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Andy Adams
- Apr 9, 2020
ASA Hot Topics COVID-19 and Insurance Issues with Andy Adams
ASA Executive Director Brianna Wright and Andy Adams have a videochat about COVID-19 Insurance Issues
Andy Adams
- Apr 8, 2020
CDC Endorses HITLER('s mustache)!
Did my click bait work? Trying to get the hang of the mainstream media's ways to drive traffic to THE ROUND UP. This is totally NOT...
Andy Adams
- Apr 3, 2020
Telemedicine Has Now Gone Viral
Most health plans offer some sort of telemedicine option. It varies by insurance carrier, but all of the major insurance carriers now...
Andy Adams
- Apr 2, 2020
Why Don't I Have Any Coverage For This?
These are the words insurance agents hate the most. Insurance companies . . . well, they would never admit to LOVING these words and...
Andy Adams
- Apr 1, 2020
Governor Abbott Expands Essential Only Order to Entire State of Texas
This is no April Fool's Joke. Governor Greg Abbott has ordered only essential businesses to operate in Texas, something he had...
Andy Adams
- Mar 30, 2020
Texas Mutual Announces That It Will Exempt From Payroll Workers Furloughed WITH PAY
Please be advised that today Texas Mutual announced the following in an Agents FAQ: If a policyholder suspends operations due to...
Andy Adams
- Mar 30, 2020
Dallas County Issues Rules of Essential Construction
You can bet these revisions will be applied throughout Texas soon enough. If you are performing essential construction services even...
Andy Adams
- Mar 30, 2020
Congress Builds Giant Ventilator for the US Economy
Congress passed and President Trump has signed a $2 Trillion "Stimulus" Package in response to the government-imposed shut down orders...
Andy Adams
- Mar 27, 2020
United We Stand!
Owning the building where you work offers many advantages! Today, we are taking one of them. We first displayed this flag shortly after...
Andy Adams
- Mar 26, 2020
DOL Releases FFCRA Employee Rights Poster - UPDATED WITH NEW AND IMPROVED GUIDANCE!
The Department of Labor has issued the Employee Rights poster addressing the two Emergency leave laws passed *last week.* We discussed...
Andy Adams
- Mar 25, 2020
Do We Now Need Letters of Transit?
In the classic movie Casablanca, the "letters of transit" are the critical plot device ("macguffin" for movie nerds) that drives the...
Andy Adams
- Mar 24, 2020
Harris County Orders "Stay Home, Stay Safe" - TWO BIG QUESTIONS: "Am I an Essential B
It's Tuesday, right? Given how this week is going I will not be surprised if this is what I look like on Friday: Harris County has...
Andy Adams
- Mar 23, 2020
New Paid Leave Laws Effective April 1, 2020 . . . Boy, That Escalated Quickly
We seem to be living in the "Boy, That Escalated Quickly"-meme from Anchorman. Click here if you need a refresher! On March 18, 2020...
Andy Adams
- Mar 11, 2020
COVID 19 MESSIN' WITH TEXAS! THAT AIN'T RIGHT!
COVID 19 just cancelled the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo along with the SXSW music festival in Austin. Whether you believe these...
Andy Adams
- Dec 23, 2019
What is it about?
One of my favorite Christmas tales is the true story of how the Charlie Brown Christmas Special almost never happened. I am of course,...
Andy Adams
- Nov 27, 2019
Is Gratitude In Short Supply?
What is our biggest problem? The answers to that question are probably as varied as the people answering the question. You could point...
Andy Adams
- Aug 5, 2019
The Road to California is Paved With Good Intentions: Why Texas City Councils Should NOT mandate Cal
My apologies to California, it IS a nice place to visit, but you would NOT want to start a business there! However, the City Councils...
Andy Adams
- Jul 23, 2019
So Now Democrats Want to Repeal and Replace Obamacare? Go figure.
Who knew that eventually even Democrats would turn on Obamacare? All of the top tier contenders for the Democratic nomination for...
Andy Adams
- May 25, 2018
The Old Guard "Flags In" for 70 Years and Counting . . .
This is a tradition 70 years old and counting. The Army's 3rd Infantry Regiment "The Old Guard" places American flags at every tombstone...