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New Years Resolution: Voluntary Benefits Housekeeping

Mike Riska

Jan 29
3 min

New Years Resolution: Voluntary Benefits Housekeeping

When was the last time you made sure your voluntary benefits are protecting you in the ways you need them to?

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Demand for Voluntary Benefits is Greater Than Ever

Mike Riska

Nov 20, 2020
1 min

Demand for Voluntary Benefits is Greater Than Ever

The novel coronavirus has shown even more clearly that using voluntary benefits to strengthen your financial safety net is a sound idea.

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Open Enrollment Season is Almost Here, What's Different This Year?

Mike Riska

Sep 11, 2020
3 min

Open Enrollment Season is Almost Here, What's Different This Year?

For everyone in the benefits business, the fourth quarter is by far the busiest time of the year and this year is going to be very different

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Protect Returning Workers and Essential Employees with Guaranteed Issue Hospital Indemnity Plans

Mike Riska

Aug 28, 2020
3 min

Protect Returning Workers and Essential Employees with Guaranteed Issue Hospital Indemnity Plans

For workers in the physical workplace, the concern that a hospitalization could be triggered by Covid-19 is very real.

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Mike Riska

Aug 14, 2020
4 min

How Accident Plans Pay Claims

Accident plans are insurance policies that pay a cash benefit directly to a policyholder when they, or a covered family member, are injured

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Accident Plan Claim Checks Soothed My Sprained Ankle

Mike Riska

Jul 31, 2020
4 min

Accident Plan Claim Checks Soothed My Sprained Ankle

A good example goes a long way and I once hurt myself pretty badly, so I here's a first hand account of how an Accident Plan works.

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Bundled Supplemental Benefits Offset High Deductibles

Mike Riska

Jun 25, 2020
3 min

Bundled Supplemental Benefits Offset High Deductibles

What if you could use the premium savings from a HDHP to give employees a better way to protect themselves from out-of-pocket exposure?

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Video: I'd Like To Tell You About Voluntary Benefits

Mike Riska

May 29, 2020
1 min

Video: I'd Like To Tell You About Voluntary Benefits

I'm always on the lookout for new ways to simply communicate the need for voluntary benefits. Here's a short video I found

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