits Buzz discusses the latest developments with the overtime rule delay, highlights the delayed ACA reporting deadlines and provides a brief overview of President-elect Donald Trump’s plan for his first 100 days in office.  This month’s HR Brief explains the significance of the DOL overtime rule being blocked, offers suggestions for handling post-election tension in the office and provides insight for retaining millennial workers.

Thank you for your continued confidence in the Benefits Department of the Crane Agency.  Please do not hesitate to contact your agent or service representative with any additional questions.
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Crane Agency – December Wellness Newsletter, HR Brief & Benefits Buzz

December 2016 – Live Well Work Well Newsletter
December 2016 – Benefits Buzz
December 2016 – HR Brief

Please find attached your December Wellness Newsletter from Crane Agency.  The Live Well, Work Well newsletter is an employee newsletter that is produced monthly and covers topics like health, wellness, fitness, nutrition and personal finance. This month’s issue includes a summary of the American Academy of Pediatrics’ Safe Sleep guidelines, information on how positive relationships with your co-workers can improve your health and tips for reducing holiday stress.

You will also find attached this month’s Benefits Buzz and HR Brief.  This month’s Benefits Buzz discusses the increased premium costs of the 2017 Marketplace, introduces the new flexible spending account (FSA) limits for 2017 and provides a brief overview of the 2016 election and its potential impact on compliance issues. This month’s HR Brief gives an overview of the IRS retirement updates, summarizes the report of decreasing workplace injuries and illnesses and offers suggestions on how to protect your business from cyber-crime.

Thank you for your continued confidence in the Benefits Department of the Crane Agency.  Please do not hesitate to contact your agent or service representative with any additional questions.
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Crane Agency – November Wellness Newsletter, HR Brief & Benefits Buzz

How the 2016 Election Could Affect Healthcare
November 2016 Live Well, Work Well Newsletter
November 2016 HR Brief
November 2016 Benefits Buzz

As you can imagine, there are a lot of questions after the 2016 Presidential Election.  We will do our best to keep you all updated but for now we have attached a piece that was put together prior to the election.  This article provides a brief overview of each candidate’s health care platform, so you can better understand how Trump may affect the employee benefits landscape now that he has been elected into office.

Please find attached your November Wellness Newsletter from The Charles L. Crane Agency.  The Live Well, Work Well newsletter is an employee newsletter that is produced monthly and covers topics like health, wellness, fitness, nutrition and personal finance. This month’s issue includes information on money-saving tips for prescription medications, a potential danger in your tap water and important updates on the 2016-2017 flu vaccine.

You will also find attached this month’s Benefits Buzz and HR Brief.  This month’s Benefits Buzz discusses the EEOC’s finalized rules for employer-sponsored wellness programs, the 2016 Kaiser Family Foundation Employer Health Benefits Survey results and the DOL grants awarded to six states as part of the Disability Employment Initiative. This month’s HR Brief gives an overview of why covered employers must consider the FMLA when an employee requires leave under workers’ compensation, clarifies the changes effective Dec. 1 to the “white collar” exemption rules and informs employers of significant changes coming to EEO-1 reporting obligations.

Thank you for your continued confidence in the Benefits Department of the Crane Agency.  Please do not hesitate to contact your agent or service representative with any additional questions.
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Crane Agency Joins RiskProNet International

Crane Agency is proud to announce that we have recently joined RiskProNet International.   This network of leading insurance brokers consists of 24 independently owned agencies from across the United States and Canada.  It’s purpose is to connect a global network of independent brokers to share knowledge and best practices with similar sized agencies in different regions throughout North America.  Levering relationships with more than 5,000 insurance professionals world wide, RiskProNet members are kept at the forefront of the most pressing issues facing businesses today.  We believe our clients, carriers and the entire Crane Agency family will benefit greatly from this strategic partnership.

For more information, see our press release on STLtoday.com or visit the RiskProNet website.

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The Crane Agency Turns 130!

The world of insurance is all about risk– and risk management. So, in this industry, things like staying power and experience mean much more than they do elsewhere in the economy.

And believe it or not, The Crane Agency has now been around for over 130 years!

The nature of insurance has definitely changed a lot over that time. For example, we don’t insure steamboats any more. (Fun fact: that is how The Crane Agency got started: in 1885, Charles L. Crane, the son of a steamboat captain, began writing river marine insurance policies for barge owners traveling the Mississippi.)

But we do provide insurance for a range of situations today, representing all major property and casualty insurance companies. Our brokers are all entrepreneurs at heart, given both the independence to serve their clients and the resources to do so quickly and efficiently. With each new generation, our brokers have adapted to the changing business landscape, bringing new expertise to their white-glove service.

Though we keep an eye firmly on what the future brings, it’s still fun to take a look back over those 130 years. So, for your viewing pleasure: here are a few of the billboards we’ve had over the year. Obviously, safe driving was a concern then, and it is a concern of ours now:

And here are some of the historic buildings we have insured through the ages:

If you would like to see what keeps people and organizations coming back the Crane decade after decade, contact us. Sometimes, it’s nice to know something has been around for a while when the rest of the world is so uncertain.