Chris Kowalik

Is your Federal Employees Group Life Insurance (FEGLI) enough? Life insurance needs change based on major life events, so it’s important to review your coverage regularly. Chris Kowalik guides you through five ways to evaluate your needs more…

Chris Kowalik explains why inflation has an impact on more than just devaluing your savings. It affects cost-of-living adjustments (COLAs), your Social Security benefits, your Thrift Savings Plan and other investments more…

Chris Kowalik gives an overview of what to expect as your retirement application is processed including how you will be paid, what happens to your benefits in retirement, and a checklist to do before leaving federal service more…

There is a tendency to regard a high cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) increase in retirement as a “good thing.” However, Chris Kowalik explains why high COLAs and inflation have serious consequences to long-term retirement more…

Chris Kowalik explains how using the TSP the wrong way — or for the wrong reasons — can jeopardize your retirement goals more…

As you near retirement, or if you’re already retired, there are key retirement milestones to keep in mind for accumulating and withdrawing the money you’ll need for your later years. Chris Kowalik provides a quick guide to key deadlines for retirement more…

Chris Kowalik highlights the differences between annual leave and sick leave when it comes time to retire and how to maximize each type of leave more…

Whatever the time (or reason) you retire, there are a slew of questions that come to mind regarding the Thrift Savings Plan. Chris Kowalik addresses an important issue: How your last year of work might affect your TSP account balance more…

Chris Kowalik addresses one of the toughest questions facing federal employees: How much money do I need to retire? more…