5 Tax Mistakes Business Owners Make
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Part of putting together an effective tax management strategy is gaining an understanding of what you can and cannot deduct from your tax return.   I see business owners that make mistakes every single day.  Every …

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Pay As You Drive Car Insurance: A Good Idea?
October 27, 2011 – 10:43 am | No Comment
Pay As You Drive Car Insurance: A Good Idea?

Every six months you get a bill in the mail from your auto insurance company.   After your eyes glaze over 12 stapled pages of different line items of coverage and boiler plate language, you get …

oXYGen Financial Hires Financial Advice Expert For Dentists To Lead Atmos Dental Advisors
September 28, 2011 – 10:56 am | No Comment

(ATLANTA,GA) –September 23rd, 2011- Atlanta based oXYGen Financial, a growing leader in financial services for Generation X and Y individuals and business owners, has hired Chris Sands to pioneer a new business model focused on …

Should you buy a ‘combined’ insurance policy?
August 11, 2011 – 7:52 am | No Comment
Should you buy a ‘combined’ insurance policy?

As technology changes, we are always looking for the latest and best upgrades so we are on the cutting edge.  Just like the technology sector,  the world of insurance policy design and implementation is constantly …

Personal Finance 101 – Your Benefits Package At Work: Disability Insurance
May 31, 2011 – 10:13 am | No Comment
Personal Finance 101 – Your Benefits Package At Work: Disability Insurance

One of the most overlooked parts of an overall financial plan is the benefits package you receive from your employer.   Last week I reviewed the areas of life insurance.    For younger …

Personal Finance 101 – Your Benefits Package At Work: Life Insurance
May 23, 2011 – 9:27 am | No Comment
Personal Finance 101 – Your Benefits Package At Work: Life Insurance

One of the most overlooked parts of an overall financial plan is the benefits package you receive from your employer.   Two weeks ago we talked about health insurance and the decisions that …

Personal Finance 101 – Your Benefits Package At Work: Health Insurance
May 9, 2011 – 10:06 am | 2 Comments
Personal Finance 101 – Your Benefits Package At Work: Health Insurance

One of the most overlooked parts of an overall financial plan is the benefits package you receive from your employer.   Making benefits decision can often be a difficult process.  Most of the …

Do You Have Enough Life Insurance?
April 14, 2011 – 8:55 am | No Comment
Do You Have Enough Life Insurance?

Here is the scenario.  Your husband is driving home that night on the local highway.  Out of nowhere a large truck sideswipes the car sending it reeling off the road.  After …

Do I Need Pet Insurance?
January 13, 2011 – 12:35 pm | One Comment
Do I Need Pet Insurance?

A few years ago, my sister ran into a truly awful situation. She had to face the music that part her family might pass way. One of her …

Which Term Insurance Is Right For Me?
November 30, 2010 – 10:17 am | No Comment
Which Term Insurance Is Right For Me?

If you are in the market to buy life insurance, you need to remember that not all term insurance is created alike. Here are some key items to remember so you can …

Health Care Reform Details
April 12, 2010 – 8:59 am | One Comment
Health Care Reform Details

I have been asked over the past few weeks on what the heath care reform will mean to you over the next number of years.  Here is a great chart put together …

Life Insurance For My Children?
March 1, 2010 – 11:20 am | One Comment
Life Insurance For My Children?

Someone asked me the other day, “Ted, is it morbid to ask you whether I should buy life insurance on my children?”   It was an interesting question, and one we often get from …

Do you need disability insurance?
February 25, 2010 – 10:51 am | No Comment
Do you need disability insurance?

There are many types of insurance programs to manage these days. Yet, one of the programs most misunderstood by employees of companies and small business owners is the need for disability …

Top 5 Insurance Policies To Avoid
February 15, 2010 – 10:21 am | No Comment
Top 5 Insurance Policies To Avoid

Doesn’t it seem like there is always an insurance decision to make? Whether it is from a new purchase you make, a decision at work, or someone calling you to buy …

Health Savings Account Limits For 2010
February 1, 2010 – 11:30 am | One Comment
Health Savings Account Limits For 2010

Health Savings Account Limits For 2010
Many Americans have switched over to a Health Savings Account. This would be a great time of the year to assess what you actually spent …

Be wary of “hypotheticals” in insurance policies!
November 11, 2009 – 10:15 am | One Comment
Be wary of “hypotheticals” in insurance policies!

