We are so excited for Helen and her family!
Due to COVID we will not be throwing a baby shower, but if you would like to send a gift, you can do so through the Buy Buy Baby website (directly to her home) or if you bring it to Tasha Silva by May 19th, she will deliver to her house.
Buy Buy Baby Registry #550149947
Helen Marie Rodela https://www.buybuybaby.com/store/giftregistry/viewregistryguest/550149947?selectedRLVFilters=_recommended
Thank you to all of you who support our brokerage in so many valuable ways.
We’re grateful to have a dedicated team, here’s to you!
Pictured here is part of our commercial lines department, workers comp marketing, and accounting team, among others, who recieved their gift cards of appreciation. Thank you for all you do!
Thank you for your continued support throughout this unprecedented year. In celebrating 60 years in business this year we’re reminded, now more than ever, of how grateful we are for you as employees at D&D.
Here’s to a great start in 2021!
From our D&D family to yours, we wish you a very Happy Thanksgiving.
In observance of the Thanksgiving holiday, we will be closed on Thursday, November 26 and Friday, November 27.
We will re-open on Monday, November 30th with our normal business hours.
We want to thank you all for your continuous hard work during this crazy year. We also know that this holiday may be different from years past, but we hope you and your family enjoy this time together and remain safe and healthy.
Truly thankful for each and every one of you!
Thank you all for participating in our Halloween Pet Costume Contest and those who dressed up in the Fresno Office!
We’d like to congratulate the winner of our pet costume contest…
Charlotte the Quarantine Mom!
We’ve posted the other photos of our pets on our Instagram Story, please feel free to check them out. Another thank you goes to our social committee for organizing it all.
Have a safe weekend everyone!
| As we stated this in our email last week we wanted to provide you with these requirements here. DiBuduo & DeFendis would like to make you aware of one provision of SB1159 that is time sensitive. OVERVIEW FOR REPORTING NONWORK-RELATED POSITIVE COVID-19 CASES TO THEIR WORKERS’ COMPENSATION CARRIER PER SB1159 EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 17, 2020 |
California Labor Code Section 3212.88(i) states that, “When the employer knows or reasonably should know that an employee has tested positive for COVID-19, the employer shall report to their claims administration in writing via electronic mail or facsimile within three business days all of the following”: 1. For purposes of this reporting, the employer shall not provide any personally identifiable information regarding the employee who tested positive for COVID-19 unless the employee asserts the infection is work related or has filed a claim form pursuant to Section 5401. 2. The date that the employee tests positive. 3. The specific address or addresses of the employee’s specific place of employment during the 14-day period preceding the date of the employee’s positive test. 4. The highest number of employees who reported to work at the employee’s specific place of employment in the 45-day period preceding the last day the employee worked at each specific place of employment. 5. Policy name and number |
| Every employer in California is also required to complete a COVID-19 log and send to their carrier by October 17th. This is for ALL POSITIVE COVID-19 cases retroactively to July 6th. To assist you with compliance with the current COVID-19 reporting requirements, you can utilize this EXCEL FORM. A more complete summary of SB1159 will be available on our website at www.dibu.com. |
As many of you already know, the spread of the fires throughout our valley have been detrimental.
Our thoughts and prayers are with everyone who has been affected by the #Creekfire and the firefighters who are currently battling it in our Central Valley mountains. Something that we’ve encouraged on all social platforms is to Text CAWILDFIRES to 90999 to make a $10 donation to the Red Cross Central California.
Funds will support those most in need. Together, we can support our community. Thank you!
Good morning, D&D!
As you know with the fires all over California the air quality has been unhealthy for many of us. Along with the fires the Central Valley has been in a heat wave, please take precaution, stay cool, and hydrated when you can.
An email was sent out to clients in regarding Heat Illness Prevention for employees last week and here are some tips we wanted to share with you all:
As a reminder, all Open Enrollment will begin April 1st and go through April 15th. Please contact Katherine Sierze, Employee Benefits Account Manager for more information.
Here’s what’s been changed for the 2020/2021 year:
Anthem Blue Cross (previously UnitedHealthcare) We have made the decision to move our medical coverage to Anthem Blue Cross effective May 1, 2020 with no cost share increase unless you are covering dependents. While the new Anthem PPO and HSA plan designs are comparable to our current plans you will see some minor benefit changes, so please review the attached Medical Plan Comparison. The full Benefit Summaries and Summary of Benefits and Coverage will be available for your review in Ease. With the change to a new carrier, please keep in mind that your Prescription Prior Authorizations will need to be resubmitted to Anthem Blue Cross for approval. You should plan on speaking to your prescribing physicians before the end of April to let them know you will have new medical coverage beginning May 1, 2020. Anthem will provide you with 2020 deductible credit. So, if you have already met, or made progress towards, your UHC annual deductible and want that to carryover to Anthem Blue Cross, I will need a copy of your last Explanation of Benefits (EOB) to submit to Anthem. Please send those to me via email.
Kaiser We will continue to offer the Kaiser LOW HMO with no benefit changes. The medical cost share for Employee Only coverage will remain the same and the dependent coverage cost share received a slight increase.
Ameritas Voluntary Dental The benefits for Plan 1 will remain the same. Remember, you should only be enrolled on Plan 1 if your dentist does NOT contract with Ameritas. To keep the increase in rates as minimal as possible, Plan 2 now has a $3,000 dental maximum (previously $5,000). Ameritas will continue to offer the FUSION benefit, which allows you reimbursement up to $100 for any covered eye care expense.
Superior Voluntary Vision – There are no rate or benefit changes.
MetLife Voluntary Life/AD&D – There are no rate or benefit changes.
ASi Flexible Spending Arrangement ASi will continue to administer our FSA Medical and Dependent Care plans. We will continue having the convenience of the Benny Cards available to those who enroll. The FSA Medical limit for 2020 has increased to $2,750. The Dependent Care limit for 2020 will remain the same at $5,000.
All of the benefits listed above will be available in Ease, our benefits enrollment system.
AFLAC Voluntary Accident and Critical Illness We will continue to have our AFLAC Open Enrollment separate until they are able to integrate with the Ease, our benefits enrollment system. There will be separate correspondence for these benefits soon.