Insurance Agents Not Independent Contractors, Judge Says

By Vin Gurrieri (August 2, 2017, 5:22 PM EDT) -- A certified class of nearly 7,000 insurance agents claiming they were misclassified as independent contractors by American Family Insurance Co. are in fact employees under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, an Ohio federal judge ruled Tuesday, saying the company exerted a level of control over their work that is commensurate with typical employees. ...

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