Education employees across the U.S. face a common obstacle — planning and saving for a suitable retirement for themselves and their families.
Education employees across the U.S. face a common obstacle — planning and saving for a suitable retirement for themselves and their families.
The Florida legislature has made and is still considering additional changes to educators’ pension system. Teachers are looking to their school district for answers and resources to help them overcome retirement challenges.
Security Benefit partners with the Florida Independent Benefits Council to provide that access and connection to teachers and district support staff. Because we want to help you prepare for your financial future, we offer a three-part approach to help teachers and support staff plan and save for retirement.
Member Education: Free financial workshops and online tools for members, where you can learn about key financial concepts to help you prepare for retirement and gain confidence in your overall financial plan.
NEA Retirement Specialists: Security Benefit partners with independent financial professionals who live and work in your local community and specialize in helping educators fully understand pension options and their overall retirement picture.
LifeStage Solutions: A series of solutions optimally designed to meet your needs during your lifetime — from early career through retirement — using a suite of solutions to help you grow and preserve assets, as well as create income in retirement.
As an education professional, you devote your life to our nation’s most valuable asset, our children. You deserve to be empowered to maximize your income and financial resources.
To learn which strategies are right for you and why a tax-deferred supplemental retirement account may be essential for your financial planning, please contact your local financial professional.
- Manage Your 403(b) Plan
- Retirement Plan Calculators
- Understanding Florida DROP — The Deferred Retirement Option Plan or DROP is an elective retirement plan provided by the Florida Retirement System (FRS). If you’re eligible for retirement but wish to continue working, DROP is another option for you to save money for the day you decide to put the lesson plans away and truly retire.
This information is provided by Security Distributors in connection with the NEA Retirement Program for retirement plans sponsored by school districts and other employers of NEA members and individual retirement accounts established by NEA members. Security Distributors and certain of its affiliates (collectively, Security Benefit) make products available under the NEA Retirement Program, directly or through authorized broker-dealers, pursuant to an agreement with NEA’s wholly owned subsidiary, NEA Member Benefits (MB). NEA and MBC are not affiliated with Security Benefit. Neither NEA nor MB is a registered broker-dealer. All securities brokerage services are performed exclusively by your sales representative’s broker-dealer and not by NEA or MB.
NEA Retirement Specialists, when making recommendations to an NEA member, offer only Security Benefit products.