It’s going to be a bumpy ride, but PFML brings more opportunities than ever in the New Year… Hang onto your sleigh bells, friends, it’s going to be a bumpy ride in 2026. But there’s good news ahead, too. Full Support to Help You Earn More Maximizing your revenue potential with Net Revenue Tracker Dashboard.
Be Kind. Stay Connected. Grow with us. As people rush to Amazon for the best Black Friday deals, a lot of shoppers don’t realize Saturday is Small Business Saturday. American Express introduced the initiative in 2010 to raise awareness around supporting local business owners and, by its second year, in 2011 the Small Business Administration
As we recognize National Family Caregivers Month this November, it’s worth spotlighting a caregiving trend reshaping today’s workforce: more employees are caring for aging parents than ever before. Here at The DBL Center, as we track the growing adoption of statutory Paid Family and Medical Leave programs across the US, we often emphasize the benefits
Insurance brokers can help employers save money and stay compliant with this simple step The DBL Center is more than just an insurance wholesaler, able to leverage our carrier relationships to secure better premiums and superior coverage for our clients. Our services extend to back-office management, renewal- and cancellation-tracking, and knowledgeable support that helps brokers
Let your insurance wholesaler help you stay on top of PFML changes. Last Sunday, millions of Americans set their clocks back to return to “standard time.” Many of us are still feeling the lag. The time change is part of an antiquated tradition to save energy by shifting daylight hours to evening rather than the
New York State broke ground and made waves when it introduced the nation’s most generous Paid Family Leave legislation in 2016. By 2021, benefits had been fully phased in to provide up to 67% of an employee’s average weekly wage for up to 12 weeks. The benefit continues to increase with inflation, although the percentage
No tricks, just treats, (and no surprises!) with our Net Revenue Tracker. As the end of October rolls around, you might be stocking your home with candy. Maybe you’re hoping to leave the office early on Halloween to take your own children trick-or-treating Friday afternoon. But an eerie deadline looms for all insurance brokers: end-of-year
As your clients review their benefits for the new year, they need broker guidance. US workers have shifted from post-pandemic-era “job hopping,” where they changed roles frequently to secure better pay and benefits to “quiet-quitting,” where they stayed at their current role but did just enough to not get fired. And if they did get
Plus… important deadlines for brokers. Between 10% and 28% of workers across the US freelance or earn a portion of their income from gigs. Whether they’re hanging out a “consultant” shingle to share years of hard-earned advice or driving for Uber, they deserve the same benefits as W-2 employees. Full Support to Help You Earn
DBL forms insurance brokers need and how to get them When a business writes a private disability insurance and Paid Family Leave policy in New York, they need to show proof of coverage through an approved carrier. Form DB-120.1 shows that proof of coverage for a private policy. But brokers can’t issue the form; it
Serve an even larger market in New York with this stand-alone benefit. Gig workers, independent contractors, and others with “alternative arrangements” for their main job make up roughly 10% of the total US workforce, according to the most recent US Department of Labor statistics. Other reports, including a recent infographic from freelancer platform Upwork, found












