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Voluntary Benefits Advisor

Help your team learn optional coverages that can sit beside core benefits. Atlas Benefits Advisor works with Long Island schools, nonprofits, healthcare organizations, and employers. Meet in Hauppauge or by video through Atlas VirtualWealth.

In Hauppauge or by Video

Call (631) 389-2358 (voice only) · Text (631) 904-0901


What Are Voluntary Benefits?

Voluntary benefits are optional coverages employees can elect based on their own needs. They are often offered at group rates and paid by payroll deduction. Availability, rates, and features vary by employer and carrier.


Popular Voluntary Benefit Options

Employees can learn which options may fit their situation. This page is not an offer to bind coverage.

Supplemental Life Insurance

Additional life coverage beyond a basic group policy. Some programs include spouse and child options.

Accident Insurance

Benefits for covered accidents that can help with recovery costs or everyday bills after an injury.

Disability Income Coverage

Short-term and long-term disability income options that may replace a portion of income if an employee cannot work due to illness or injury.

Critical Illness

A cash benefit paid upon diagnosis of a covered condition, such as certain cancers, heart attack, or stroke, subject to policy terms.

Hospital Indemnity

Fixed benefits for covered hospital stays that can sit beside deductibles and other out-of-pocket costs.

Pet Insurance

Coverage for veterinary bills, accidents, and illnesses, when the employer offers the program.

SAGE Scholars Tuition Rewards

SAGE Scholars helps families learn how tuition rewards points can reduce private-college tuition at participating schools. Program rules apply.

For Employers and Organizations

  • Review optional coverages that can sit beside the core package
  • Support recruitment conversations with benefits for employees
  • Offer choice without assuming every product is employer-paid
  • Communicate options in plain language

For Employees and Families

  • Learn group-rate options next to individual policies
  • Choose only the coverage that matches current needs
  • Use payroll deduction when the employer offers it
  • Bring selected benefits into an Atlas VirtualWealth session

How Atlas Benefits Advisor Helps

Atlas Benefits Advisor explains your options in plain language so you can decide what fits.

1

Review Current Benefits

We look at what is already in place and the questions employees actually ask.

2

Clear Explanations

Employees receive straightforward language so they can choose at their own pace.

3

Enrollment Support

We help coordinate communication so the process stays organized.

4

Atlas VirtualWealth Session

Selected benefits can be reviewed in a personal Atlas VirtualWealth session.


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Frequently Asked Questions

What are voluntary benefits?

Voluntary benefits are optional insurance and related programs employees can elect through an employer, often at group rates and paid by payroll deduction. Common options include supplemental life, accident, disability income coverage, critical illness, and hospital indemnity. Availability varies.

Do voluntary benefits cost the employer anything?

Many voluntary products are employee-paid through payroll deduction. Confirm current carrier, payroll, and employer rules before you act.

Who can benefit from voluntary benefits on Long Island?

Schools, nonprofits, healthcare organizations, municipalities, and private employers across Nassau and Suffolk counties can review whether voluntary options fit their team. Features vary by employer and carrier.

How does Atlas Benefits Advisor help with voluntary benefits?

We review existing benefits, explain choices in plain language, support education and enrollment conversations, and can connect selected benefits to a complimentary Atlas VirtualWealth session.

What is SAGE Scholars Tuition Rewards and how does it relate?

SAGE Scholars Tuition Rewards is a college-savings benefit available through certain workplace programs. Families can learn how points may reduce private-college tuition at participating schools. Program rules apply.

Is the initial Atlas VirtualWealth session complimentary?

Yes. The first Atlas VirtualWealth session is complimentary and comes with no obligation.

Ready to Review Voluntary Benefits?

Book a complimentary Atlas VirtualWealth session. No obligation.

Atlas Benefits Advisor
Christopher J. Vargas, LUTCF®
President & Chief Benefits Strategist
410 Motor Parkway, 2nd Floor, Hauppauge, NY 11788
Call: (631) 389-2358 (voice only) · Text: (631) 904-0901
cvargas@atlasbenefitsadvisor.com
admin@atlasbenefitsadvisor.com
Hours: Monday to Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.; Saturday by appointment only

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