Your Guide to Open Enrollment

It’s fall, my favorite time of year! Crisp fall weather, beautiful autumn leaves, college football, and pumpkin everything! It’s also the season for open enrollment, the time period each year when you’re allowed select your company benefits.
 
This is a great time to review your options and make sure you’re taking full advantage of what your company offers. Open enrollment usually starts in November and you select benefits for the following calendar year. You probably receive a multi-page document that explains all the options available to you as an employee. The terms and details can be confusing even if you consider yourself financially savvy. In my two-part blog series, I cover the most common employee benefits and several lesser-known benefits.

• Part One covers the most confusing benefits: health insurance and the many savings accounts that can be used to cover medical expenses.

• Part Two covers life insurance, disability insurance, legal services, and other valuable benefits that can add up to thousands of dollars.