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State Group Life Insurance
Your State Group Life Insurance Plan

Life insurance is an important part of your family's overall financial security. Even if no one depends on you for financial support, life insurance benefits may be necessary to settle your estate. That's why the State of Delaware offers you and your eligible dependents Group Life Insurance through Minnesota Life. Under the plan, you may elect coverage for yourself of one to six times base pay to a maximum of $350,000.

Cost of Coverage
The cost for coverage depends on your age. The state calculates your premium based on your current age and salary. Please refer to the table below to determine your cost:

Age Monthly Rate (per $1,000) Age Monthly Rate (per $1,000)
30 $0.052 87 $5.930
30-34 $0.062 88 $6.350
35-39 $0.082 89 $6.820
40-44 $0.112 90 $7.330
45-49 $0.162 91 $7.910
50-54 $0.282 92 $8.570
55-59 $0.442 93 $9.350
60-64 $0.682 94 $10.260
65-69 $1.202 95 $11.690
70-74 $2.130 96 $14.040
75-79 $3.290 97 $18.090
80-84 $5.050 98 $24.960
85 $5.150 99 $26.810
86 $5.520    

Dependent Life Coverage

Effective January 1, 2011

Benefits eligible active employees enrolled in the GUL program will have the following dependent Term Life options to select from:

Option

Coverage

Cost

Spouse

$20,000

$7.05 per month

Spouse

$10,000

$3.08 per month

Child(ren)

$10,000 for each eligible child

$1.16 per month
(Covers all eligible children)

Coverage is now in effect for benefits eligible active employees who participated in the one-time open enrollment opportunity between October 4, 2010 and October 20, 2010 to increase spouse coverage from $10,000 to $20,000 without providing Minnesota Life with evidence of good health.

Also, employees enrolled in the GUL program with child(ren) coverage as of December 31, 2010 had their coverage increased automatically from $6,000 per child(ren) to $10,000 per child(ren) effective January 1, 2011 with no increase to the cost of the child(ren) coverage.

The newly added Will Preparation and Legal Services benefit provided by Ceridian LifeWorks’ is now available to benefits eligible active employees enrolled in the GUL program, their spouses and other dependents at no cost. Click on the link below for a detailed description of this new service.

Legal Services Employee Brochure

For additional information, please visit www.lifeworks.com.
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Password: preparation

 

   
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