If a patient needs specialized care outside of your expertise, you likely wouldn’t hesitate to refer them to a specialist. TMA Insurance Trust has been the “go-to” health insurance specialist for physicians for decades. Last year, we helped over 700 practice owners get quality coverage at a competitive price. This year, once again, we’ve used our specialized skills and experience to uncover a way for physicians to help control their insurance costs and possibly secure better group coverage for themselves and their practice.

As a practice owner, when one of your patients needs specialized care or advice, you refer them to a physician who specializes in that particular field of medicine. That’s standard procedure.

But what about in your own life? What if you needed advice in an area in which you had limited knowledge? What if, for example, you wanted advice about health insurance? Would you reach out to a “specialist?”

Life moves fast for small practice owners. Between the responsibilities of running your practice and your family commitments, each day can seem like it never has enough hours in it to get everything done.

So it’s a good bet that in your spare time – what little you have – you’re not poring over the latest iterations of health insurance regulations. Which means you may not be aware of special health insurance options available to you during the small group Special Enrollment Period (11/15 – 12/15, 2021).

Let’s face it, shopping online has become the “new normal.” These days, almost anything you can think of – from electronics to groceries to new cars – can be purchased with a few clicks on a keyboard or smartphone.

The latest surge in online shopping may have been accelerated by the current pandemic, but it is now virtually commonplace for most of us to go online for many of the essential goods and services we need to keep our lives on track.

That said, thanks to the ease and convenience of our online enrollment platform – available exclusively to TMA members – this may finally be the right time for you to get the protection of a term life insurance plan.

There are never enough hours in a day. As a busy physician, you undoubtedly feel the truth of those words on a daily basis. The demands on your time--from patient care to family responsibilities--can leave you feeling like there are some tasks you just can’t seem to get to. That feeling can intensify as your career progresses and you experience changes in your life.

Most of us are familiar with the basic concept of life insurance: It provides your beneficiary with a payment if you pass away during the time you are covered.

But as you may know, there are different kinds of life insurance. For example, there is term life insurance and whole, or permanent, life insurance.

We pay for disability insurance for a good reason. We trust it will be there to provide a benefit payment if we get sick or injured and cannot work.

But if you did become ill or injured and couldn’t work, do you know how long it would take to receive your benefit payment? It may be longer than you think.

If you are a female physician, your personal achievement and hard work has come with an economic reward. Because you have a significant income, you likely play a prominent role in the lifestyle your family leads. You also bring financial stability to your household.

Because your family’s well being likely hinges on your income, life insurance protection plays an important role. But according to life insurance industry estimates, about 58% of men have life insurance, but only 48% of women are covered.* Do you have the life insurance you need to help protect your family’s future?