Novaura

10/29/2025

We are so thrilled to have the privilege of supporting local organizations like CASA of Bell and Coryell Counties!

06/20/2025

What's more cost-effective? To eat out or to cook at home?

Building an employer health plan follows the same logic. It is generally more cost-effective to partner with a dedicated benefits advisor to build your own health plan than it is to buy from a national insurance carrier.

Is it more cost-effective to go out to eat at a restaurant or to cook at home? Generally speaking, it's more cost-effective to put the ingredients together y...

04/07/2025

Employers have been conditioned into making benefit buying decisions in 12 month time frames. This is typically a top 3 item on a company P&L list, but they ...

03/25/2025

Health Insurance premiums keep increasing... deductibles keep increasing... but the average American doesn't have enough to cover their healthcare costs even...

03/20/2025

What do you do when health insurance premiums go up? With traditional health insurance, alternative options are limited. You can go out to quote and hope ano...

08/15/2024

In general, men are the worst at getting their preventative care done... especially among hashtag workers.

This is something I stress every time I meet with employees. For employees, putting CARE back into means pushing them towards services that can have a big impact.

Chronic Illnesses and disease management are a huge cost towards and can be life altering when not detected early.

If you can catch 4 out of 5 chronic illnesses early simply through a preventative visit, isn't that worth an hour of your time?!

08/14/2024

When you are fully-insured, you are under the control of the carrier. They determine your rates, cost of claims, what doctors you can see, and where you buy your medications.

You as an are the carrier's puppet, and your premium dollars are their .

We help employers cut their strings with major profit center health insurance carriers by building a plan that works for their employees and their future financial growth.

08/13/2024

costs are going up... and unless you as an hashtag aren't willing to reevaluate your solutions, costs will continue to rise.

We are tackling this directly, not accepting this , and bringing a much needed change to .

08/12/2024

Returning to work after giving birth is one of the most challenging transitions for postpartum mothers. With a lack of access to paid federal leave within the United States, more than 25% of mothers return to work within two months of giving birth and approximately 10% return to work in four weeks or less. This means that in addition to their physical recovery and the psychological adjustment to motherhood, postpartum mothers are also navigating new shifts in identity as a working mother — a uniquely challenging period that author Lauren Smith Brody refers to as “the fifth trimester.”

07/18/2024

We see so many employers that put hashtag on the shelf until their hashtag calls them right before renewal. Unfortunately, so many employers have been led to believe that this is how benefits are supposed to be done.

When a real hashtag is put in place, it's no longer an unavoidable expense for a business. It becomes an investment in talent. People want to work for companies that put hashtag in their benefits package.

Don't miss hiring a great candidate because your broker is too lazy to engage with you on real strategy. Your business and your people deserve better!

07/17/2024

Optical illusions have captivated popular culture and sparked heated debates for decades. When you set these debates aside (Is the drawing a rabbit or a duck? Is the dress blue and black, or white and gold?), you realize the underlying point: The same thing can appear different depending on your perspective.

Building an employee benefits package for a multi-generational workforce involves understanding and addressing the needs of each generation.

07/16/2024

We hate seeing employers waste dollars by overspending on healthcare and other benefits. That's why we help employers by showing them how they can implement benefit and healthcare solutions that lower what it costs to use healthcare for employers AND their employees.