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 June 17, 2024
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All Employers | All Insurance Benefits
Welcome to My Benefits Employer News, a monthly newsletter to keep you informed about ETF’s new Insurance Administration System. You’ll learn about system functionality, upcoming policy changes, key dates, system training, and support.
Save time by only reading the articles relevant to you—the first line of each article identifies which employers and benefits the article applies to.
All Employers | All Insurance Benefits
When My Insurance Benefits goes live on July 1, 2025, members will be able to interact with their insurance benefits online through secure, easy-to-use 24/7 access. The new system is designed for use by all ETF employers, their employees, and retirees who interact with ETF-administered insurance benefits.
Benefits for employers include:
- Enrollment for ETF-administered health, dental, vision, accident, life, and income continuation insurances in one place.
- No longer need to access MEBS or Web Access Management System.
- Members will be able to securely upload their documents directly to the new system.
- Health insurance rates will be available earlier.
Except for long-term care insurance, all types of ETF-administered insurance will be included in the new system. This includes health insurance, uniform dental insurance, supplemental dental insurance (Preventive, Select, and Select Plus), supplemental vision insurance, pre-tax savings accounts, accident plan, income continuation insurance, and life insurance.
All Employers | All Insurance Benefits
A new system introduces new vocabulary. Let’s talk about some of the key terms you’ll see as we get ready to launch our new system:
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My Insurance Benefits: The new system that will let members securely enroll in, change, or review their insurance benefits administered by ETF. As an employer, you will be able to review and approve employee selections. While the system is replacing myETF Benefits (MEBS), it will include more than just health insurance. It will also cover ETF-administered dental, vision, accident, life (Securian), and income continuation insurances.
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My Benefits: The portal through which members and employers will access ETF applications and systems, including My Insurance Benefits.
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Insurance Administration System (IAS) Program: Encompasses the work needed to implement the new My Insurance Benefits system.
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Employer Payment Application (EPA): A new application for employers that will allow you to securely submit certain payments to ETF.
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Employer Transaction Application (ETA): A new application for employers that will allow you to send demographic data and benefit eligibility dates to ETF.
All Employers | All Insurance Benefits
Our development team has been hard at work designing My Benefits. Click the image below to enlarge it and preview the system.
All Employers | All Insurance Benefits
ETF has updated the timeline for My Insurance Benefits.
ETF will prepare over 900 employers to use My Insurance Benefits. Data will be converted, training will be completed, and verified members will test access. Watch for future communications about deadlines, trainings, and other important announcements as we prepare.
My Insurance Benefits will launch on July 1, 2025, with employers and members able to begin using the new system.
This updated timeline will allow ETF to offer a better customer experience for everyone, thorough planning and testing for minimized risk, and a member-focused system.
All Employers | All Insurance Benefits
Here are some talking points you may want to share with your staff:
- ETF will launch a new online system for insurance called My Insurance Benefits, which allows 24/7 and secure access to benefits information.
- Those who work with insurance benefits at your organization should review this My Benefits Employer News from ETF each month.
- You, the employer, are your employees’ main point of contact and support for My Insurance Benefits.
State Employers | All Insurance Benefits
If you need support related to the implementation of My Insurance Benefits, please contact the IAS Project Manager with whom you currently work.
Local Employers | All Insurance Benefits
If you need support related to the implementation of My Insurance Benefits, please contact ETF’s employer liaisons at ETFSMBIASEmployerSetupQuestions@etf.wi.gov.
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