What You Need To Know About Voluntary Benefits | Virginia Benefit Advisors
Voluntary Benefits are Supplementary Benefits in addition to the core benefits package that the employee can choose to add.
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The New Retirement: 3 Things to Think About Now | Virginia Benefit Advisors
If you think your retirement is going to look like your parents’ or grandparents’ retirement, think again. Here are three things you should be considering: 1. The Bank of Mom and Dad won’t always be open. There are two sides to this. If you’re currently supporting your adult children, you’re not alone. According to a … Continued
6 Reasons Single People May Need Life Insurance | Virginia Benefit Advisors
Many people make the assumption that life insurance is for married couples and those with kids. While it is true that not all single people need life insurance, there are a number of reasons when it can make (really) good sense. 1. You have student loan debt. Many people assume that your debt dies with … Continued
The DOL’s Final Overtime Rule Saga Continues | Virginia Benefit Advisors
The change in the regulations that would increase the salary threshold for overtime exemption that was all over the news for the last several months may now be decided by the end of June. The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has granted the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) another 60-day extension of time to file … Continued
3 Questions to Ask When It Comes to Life Insurance | Virginia Benefit Advisors
Your life insurance needs will ebb and flow throughout your lifetime. Buying a term policy early in your career or taking a basic employer-issued life insurance policy is a common course of action. However, deciding how much and what type of life insurance you need at each stage of your life will serve you and … Continued
Flex Work: Advantages in the New Workforce | Virginia Benefit Advisors
Flex Work. No doubt you’ve heard this term (or some variation) floating around the last decade or so, but what exactly does it mean? Flexible work can vary by definition depending on who you ask, but one thing is for sure, it’s here to stay and changing the way we view the workforce. According to … Continued
Do You Really Need 10x Your Salary in Life Insurance? | Virginia Benefit Advisors
If you’ve spent time looking at information about choosing the right amount of life insurance, you’ll have found some fairly standard answers, but also a lot of ambiguity. That’s because the amount of life insurance a person needs varies on a case-by-case basis. Still, just like with other kinds of financial management, industry experts have … Continued
Department of Labor Delays Enforcement of the Fiduciary Duty Rule | Virginia Benefit Advisors
On April 4, 2017, the Department of Labor (DOL) announced that the applicability date for the final fiduciary rule will be extended, and published its final rule extending the applicability date in the Federal Register on April 7. This extension is pursuant to President Trump’s February 3, 2017 presidential memorandum directing the DOL to further … Continued
What You Need to Know About Health Care in Retirement | Virginia Benefit Advisors
It would be nice to believe that health-care cost increases were a temporary phenomenon. Unfortunately, that’s not the case. The cost of medical care has outpaced inflation for the past 20 years, and predictions are that medical and long-term care costs will continue to escalate into the future. The decisions we make as to how … Continued
5 Reasons Why It’s (Super) Smart for Women to Get Life Insurance—or More of It | Virginia Benefit Advisors
One of the most harrowing experiences I’ve ever had was during the sixth month of my pregnancy. My husband was out late, hadn’t called, and I was, of course, angry at his thoughtlessness. But this very evening, he had misjudged a bend in a rural, mountain road—and plummeted off the side of it into a … Continued