Many people consider buying into permanent insurance policies. Almost always, I see an illustration when people bring it to me with a hypothetical illustration. On some policies these projected illustrations carry a hypothetical rate of return of 10% to project where cash value accounts will be over the next 20 to 25 years.

Health Insurance- Where are we headed?
October 5, 2009 – 9:36 am | No Comment
Health Insurance- Where are we headed?

There has been a ton of press over the past few months regarding health insurance. Democrats slamming Republicans, and Republicans slamming back Democrats.

I too have a political party. The party of the small business owner. We take all of our cash, put a business plan together, and work 70 to 80 hours per week creating the dream of building something that will live beyond our lifetime. However, with all that has gone on over the past year, where is the small business owner to turn when the policies from Washington, D.C. come to fruition.

Windstorms, Hurricanes, and Tornadoes – Are You Covered?
September 30, 2009 – 9:15 am | No Comment
Windstorms, Hurricanes, and Tornadoes – Are You Covered?

Windstorms, Hurricanes, and Tornadoes–Are You Covered?

Tornadoes, hurricanes, and other windstorms can cause lots of damage to your home and its contents. But will insurance cover your losses if one of these storms strikes your home? The answer is that it depends.

Long Term Care Insurance . . How Does It Work?
September 29, 2009 – 8:35 am | 2 Comments
Long Term Care Insurance . . How Does It Work?

Understanding Long-Term Care Insurance-
It’s a fact: People today are living longer. Although that’s good news, the odds of requiring some sort of long-term care increase as you get older. And as the costs of home care, nursing homes, and assisted living escalate, you probably wonder how you’re ever going to be able to afford long-term care. One solution that is gaining in popularity is long-term care insurance (LTCI).

Paying Too Much For Car Insurance?
September 28, 2009 – 10:08 am | 2 Comments
Paying Too Much For Car Insurance?

How to Save Money on Your Auto Insurance

You may have good reason to complain about the cost of your auto insurance, but have you tried to do anything about it? If you’re resourceful and willing to do a little homework, there may be plenty of ways to lower your premium. And we’re not necessarily talking chump change–a few simple steps can sometimes save you hundreds of dollars a year.

Is a Health Savings Account the best medical plan option for you?
September 14, 2009 – 8:29 am | 3 Comments
Is a Health Savings Account the best medical plan option for you?

Health Savings Accounts (HSA’s) were approved by Congress in 2003—part of the largest expansion of government intervention in medicine in 40 years—and became law in January 2004. Almost six years later, most American still don’t understand their health insurance choices. You can’t overlook considering whether an HSA is right for your family. Remember that an HSA is a different plan than the Medical Savings Accounts (MSA’s) which were introduced in 1996.

My Beautiful Car and Its Insurance
August 19, 2009 – 8:45 am | No Comment
My Beautiful Car and Its Insurance

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Have you ever been in an accident? Do you have car insurance?
Last Friday, I was in an accident in a Kroger’s Parking Lot. The …

Even the Orthodontist offers coupons!
August 3, 2009 – 8:46 am | No Comment

When you start taking your child to the dentist, life is pretty good . . . until their teeth grow into their mouths. I know technology has made everything smaller today, but is it possible that they have made our kid’s mouths smaller? I have three kid’s and it turns out the dentist ‘recommends’ they all get braces in some way, shape, or form.

Health Insurance by Arthur Benz
July 29, 2009 – 8:33 am | No Comment
Health Insurance by Arthur Benz

There are announcements almost every day of layoffs across the country. With roughly 10 percent unemployment across the United States people are concerned about their health insurance coverage. One of the things that we’ve been hearing is that people simply do not know whether to utilize COBRA coverage or purchase their own separate policies. written by Arthur Benz
President, oXYGen Financial Insurance, Inc.
Insurance Agency

IF YOU CAN’T EXPLAIN IT ON ONE PAGE . . . DON’T DO IT!!
July 28, 2009 – 9:48 am | No Comment

Over this past week, I’ve been watching many different proposals around health insurance in the United States. In one magazine, Investors Business Daily, they had a flow chart of what the health insurance plan would look like. It looked more like an electrical engineering chart of the Empire State Building than it did a health insurance plan.

Get your financial house in order in 2009!
March 21, 2009 – 5:25 pm | No Comment

Get your financial house in order in 2009! Top 10 tips from Oxygen Financial in 2009. 2009 is upon us and it’s time to think about cleaning up your financial house, so here are some of Oxygen Financial’s top tips to get your financial house in order: