Group Life - Benefit Highlights
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Eligible Employees
- may
include, but is not limited to all
active full and part-time employees, and
/ or a specified class or classes of
employees as determined by the employer,
subject to carrier approval.
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Benefit Maximum
- maybe a
flat amount or multiple of earning, and
/or benefit limits may vary within each
class as determined by the employer,
subject to underwritign and the slected
carrier.
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Waiting Periods - may apply as
determined by the employer prior to
receiving benefits usually following 30,
60 or 90 days from the date of hire.
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Minimum Hours - employees maybe
required to work regularly a minimum of
20 to 40 per week as determined by the
employer, subject to underwriting
approval by the selected carrier.
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Contributions - Employers may
elect to pay all (Non-Contributory), or
part of the cost of premiums for any
class(s) of employees (Contributory).
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Definition of Earnings - benefits
maybe provided based on a flat amount or
multiples of annual earnings that may
include based salary, bonus, and / or
commissions up to a specified maximum.
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Guarantee Issue - no medical
underwriting and / or related
requirements based benefit plans up to
pre-determined limits with selected
carriers based on the number of covered
lives.
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Benefit Reduction
- the amount of coverage or limits maybe
reduce at specified ages based on the
number of lives with selected carriers.
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Waiver of Premium -
continues Life coverage without premium
payments for employees who are totally
disabled.
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Accelerated Benefit
- Allows
insured employees with a life expectancy
of less than 12 months to collect a
portion of their life insurance benefit
early.
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Safe or Secure Access -
gives beneficiaries the ability to have
benefits of $10,000 or more deposited
into an interest-bearing checking
account enabling them to earn interest,
while weighing the important financial
decisions that often follow a death of
an employee.
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Conversion -
eligble employees may
elect an
option for group life
insurance coverage, when their
employment based in specified limits and
individual rates set by the carrier, not
subject to mediacl underwriting.
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Portability
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provides a convenient
option for group life insurance coverage
to eligible employees, when their
employment terminates, with minimal
effort for the employer and no increase
in the employer's group premiums.
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Leaves of Absence
- employees
maybe covered up to 12 weeks under FMLA
and the employer may elect to cover
employees on voluntary leave for periods
form 30 to 180 days, subject to
underwriting approval by the selected
carrier.
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