In the latest GCP Short, Richard talks to Karin Landry, Managing Partner of Friend of the Podcast Spring Consulting, an Alera Group Company, about the need for Department of Labor approval to write employee benefits in the United States.

Karin talks through which benefits require DoL approval, the process and requirements and the timelines involved.

For more information on Spring's employee benefits services: http://springgroup.com/services/employee-benefits/

Karin Landry is the Managing Partner for Spring Consulting Group. Karin has over 25 years of experience in the insurance, health care, risk financing, retirement and benefits industries. She is an internationally recognized leader in captive insurance strategy, benefits and financing. She is Past-Chairman of the Board of The Captive Insurance Company Association and a member of the ERISA Industry Committee and was recently appointed to the Board of Directors for Fallon Community Health Plan. She is also a Professor of Employee Benefits and member of the finance committee for the International Center of Captive Insurance Education part of the University of Vermont.

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