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Benefit Spotlight: Life Insurance

November 17, 2025 by Deidre Mings

🛡️ Protect Your Loved Ones: Life Insurance Coverage Options. Life insurance is a key tool to protect your family’s financial future. Here’s a quick guide to the options offered through the University. 📝 Term Life Insurance (University-Sponsored) Coverage: Specific period, which is length of employment for the University sponsored plans. University … [Read more...] about Benefit Spotlight: Life Insurance

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Benefit Spotlight: Accident Insurance

November 14, 2025 by Deidre Mings

🚑 Protect Yourself and Your Family with Accident Insurance. Accidents happen when we least expect them. Accident insurance is a voluntary, supplemental benefit that helps cover unexpected costs from accidents. It does not replace health insurance, but it pays cash benefits directly to you, which can be used for medical bills, travel, or everyday expenses. Plus, if you're … [Read more...] about Benefit Spotlight: Accident Insurance

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Life insurance- What’s the difference?

November 2, 2022 by Deidre Mings

Are all life insurance policies the same? There are different types of life insurance policies, and they fall into two main categories: term and permanent. Term policies- Like the name implies are good for a set period (term) of time. On the open market, these policies are usually purchased in 20- or 30-year term periods, and those provided by employers are based on term of … [Read more...] about Life insurance- What’s the difference?

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Is all Life Insurance the same? Find out what is right for you.

November 5, 2021 by Deidre Mings

There are different Life insurance policies designed to protect your family. They fall into two main categories: term and permanent. Term policies- Like the name implies are good for a set period (term) of time. On the open market, these policies are usually purchased in 20- or 30-year term periods, while those provided by employers are based on term of employment. Term … [Read more...] about Is all Life Insurance the same? Find out what is right for you.

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Benefit changes that benefit you!

October 12, 2021 by Deidre Mings

Special enrollment opportunities. New Short Term Disability benefit and New Life insurance carrier. Short Term Disability: MSU is excited to offer a new voluntary benefit. We are pleased to announce Hartford has been selected to offer short term disability coverage. Short-term disability is designed to protect  income when an employee cannot work because of an off-the-job … [Read more...] about Benefit changes that benefit you!

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