By AAFMAA on
11/1/2012 1:29 PM
For the fourth year in a row, BAE Systems and USO-Metro will host Trees for Our Heroes event in appreciation of those who serve. Each participant will be able to cut down a Christmas Tree or to chose a pre-cut tree and participate in holiday craft making and receive snacks, and beverages.
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By AAFMAA on
10/30/2012 1:54 PM
Virginia Homestead Tax Relief Amended
As of July 1, 2012: House Bill 922 amends Virginia Code § 58.1-3219.5 Virginia Homestead Property tax relief for veterans rated 100% permanently and totally disabled to include homes in revocable and irrevocable trusts.
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By AAFMAA on
9/15/2011 11:03 AM
Yesterday I had the amazing opportunity to see the Disabled American Veterans (DAV ) “in action.” With the rain from last week long gone and a beautiful day upon us the AAFMAA Open House – DAV MSO Event started off with a flurry of activity.
Our first person of the day – a spouse looking for help for her husband, a Veteran, who was not mobile enough to make the trip himself, so she came as his advocate to find an advocate who could be his voice to the VA. And that is what she found - an organization, the DAV, dedicated to helping Veterans, Spouses, Children, and Family members, no questions asked. Within 30 minutes she was out of the meeting on the Mobile Service Office with National Service Officer Domonique Maestas with a smile of relief on her face. Then it was time to come inside the AAFMAA Manor House for food, drinks, and cupcakes.
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By AAFMAA on
3/16/2011 1:56 PM
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By AAFMAA on
12/8/2010 2:32 PM
AAFMAA and Disabled American Veterans (DAV) have joined forces to ensure that members of the Association receive DAV’s professional claims services and representation.
“This is an outstanding partnership between AAFMAA and DAV to provide even greater service to the veterans who need our representation,” said Washington Headquarters Executive Director David W. Gorman. “AAFMAA protects service members and their families, and have done so for more than a century with low-cost life insurance and unique survivor assistance services.”
Since AAFMAA also specializes in military benefits counseling and other advisory services, DAV’s service representation will be a great enhancement. A Memorandum of Agreement was signed which utilizes the DAV’s nationwide network of National Service Officers and Transition Service Officers to assist in counseling, development, presentation and representation of VA benefit claims and appeals.
“DAV services will be provided at no cost to service members, veterans and their dependents who are members of AAFMAA,” said National Service Director Garry J. Augustine. “When AAFMAA is serving a veteran and they may benefit from DAV services, they will be referred to the nearest DAV National Service Office.”
For more information about the DAV, go to www.aafmaa.com and click on the DAV Partner link, or go directly to www.dav.org.
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By AAFMAA on
11/17/2010 7:42 PM
AAFMAA Finacial Advisor's Melina Selimbegovic and Mark Katzenberger
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By AAFMAA on
8/20/2010 7:15 PM
If you have been following the news over these past few weeks, you’ve probably noticed there have been some stories on life insurance companies and so-called “retained assets.”
Retained assets refer to when a life insurance company holds a beneficiary’s funds in a money market style account, allowing the beneficiary to draw from their funds with a system similar to a checkbook. The company then makes a profit on the money remaining in the account, but the entirety of those gains is not passed back to the beneficiary. Congress and the Department of Veterans Affairs have created oversight groups to look into the retained assets issue.
At AAFMAA, we do not offer retained asset accounts for beneficiaries.
Last week, one of our members summed it up best, “I read the articles in the Washington Post and I was appalled by the actions of such prominent insurance companies… Keep up your good work on our behalf!"
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