All right, we get it. A review of benefits programs might not seem like the most entertaining fodder for a podcast about divorce. But wait, just hear us out. See, if you're on your spouses benefits program, you could be looking a unraveling a potentially expensive web of coverage, from life insurance to health plans to pensions, IRAs, and 401ks, each of which leads to choice you get to make on a specific — and regulated — time table. So, what happens when your divorce gets in the way of the coverage that helps you stay healthy and feel safe? Tyler Wrage is a benefits consultant with The Strategic Group and joins us to walk us through the process of separation of shared benefits.
- (00:00) - Welcome to How to Split a Toaster
- (00:26) - Tyler Wrage, Benefits Specialist
- (03:23) - Types of Insurance
- (05:10) - Insurance During Divorce
- (06:18) - COBRA
- (09:56) - Standing Order and Post-Divorce
- (14:04) - Cost
- (17:43) - Timing
- (22:21) - If It's My Insurance
- (23:39) - Good Will During the Process
- (26:17) - Pitfalls Today
- (30:41) - Health Savings Accounts
- (31:46) - Finding Tyler
- (32:41) - Question Corner
- (38:29) - Wrapping Up