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What is the Foundation 3?
Imagine a world where employee benefits are simple and affordable. The Foundation Benefits 3 provides helpful information unraveling the confusion and lightening the load.
There are 3 part to help you.
Something Smart: Insights that hopefully thought-provoking and not necessarily related to insurance.
What's Going On: Updates on Foundation Benefits happenings, timely insurance news & issues with broad business impacts.
The Takeaway: Multipart series to help you grow to better understand the world of employee benefits.
Foundation 3 will be shared each Thursdays at 10 AM.
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2.13.25
Night to Shine! What a great event.
Rx Formularies are only about what they cost. Wrong!
Part 3: Why Americans pay more for their healthcare.
~~Why are medications so expensive?~~
Find a location to volunteer.
2.6.25
Your fault. You're choosing it.
Help getting your I-9s in line. It matters, a lot!
Part 2: Why Americans pay more for their healthcare.
~~Fee for Service is the wrong approach.~~
Resources to help you.
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1.30.25
Resources to help you.
Get the Darren Daily. It will make you smarter
Why does it take so long to get your benefits from a Life Policy?
Part 1: Why Americans pay more for their healthcare. ~~The lack of cost controls and transparency.~~
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1.23.25
Resources to help you.
I made and mistake and now you can learn from it.
Agency Planning meeting for 2025. What can you expect?
Looking at developing the “whole” employee.
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1.16.25
Resources to help you
Get twice as smart with a “twofer” in Something Smart.
Meet the newest agent to help you.
You probably have mental health benefits already. Where are they?
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1.9.25
Resources to help you
Life lessons:
*Don’t get stuck in ‘the thick of thin things.’
*Part 1: Focus on 2025 benefits series…
Gen Z debt & Boomer’s retirement
*Download our PDF!
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1.2.25
Time freshen up the Foundation III.
We aim to create a video newsletter that is useful, timely, and engaging—something you'll look forward to watching. To achieve this, we need to adapt and commit to continuously improve.
See what we are planning in 2025.
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12.26.24.
IN 2024 We discussed over 150 topics:
HR Issues from hiring to firing.
Compliance & Regulations
Federal & State Laws. Court Rulings.
Narrowed to the 3 biggest.
Website Resources:
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12.19.24
Every Christmas story needs to include dart guns, cigarettes & bath robes.
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