Business Sense
Helping businesses and insurers make sense of absence.
Navigating the rising demand for behavioral health assessments in claims management
Paid leave and pregnant worker protection laws – what employers need to know
A government shutdown could impact Social Security services
The importance of an effective claims management system in the success of your organization
Policyholders are more satisfied than ever with their disability insurance benefits
Supporting employees after a leave of absence
Business Sense
Helping businesses and insurers make sense of absence.
Sense of Security
Helping individuals understand the benefits that provide health and income security.
Medicare 2024 Premium Announcement – costs set to increase in the new year
Ahead of Medicare’s Annual Election Period (AEP), the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) have announced the 2024 Medicare Part A and Part B premiums, deductibles, and coinsurance...
Social Security announces a 3.2% increase in benefits for 2024
Earlier today, the Social Security Administration (SSA) announced a 3.2% Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA) for all Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) beneficiaries. While the 3.2%...
2023 Compassionate Allowances list — Twelve conditions added
Earlier today, Acting Social Security Commissioner Dr. Kilolo Kijakazi announced the addition of twelve conditions to the Social Security Administration (SSA)’s Compassionate Allowances conditions...
Social Security hiring push hopes to improve customer service
Over the past few years, Social Security has made a clear effort to become more transparent and connect with a broader spectrum of clients. One of the ways Social Security hopes to do this is...
Medicare Advantage: Expanding available Medicare options
In July 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Social Security Amendments of 1965 into law, creating the Medicare and Medicaid programs. For the first time, individuals over the age of 65...
Medicare Eligibility and Health Savings Accounts
A Health Savings Account can be an important and effective tool to help navigate the increasing costs of medical care. Designed to help incentivize individuals toward high-deductible health plans...
Sense of Security
Helping individuals understand the benefits that provide health and income security.
Medicare 2024 Premium Announcement – costs set to increase in the new year
Ahead of Medicare’s Annual Election Period (AEP), the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) have announced the 2024 Medicare Part A and Part B premiums, deductibles, and coinsurance...
Social Security announces a 3.2% increase in benefits for 2024
Earlier today, the Social Security Administration (SSA) announced a 3.2% Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA) for all Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) beneficiaries. While the 3.2%...
2023 Compassionate Allowances list — Twelve conditions added
Earlier today, Acting Social Security Commissioner Dr. Kilolo Kijakazi announced the addition of twelve conditions to the Social Security Administration (SSA)’s Compassionate Allowances conditions...
Sense of Community
Sharing what makes us a community.
Meet our leaders: Shawn Abbatessa, Chief of Staff
At Brown & Brown Absence Services Group, we are committed to delivering innovative solutions and creating a positive impact for our customers, clients, and teammates. To support this commitment,...
The advocacy ripple effect
For more than twenty-one years, Brown & Brown Absence Services Group has been helping individuals obtain their Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) benefits. Since its founding, Brown...
Look around, look within: Reflections from our CEO on Mental Health Awareness Month
May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and as we come to the end of the month, I wanted to pause for a few moments of reflection about the importance of mental health awareness, not just in May but...
Creating community anywhere – how the workplace has changed
Written by Mike Shunney, CEO of Brown & Brown Absence Services Group It has been three years since COVID-19 first turned our world upside down, causing us all to pivot the ways we approached...
Meet our leaders: Mark Sawyer, Senior Vice President of Consulting Solutions
As part of our commitment to delivering innovative solutions and creating a positive impact for our customers, clients, and teammates, we have proudly assembled a leadership team that is rich in...
Giving Tuesday: Reflections from our CEO, Mike Shunney
As difficult as it is to say goodbye to the warm summer weather each year, I truly enjoy the natural peace of the fall and the time it provides for reflection to give thanks. As I ready myself for...
Sense of Community
Sharing what makes us a community.
Meet our leaders: Shawn Abbatessa, Chief of Staff
At Brown & Brown Absence Services Group, we are committed to delivering innovative solutions and creating a positive impact for our customers, clients, and teammates. To support this commitment,...
The advocacy ripple effect
For more than twenty-one years, Brown & Brown Absence Services Group has been helping individuals obtain their Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) benefits. Since its founding, Brown...
Look around, look within: Reflections from our CEO on Mental Health Awareness Month
May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and as we come to the end of the month, I wanted to pause for a few moments of reflection about the importance of mental health awareness, not just in May but...