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This Employee Benefit Can Do Wonders for your Mental Wellness
Nobody should feel like they’re going through life alone. Every employee is being pulled in different directions and that can add a lot of...
How You Can Insure Your Love On Valentine’s Day
Dinner reservations are becoming scarce. Flower delivery services are flooding your favorite podcasts. The shelves in the greeting card section...
What is a Beneficiary and How Do I Choose One?
It's stressful to be a provider in a family. That's why benefits like life insurance exist -- to provide when you aren't there to provide...
MGM Benefits Group Joins Forces With Higginbotham
RICHARDSON, Texas (October 14, 2021) — MGM Benefits Group (MGM), an employee benefits firm in Richardson, Texas, serving as an agency for...
Protect Your Paycheck with Disability Insurance Next Open Enrollment!
Say it with us: Disability insurance is for everybody! That’s right. It isn’t a benefit for people with pre-existing disabilities. Disability...
Understanding Your Employee Benefits Is Easier than You Think
When I got into this industry, I knew absolutely nothing about benefits or insurance. I knew I needed vision because my eyes are bad, and I...
IRS Reveals New 2021 HSA Limits — Here’s What You Need to Know
For those of you who have a good grasp of what a health savings account (HSA) is, you can go ahead and scroll to the bottom of the page and...
Benefit Education Is Key Year-Round, Not Just During Open Enrollment
It's no fun thinking about your employee benefits every year during open enrollment. Coming face-to-face with a slew of scenarios that make you...
Here Are the Easiest Ways to Care for Our Planet on Earth Day 2021
Every Earth Day, people talk about joining hand-in-hand to preserve what we have on our planet. That's not the case this year or last year,...
Open Enrollment Tips and Tricks That Can Save You Money
Employee benefits save people thousands of dollars every year, and yet nearly everyone treats open enrollment as an afterthought. The pandemic...
COVID Patient Stuck with $50,000 Ambulance Bill
The coronavirus has affected our world so much that you think you'd be numb to its impact by now. And then you hear about a story like...
MeMD’s Telehealth Service is a Game-Changer During the COVID Pandemic
The pandemic has changed the way people live their lives, especially how we care for ourselves. You need to be more careful in your day-to-day...