Price is Only One Factor to Consider When Buying Disability Coverage
Many young physicians buy individual disability insurance based on price alone, thinking that all own-occupation coverage is the same. However, there are other factors to consider. Your choices can...
View ArticleAvoid Financial Hardship by Choosing Proper Disability Insurance
If you become sick or hurt and are unable to work, proper long-term disability insurance (DI) can be your financial failsafe. Sadly, some physicians are leaving themselves vulnerable to potential...
View ArticleEmployed Physicians: What You Need to Know About Disability Insurance
Many employed physicians receive disability insurance from their employers as part of a comprehensive benefits package. Typically, employer-provided long-term disability insurance provides a benefit...
View ArticlePack Real Peace of Mind for Your Next Trip
Whether you are heading off for a refreshing vacation getaway, a cross-country trip for the holidays, or an important medical conference, you’ll hear those familiar words as you depart, “Have a safe...
View ArticleWhat Texas Physicians Need to Know About Medicare Mistakes
If you are about to turn 65, we congratulate you! Your 65th birthday isn’t just a personal milestone, it is the time you can finally begin drawing the Medicare benefits which you have paid into all...
View ArticleHelp Protect Your Pets with Pet Health Insurance
For many of us, pets are not just animals; they’re part of the family. When your pet becomes ill or injured, you want him or her to recover quickly. Veterinary medicine has made advances by leaps and...
View ArticleA Plan to Combat Physician Turnover in Your Medical Practice
Higher medical costs, changing demographics and healthcare reform are challenging medical groups to find more cost effective ways to recruit and retain qualified professional staff. Consider how much...
View ArticlePrice is Only One Factor to Consider When Buying Disability Coverage
Many young physicians buy individual disability insurance based on price alone, thinking that all own-occupation coverage is the same. However, there are other factors to consider. Your choices can...
View ArticleAvoid Financial Hardship by Choosing Proper Disability Insurance
If you become sick or hurt and are unable to work, proper long-term disability insurance can be your financial failsafe. Sadly, some physicians are leaving themselves vulnerable to potential hardship....
View ArticleEmployed Physicians: What You Need to Know About Disability Insurance
Many employed physicians receive disability insurance from their employers as part of a comprehensive benefits package. Typically, employer-provided long-term disability insurance provides a benefit...
View ArticleWhat’s the Secret to Saving Money on Auto and Homeowners Insurance?
Many consumers may not be aware that rates on some auto and homeowners policies increase over time. Over a period of years, this could amount to hundreds of dollars a year, along with missed...
View ArticleSee the Benefits of Vision Insurance
Physicians depend on many tools to provide the best standard of care: a stethoscope, otoscope, sphygmomanometer, and reflex hammer to name just a few. But of all the tools you depend on as a physician,...
View Article5+ Ways to Save on Homeowners Insurance if You Are 55+
Whether you already own your own home or plan on relocating in retirement, there are several opportunities for you to save money on homeowners insurance, if you or your spouse is 55 years of age or...
View ArticleFour Common Misconceptions about Long-Term Care Insurance
In this age of medical advancement, we are living longer than in decades past. However, even in our advanced years, we still need quality personal care. The chances that a person will need care in...
View ArticleA New Approach to Long-Term Care Insurance
Many physicians do not buy traditional long-term care insurance because they believe they will lose money if they don’t collect benefits. Now there’s a new generation of hybrid, asset-based products...
View ArticlePartnering with Practice Owners to Provide Superior Benefits
How much does it cost to lose a physician in your practice? According to HR experts G&A Partners, the cost of replacing a skilled professional employee amounts to 125% of that employee’s annual...
View Article3 Questions TMA Members Are Asking About Disability Insurance
You as a Texas physician have a great deal to protect, and we at TMA Insurance Trust work hard to help you do so. Recently, we conducted a survey to find out what TMA members’ most common questions...
View ArticleProtect Yourself from the 5 Types of Identity Theft
Identity Theft Has Never Been More Rampant- CBS News, February 6, 2018The New Identity Theft: Millions of Credit Applicants Who Don’t Exist- The Wall Street Journal, March 6, 2018Three Arrests in...
View ArticleUmbrella Insurance: Affordable Protection for Your Personal Assets
Thanks to medical liability lawsuit reforms that were advocated by the Texas Medical Association in 2003, physicians today have much less to worry about from spurious or overinflated malpractice...
View ArticleThe Top 3 Reasons Employed Physicians May Need Additional Life Insurance
Like most physicians, you have life insurance. You know that it is a vital part of your financial safety net. Since many hospitals and large medical practices offer group life insurance as an employee...
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