• Climate Change: - Issues related to climate risk, investment, disclosures, and exposure specific to the financial services industry Dental:- Issues related to the provision and coverage of dental services, including non-covered services- Matters affecting the affordability of dental care- The application of antitrust laws with respect to the business of dental insurance Diversity and Inclusion: - Support legislation and regulation that would promote diversity and inclusion for our industry ERISA:- Issues related to regulation of employee benefits under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act and legislation impacting ERISA plans- Clarification of permissibility of default enrollment arrangements for group income protection insurance under ERISA and/or the Fair Labor Standards Act Federal Debt Limit:- Debt Limit Increase: impact on employer-sponsored financial protection benefits industry Financial Services Regulation:- Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Interim Final Rule of Records and Information: provisions relating to employer-provided benefits, and supplemental and voluntary benefits insurance industry- Criteria and process for designating nonbank financial companies: provisions relating to employer-provided benefits, and supplemental and voluntary benefits industry Health Care:- Pending modifications associated with the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, including impacts to fixed indemnity products and other provisions relating to employer-provided benefits, and supplemental and voluntary benefits industry- Loss ratios: issues related to employer-provided benefits, and supplemental and voluntary benefits industry- Issues related to mental health parity and limitations specific to disability insurers; increased access to promoting mental health parity- Issues that impact paid leave and family medical leave- Issues that impact long-term care Infrastructure: - Issues relating to bond investment programs Labor:- Labor issues impacting large employers, including worker classification and amendments to the Fair Labor Standards Act- Disability insurance auto enrollment: provisions relating to employer-provided benefits, and supplemental and voluntary benefits industry Long-Term Care:- Issues related to public and private programs providing long term care services and insurance Privacy:- Privacy and data breach, cyber security and SSN protection Social Security: - Issues related to long term health and solvency Stop Loss:- Regulation of stop loss insurance and its effects on employer access to health insurance Tax Reform:- Corporate tax issues- Deficit reduction- Taxation of Employer Provided Benefits: impact to employer-provided benefits, and supplemental and voluntary benefits industry- Tax Extender Package Pg. 2 of 4 Underwriting Risks: - Employee benefits post-COVID19 pandemic: impact to employer-provided benefits- Cannabis industry: provisions relating to providing employer-provided benefits- Proxy discrimination

Duration: January 1, 2008 to present

General Issues: Insurance, Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities, Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Medicare/Medicaid, Health Issues, Retirement, Budget/Appropriations

Spending: about $10,987,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

It can be tricky to figure out how much an organization spent on a particular lobbying engagement. The law only requires lobbyists to report the amount they were paid for federal lobbying each quarter rounded to the nearest $10,000—and if it's less than $3,000 in a given quarter (or less than $13,000 for organizations with in-house lobbyists), they don't have to disclose it at all. Plus, some organizations include spending that doesn’t belong in the report—for instance, money spent lobbying state governments or other legal work.

Agencies lobbied since 2008: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Labor - Dept of (DOL), Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), White House Office, Treasury - Dept of, Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), Social Security Administration (SSA), Administration for Children & Families (ACF), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Labor - Dept of (DOL),, Administration on Aging, Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS),, Federal Deposit Insurance Commission (FDIC), Government Accountability Office (GAO)