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The Palabe Group, Inc. is a leading privately held National Group Benefits & Consulting Firm headquartered in Greater Chicago. From inception, our highly experienced and knowledgeable benefits professionals have been committed to providing quality service and innovative product designs for our clients.
Our commitment is to provide customized solutions and creative cost effective programs that meet the needs and objectives of our clients while continuing to strive for professional excellence in the delivery of these products and services.
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Helpful Content

When Does Your Personal Car Become a Commercial Vehicle?
At what point can you call a personal vehicle commercial?

Home Mortgage Deduction
Use this calculator to assess the potential benefits of a home mortgage deduction.

Disability Income
This calculator estimates your chances of becoming disabled and your potential need for disability insurance.
The 12 Steps to Living Confidently: Savings and Cash Flow
Why is Cash Flow so important to understand?
Split Annuity Strategy
Here's one strategy that combines two different annuities to generate income and rebuild principal.
Infographic: Family Caregivers – Unseen labor in America
For many employees, work is not limited to the workday and expands to include the role of caring for loved ones at home before, after, and often during their jobs...
Hindsight 2020: Should You Join The Great Resignation?
Since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, it’s been a rollercoaster ride for Americans.
4 Steps to Protecting a Child with Disabilities
Planning for a child with special needs can be complicated, confusing, and even overwhelming.
How to Make Smart Debt Decisions
Making smarter decisions about debt can help you reduce stress.
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Tax Freedom Day
Assess how many days you'll work to pay your federal tax liability.
Contributing to an IRA?
Determine if you are eligible to contribute to a traditional or Roth IRA.
Historical Inflation
This calculator shows how inflation over the years has impacted purchasing power.
Should I Buy or Lease an Auto?
This calculator compares the financial impact of leasing versus buying an automobile.
Federal Income Tax
Use this calculator to estimate your income tax liability along with average and marginal tax rates.
Social Security Taxes
Estimate how much of your Social Security benefit may be considered taxable.
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Managing Your Lifestyle
Using smart management to get more of what you want and free up assets to invest.
An Inside Look at Retirement Living
A number of questions and concerns need to be addressed to help you better prepare for retirement living.
Long-Term-Care Protection Strategies
The chances of needing long-term care, its cost, and strategies for covering that cost.
Principles of Preserving Wealth
How federal estate taxes work, plus estate management documents and tactics.
Your Cash Flow Statement
A presentation about managing money: using it, saving it, and even getting credit.
Protecting Those Who Matter Most
The importance of life insurance, how it works, and how much coverage you need.
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Student Loan Protection
Learn why protecting your student loan payments is an important aspect of your income protection strategy.
The Wild West of Data Theft
Learn about cyber liability insurance in this entertaining video.
How to Retire Early
Retiring early sounds like a dream come true, but it’s important to take a look at the cold, hard facts.
The Other Sure Thing
Though we don’t like to think about it, all of us will make an exit sometime. Are you prepared?
Behavioral Finance
An amusing and whimsical look at behavioral finance best practices for investors.
It Was the Best of Times, It Was the Worst of Times
All about how missing the best market days (or the worst!) might affect your portfolio.