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Tools to help members protect their wealth
Included in all Blue Solutions plans at no additional cost, The College Tuition Benefit and the new student loan debt reduction solutions from GradFin help you attract and retain talent and make it easier for your employees and their families to pay for higher education.
The College Tuition Benefit®
Through The College Tuition Benefit, subscribers can earn SAGEScholarsTuitionRewards® tohelpoffsetthecost of a four-year undergraduate education at a participating Sage Scholars network college or university nationwide:
• Subscribers can sponsor students who are part of their immediate or extended family — children, grandchildren, nieces, nephews, stepchildren, and godchildren.*
• One Tuition Rewards point is equal to a $1 guaranteed minimum discount off the full price of tuition.
• Subscribers earn 2,000 points when they sign up and students receive 500 points when registered.
• Subscribers then earn 2,000 points each year and an additional bonus of 2,500 points in year four.
The longer your employee stays with your company and keeps their Independence coverage, the more Tuition Rewards points your employees can accrue. Subscribers can visit ibx.collegetuitionbenefit.com to view the full list of participating colleges and universities.
GradFin
GradFin provides student loan debt reduction solutions by helping borrowers repay their student loans faster so they can start saving for the future. GradFin provides employees and their families free personalized solutions to accelerate their student loan debt payoff process and can potentially save them thousands of dollars.
• Student Loan Financial Education. GradFin
offers free personal consultations, live webinars, and in-house “town hall” meetings to educate employees and their families on reducing their debt.
• Student Loan Solutions. GradFin originates, refinances, and consolidates an employee and their family’s student loan(s) through a lending platform made up of 11 lenders, maximizing the member’s chance for loan approval and the lowest rates.
• Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Program. GradFin will work with employees and their families to ensure they stay compliant with the PSLF program through auditing payments and certifying income and employment.
*Subject to certain restrictions.
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