Category Archive for : ‘Health’

This week (April 25-29) is National Playground Safety Awareness week. We know just how important it is for kids to get outside and play, exploring the world around them, but safety on playground equipment is equally important. Children of all ages as well as their parents and the towns and municipalities that provide public playgrounds to their communities need to understand the potential dangers of playground equipment and how children can get hurt if it’s defective, damaged or they aren’t using it properly. Here are a few safety tips for

With Valentine’s Day on Monday, everyone knows it’s time to talk about the heart! But not just the chocolate filled one you got for your sweetheart, the one beating in your chest. February is American Heart Month, and in honor of this national health observance, take some time to learn more about cardiovascular disease. This years initiative focuses on the small steps anyone can take toward better heart health.

What Comprises Heart Disease

In the United States, 1 in 4 deaths results from heart disease often making it the leading cause of

National Nutrition Month is celebrated every March and focuses on spreading the importance of making informed food choices and developing healthy eating habits. As we all begin to emerge from pandemic-related hibernation, where for many comfort was king, it’s important to reevaluate our eating habits. For many Americans eating healthier means a greater expense at the grocery store but, preparation and shopping smart can lessen the burden. In honor of National Nutrition Month, keep the following money-saving tips in mind:

Make a weekly meal plan.
Before you go to the store, think

The arrival of the fall and winter months signals many things, including flu season. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), flu activity peaks between December and February. It’s likely that flu viruses and the virus that causes COVID-19 will both spread this fall and winter.

The flu vaccine is your best chance of preventing the illness, and it’s more important than ever this year. Currently, the CDC recommends an annual flu vaccine for anyone over 6 months of age.

In addition to getting your vaccine, there are some

Updated 3/15/2020

To Our Valued Clients,

FBinsure is deeply committed to the health and safety of our employees, clients, and communities.  Like so many, we are adapting to and navigating the situation as best and as quickly as possible.  It is our commitment to you to continue to strive to exceed your expectations despite these trying times.  To that end, we are implementing the following:

As of Monday 3/16/2020, we will be closing our locations in Fall River, Dighton, West Bridgewater, Freetown, and New Bedford – 1823 Acushnet Avenue.  Other locations will

The CDC has advised Americans to take precautions and make preparations to deal with a outbreak of Coronavirus, or COVID-19, in the United States.  While the media hype surrounding the illness can seem overblown, it’s important to not write off the risk this virus poses to Americans’ daily lives.

The Coronavirus Facts As We Know Them:

Symptoms of COVID-19 include fever, runny nose, cough and trouble breathing.
Most people only develop mild symptoms, through there is more significant risk to elderly, young or immunocompromised individuals
The virus spreads in close contact, mainly through respiratory

September’s Jeans Day will be the “New England Walk4Hearing” hosted by our Client Service Manager Colleen Rosa. Her niece, Tia, was diagnosed at birth with moderate bilateral sensorineural hearing loss which is caused by damage to the inner ear or problems with the nerves from the ear to the brain (ASHA, 2019). This requires her to use of hearing aids, American Sign Language (ASL) and lip reading. Tia, who is now 10 years old, is mainstreamed in the public school system with the support from The Program for the Deaf

In the Wake of the Deadliest Flu Season in Recent History, CDC Urges Public to Take Action

Over 700,000 people were estimated to have been admitted to the hospital during the 2017-18 flu season, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Influenza Hospitalization Surveillance Network. What’s even more alarming is the fact that epidemic levels of influenza or pneumonia persisted for 16 consecutive weeks. The 2017-18 flu season was the first flu season to be classified as high severity across all age groups.

Due to last year’s deadly consequences

Massachusetts’ law is now imposing a penalty on employers with employees enrolled in subsidized health coverage, like MassHealth in place of an employer’s plan. These modifications are hitting employers hard!  This act, passed in August 2017 is now effective for wages paid as of January 1, 2018 and expires at the end of calendar year 2019.  It boils down to this simple fact: the State has a deficit paying for MA Health and the EMAC charge is the intended answer to that problem.  Read below to understand how these charges break

This week we are pleased to share a blog written by a longtime friend of the agency, Seth Denson of GDP Advisors out of McKinney, TX.  Tom Rogers, FBinsure’s SVP of Sales, took a few moments to share his thoughts about our guest blogger and his partner John Powter, both of whom have been business resources and friends to Tom for some time.

Tom Rogers: “I found in my career that the more I surround myself with really talented people, the better off I will be.  We have tried to live by