
Aug
18
2020Making the Workplace a Safe Place to Speak Up | Houston Benefits Group
Right now, organizations across the country are asking themselves what they can do to make their workplaces more inclusive, diverse, and equitable, particularly for Black employees. They’re hosting conversations, acknowledging areas where they’ve fallen short, and identifying opportunities for improvement. For these efforts to be successful, employees need to be able to speak freely, offering critical and candid feedback about individual behaviors, workplace practices,…
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Oct
5
2018Amanda Chan Nominated! | Houston Benefits Agency
Vote for our very own Amanda Chan for 2018 NAPA Top Women Advisors! Click the link below and share this image with your connections. Congrats on the nomination, Amanda! napatopwomenadvisors.org

Jul
12
2018
Jul
5
2018Disability Insurance | Houston Employee Benefit Brokers
Are you prepared for an unexpected absence from work? How do you prepare for the unexpected?? Check out this video to learn more about how disability insurance can help you!

Jun
12
2018Is Fortnite Interfering With Your Workplace? | Houston Benefit Consultants
If you haven’t heard, the latest video game craze is Fortnite Battle Royale. This free multiplayer game can be played on both PC & Mac computers, Xbox, Playstation, and iOS devices. Fortnite is set on an island where a floating bus drops 100 players to gather materials to build fortresses and collect weapons in order to battle each other until the last player is left…
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May
8
2018Top 5 Social Media Tips That Can Benefit Every Agency | Houston Benefits Consultants
The world is connected nowadays through our screens. Whether it be email, texting, websites, Facetime, or social media; we all use technology to connect us to others. According to Hubspot, an online marketing and sales software provider, consumers are on social networks more than ever before. They wrote: “In our survey of 1,091 global internet users, we’ve found people have dramatically increased content…
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Apr
13
2018Grandmothers Can Visit A Little Longer | Houston Employee Benefits
States that permit carriers to renew medical policies without adopting various Affordable Care Act (ACA) requirements may continue to do so through 2019, according to a bulletin released April 9, 2018, by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The bulletin extends transitional relief for non-ACA-compliant policies for another year. The affected category of non-ACA-compliant policies, available in some individual and small group insurance…
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Apr
5
2018Price Shopping Healthcare | Houston Employee Benefits Brokers
As the costs of health care soar, many consumers are looking for ways to control their medical spending. Also, with the rise of enrollment in high deductible health plans, consumers are paying for more health care out-of-pocket. From medical savings accounts to discount plans for prescriptions, patients are growing increasingly conscious of prices for their healthcare needs. Price shopping procedures and providers allows you to…
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Mar
29
2018DOL Fiduciary Rule Overturned | TX Benefits Broker
In its March 15, 2018, decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit overturned the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) Fiduciary Rule that expanded the definition of an investment advice fiduciary under the federal Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA). Under the Fiduciary Rule, investment brokers were going to be required to put the interest of their clients before their own when advising…
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Mar
27
2018Electronic Delivery of ERISA Notices | Houston Employee Benefits Advisors
Q. Can we provide summary plan descriptions (SPDs) electronically? A. Yes. However, just sending them is not enough to meet ERISA requirements; you must ensure the intended recipients are actually getting them. Specifically, ERISA requires SPDs to be furnished using “measures reasonably calculated to ensure actual receipt of the material” via “methods likely to result in full distribution.” Electronic delivery is one way to meet…
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