Why Every Federal Employee Needs a Benefits Review
A short welcome from your benefits educator — then book your free one-on-one review.
Get a Clearer View of Your Federal Benefits
In this live educational briefing, our federal benefits educators explain federal benefit rules and considerations in plain English. The session is general education, not individualized financial, tax, legal, or retirement advice.
Learn more about our hosts ↓Key topics we'll cover
- ✓How FERS, TSP, Social Security, FEGLI, and FEHB connect
- ✓Questions to consider as retirement approaches
- ✓Common benefit rules that are easy to misunderstand
- ✓Where to find reliable information for future decisions
A Plain-English Tour of Your Federal Benefits
In the "Hour of Power" briefing, our federal benefits educators explain key federal benefit concepts, rules, and considerations. The information is general education and does not promise a particular financial outcome.
FEGLI Life Insurance
- How Basic, Option A, B & C actually work
- What happens to your coverage at retirement
- The most common FEGLI mistakes federal employees make
- How to calculate if you're over- or under-insured
FEGLI Option B costs generally increase with age, which can surprise employees later in their career.
TSP Retirement
- How the G, C, S, I and L funds actually differ
- How to optimize contributions for your timeline
- The FERS supplement: who gets it and when it stops
- What to do with your TSP when you retire
Many federal employees may not fully understand how their TSP fund choices affect long-term growth.
FEHB Health Insurance
- How to actually compare FEHB plans (not just the premium)
- Open season tips to lower your monthly cost
- FEHB + Medicare coordination explained clearly
- TRICARE for retired federal workers with military service
FEHB plan comparisons should consider more than just the monthly premium.
Are You Making These Mistakes?
Ten costly missteps we see federal employees make again and again, and exactly how to avoid each one.
Misunderstanding FEGLI costs
Taking a Social Security bridge
Underestimating survivor benefits
Tapping your TSP too early
Miscalculating sick leave credit
Forgetting Medicare Part B
Overlooking state taxes
Ignoring inflation
Incorrect beneficiary designations
Failing to plan for taxes
You're a Federal Employee Who Deserves Clear Answers
- You've been paying into FEGLI for years but can't explain what you'd leave your family
- You set up your TSP when you were hired and haven't touched it since
- You pick the same FEHB plan every open season because comparing feels overwhelming
- You're within 5–10 years of retirement and want to make sure you're on track
- You're tired of HR giving vague answers and want a straight explanation
Federal Benefits Educators You Can Trust
Our "Hour of Power" briefings are led by our team of federal benefits educators.
"Dr. FedEd" Shawn McCoy
President & Director of National Development, Federal Employee Benefits Advocates
Shawn McCoy has over 39 years of experience in the financial services industry, starting his career with MetLife in Carrollton, Texas, where he worked with federal employees. He has held roles in management, group sales, compliance, and wholesaling, and has delivered public seminars on federal employee benefits, financial, and investment topics nationwide.
For the past 17 years, Shawn has conducted over 1,500 briefings across the U.S. and the world, educating over 40,000 federal employees on retirement, life, health, and other government benefits. As a former registered representative, he held Series 7, 63, 24, and 65 licenses.
Val Majewski
Vice President, Sales & Marketing, American Benefits Exchange
Val Majewski is Vice President of Sales and Marketing at American Benefits Exchange, where he specializes in educating and training federal employees on their benefits and retirement. He is the host of The Federal Retirement Show podcast and author of "There's No Excuse: Your Guide to Maximizing Your Federal Employee Benefits."
For the past 12 years, Val has worked exclusively with federal employees, helping each person understand their options so they can move through their career and into retirement in the strongest possible position.
Mario Roker
President, Federal Benefits Exchange
Mario Roker is President of Federal Benefits Exchange, where his focus is the health and life insurance side of the federal benefits picture: FEHB plan decisions, how that coverage interacts with Medicare Part B at 65, and what FEGLI really costs as its age-based premiums step up. It's the half of federal benefits that gets the least attention and carries some of the largest long-term costs.
He brings more than 15 years in health and life insurance across group benefits and senior health coverage, and also leads Insurance Masters LLC. Much of that work is Affordable Care Act compliance: reading dense federal regulation closely enough to tell people what it actually means for them, which is the same discipline federal benefit rules demand. His aim is to take the jargon out of coverage decisions so federal employees can see their options plainly before they commit.
Federal Employee Benefits Advocates LLC (FEBA) is not affiliated with the company offering these services. FEBA is separately owned. It partners with financial services representatives and their companies to provide employee benefits briefings and training programs to Federal agencies and their employees throughout the United States and the world.
Prefer to Start With Our Group Briefing?
Our free 60-minute “Hour of Power” webinar covers FERS, TSP, FEGLI, and FEHB in plain English. After the session, you can request an optional one-on-one benefits review — no obligation.
- ✓Educational only — no pressure, no obligation
- ✓Live Q&A with federal benefits educators
- ✓60 minutes, four upcoming dates
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