Tip 23 - Insurance

Of course you are—and darned proud of it, too! We know the pride distributors feel; of owning their own business and determining their own future. However, being self-employed doesn’t have to mean you can’t share in some of the perks of large corporations. There is an organization designed to help the millions of self-employed Americans; it’s called the National Association of the Self-Employed, or NASE. Membership gives you access to business advice, discounts on office supplies and business-related equipment, tax services, mailing and shipping, and lots more.

One area of special interest is insurance—now you may be able to qualify for the kind of group rates only available to large companies with many employees! They offer legal services; a Congressional Advocacy Program, giving self-employed business owners a strong, collective voice in Washington, DC; scholarship programs for children of the self-employed; and the list goes on and on.

To find out more, visit www.nase.org. If you’d like to join, you can do so online, or you can call NASE Member Services at 1-800-232-NASE (6273) and tell them you’d like more information, and a NASE representative will contact you.

Dana Bashor