Retirement Education and Resources

Webinars, Podcasts and Tools

Fiscally Fit: For the Health of It!

“So many people spend their health gaining wealth and then have to spend their wealth to regain their health.”   A.J. Rob Materi

Since February 2013, Human Resources has hosted Fiscally Fit: For the Health of It, a two-week educational series offering sessions related to getting in shape for retirement, both financially and physically.  Information from several of our previous sessions are available below:

• Marsh & McLennan Agency - Health Insurance Options in Retirement (2020) - recorded / pdf
  
• Encompass (2020)
• Not Your Parents' Retirement - recorded / pdf
  
• Social Security 
• Attend a Webinar - monthly interactive webinar schedule
• Social Security presentation - pdf
  
• Medicare presentation - pdf
  
• Retirement Benefits: Learn, Apply & Manage
  
• Your Retirement Checklist
  
• When to Start Receiving Retirement Benefits
  
• Your Retirement Benefit: How It's Figured
  
• How Work Affects Your Benefits
  
• Create On-line Account
  
• What you can do on-line
  
• Straightline
  
• The 3 P's: Predictions, Protection, Pitfalls (2020) - recorded / pdf
  
• Investing in Uncertain Times: and times will always be uncertain (2017 podcast)
• Retirement Savings: How Much Do I Really Need? (2015 podcast)

TIAA

Roth Contribution Option Webinar - Slides (PDF)

Planning Tools & Calculators - Calculators and tools to review and plan for your financial goals.

Retirement Advisor - Answer your most important retirement questions and find out how to reach your goal.

Resources for Employees - webinars, articles, calculators and seminars.

Straightline

 Planning and Calculators

Michigan Public School Employees Retirement System (MPSERS)

MPSERS offers opportunities to learn about your retirement pension and benefits:

Tutorials: PowerPoint with audio (available anytime, anywhere, and in 3 - 12 minutes)

• Calculating Your Pension
• Qualifying for Your Pension

Interactive Webinars: (they last about 2 hours, registration required)

• Earning and purchasing service credit
• Eligibility requirements
• Calculating retirement benefits
• Incentive and Reform Explanations
• Insurance coverage
• Questions and answers

For more information and links go to http://www.michigan.gov/orsschools/0,1607,7-206-55754---,00.html