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Tips on Ladder Safety for Autumn Chores
When autumn arrives, and leaves fall, you'll want to clear out your eaves and rain gutters, and trim back branches and hedges that grew long over the summer. Click here to read full article: Tips on Ladder Safety for Autumn Chores
How to Distribute Group Health Plan Rebates to Your Staff
Group health plan insurers are paying out $689 million in rebates to plan sponsors this year, as required by the Affordable Care Act's "medical loss ratio" provision. Click here to read full article: How to Distribute Group Health Plan Rebates to Your Staff
Getting a Head Start on Open Enrollment
With open enrollment right around the corner, it's time to review the health plan options available to you for the next year and prepare your workplace for signing up for the 2021 policy year. Click here to read full article: Getting a Head Start on Open Enrollment
Your Options for Private Health Insurance During Pandemic
The coronavirus pandemic has forced many people to lose their employer-sponsored health coverage, and some who had not purchased a plan may finally be considering it due to the current public health crisis. Click here to read full article: Your Options for Private...
1,750 Medicare Advantage, Part D Plans Sign Up for Insulin Project
More than 1,750 Medicare Advantage and Medicare Part D plans will participate in a new Part D Senior Savings Model that will allow the plans to offer much-reduced insulin costs for enrollees starting in the 2021 plan year, the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare...
Premiums for Hybrid Policies May Be on the Rise
With the COVID-19 pandemic spreading, many Americans have started looking at long-term care (LTC) insurance as well as life insurance Click here to read full article: Premiums for Hybrid Policies May Be on the Rise
Do Unwanted Relatives Have Access to Estate Assets Despite a Will?
Many people think that only their closest relatives will inherit what is specified in a will. Click here to read full article: Do Unwanted Relatives Have Access to Estate Assets Despite a Will
How to Buy Health Insurance If You Lose Your Job
For those who have lost jobs during the COVID-19 pandemic, the loss of income is only part of the hardship. Another major part is the loss of health insurance that came with the job. Click here to read full article: How to Buy Health Insurance If You Lose Your Job
Disability Insurance Can Save You from Financial Ruin
Have you ever thought about how you would survive if you became permanently injured or became too ill to work? Would you be able to survive on the average disability checks from Social Security of about $1,100 a month? Click here to read full article: Disability...
How to Have Fun and Protect Your Family This Summer
Whatever you have planned this summer - swim parties, outdoor activities, camping, bicycling, boating - activities can be fun. But they all also have some element of risk. You can however take steps to protect your family, and especially your children to help them...
Planning for Hurricane Season During COVID-19 Pandemic
Planning for hurricane season and other potential disasters can be stressful, and because the 2020 hurricane season comes during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, it may be especially so this year. Click here to read full article:Planning for Hurricane...
What You Need to Know Before Installing a Pool
Summer is here with rising temperatures and for many homeowners that means it's pool time. Perhaps you've decided to make the financial commitment to buy a pool. While a swimming pool can provide lots of fun for your family and guests, and can increase the value of...