 November | VOLUME #123
 Open Enrollment is November 4-25, 2015.
This year, Optional Benefits are changing for all members. The
State of Alaska will begin offering increased life insurance volumes and
enhanced Short-Term Disability coverage.
If your employees are enrolled in Accidental Death and
Dismemberment (AD&D), Supplemental Life Insurance and/or Short-Term
Disability Insurance, they MUST re-enroll in order to keep their coverage.
Coverage WILL NOT roll over to the new benefit year.
All Optional Benefits members should have received a letter detailing
the changes in these benefits and how to enroll. The Division has also sent Open Enrollment emails to employers and ask that they be forwarded to all
employees.
Go to Alaska.gov/drb/OpenEnrollment
for more information about the changes in Optional Benefits for the 2016
benefit year.
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