Business Sense
Helping businesses and insurers make sense of absence.
Stay Compliant and Stay Ahead: Mastering Leave Management and Avoiding Costly Penalties
2024 Trustees Reports and the outlook on Social Security and Medicare
Social Security publishes ruling reducing past relevant work time period
Social Security funding turmoil: A hiring freeze and union push for supplemental funding
A year in review: Absence and disability highlights from 2023
Navigating the rising demand for behavioral health assessments in claims management
Business Sense
Helping businesses and insurers make sense of absence.
Sense of Security
Helping individuals understand the benefits that provide health and income security.
Staying alert: Protect your personal information in an age of rampant Medicare fraud and scams
With continued technology advancements and the widespread utilization of email and text communications, scammers and fraudsters have become more sophisticated than ever in their tactics targeting...
Breaking Down the Numbers: Understanding the Costs of Medicare
As a cornerstone of the American healthcare system, Medicare provides coverage to more than 65 million Americans, a significant majority of whom are aged 65 and above. Since a substantial portion of...
A year in review: Medicare highlights from 2023
Medicare remains a hot-button topic among Americans as the year ends. From members of the public to politicians, everything about Medicare, including solvency, benefits, and regulatory updates, is a...
The Ticket to Work program: Navigating the journey from SSDI benefits to a return to work
The Social Security Administration provides millions of Americans with a consistent source of income and financial stability. While these cash payments are vital for those unable to work due to an...
Maximizing your Medicare benefits: An overview of the Annual Enrollment Period
October represents a crucial time for Medicare beneficiaries seeking to optimize their healthcare and drug coverage. Each year, from October 15th to December 7th, those eligible to participate in...
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...
Sense of Security
Helping individuals understand the benefits that provide health and income security.
The Medicare Caregivers Checklist
According to the most recent census, one in six Americans is over 65, and most are expected to live at least two decades longer. By 2060, 25% of the U.S. will be 65 years and older, and the number...
Understanding the importance of financial literacy
Financial literacy has become increasingly important as the costs of everyday essentials rise alongside increasing inflation. Unfortunately, only about 57% of American adults are considered...
Increasing wait times and overpayments: Social Security struggles to keep up with workflow
Consistent with results over the past few years, the Social Security Administration (SSA) struggles to keep up with the ever-increasing workflow, particularly regarding disability applications....
Sense of Community
Sharing what makes us a community.
Meet our leaders: Claire Rouge, Vice President of Human Resources
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,...
Thriving in the New Normal: Nurturing Community & Virtual Togetherness
At the top of 2023, Mike Shunney, our Chief Executive Officer, shared his perspective on what "creating community" means to him, considering the changes in the workplace since the COVID-19 pandemic...
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...
Sense of Community
Sharing what makes us a community.
Beyond benefits: Navigating the Social Security process with Brown & Brown Absence
Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) benefits provide vital assistance to millions of American workers and their families each year. Still, at Brown & Brown Absence Services Group, we...
Empowering the future: Supporting education and personal growth at Notre Dame Cristo Rey
At Brown & Brown Absence Services Group, we are dedicated to supporting causes and organizations that reflect our values. Over our twenty-year history, our teammates have invested hundreds of...
The Aevo experience: what it means to navigate your Medicare options with Aevo
It’s no secret that Medicare can be confusing, and it’s easy to become overwhelmed by the commercials and the endless amounts of information available online. If you want to cut through the Medicare...