The following benefits are provided through an insurance policy procured by the Trustees from an insurance company. If there is any discrepancy between the following explanation and the provisions of the insurance policy, the provisions of the insurance policy will govern.
Employee Life Insurance
ELIGIBILITY FOR LIFE INSURANCE – Life Insurance is provided only for eligible active employees. Life Insurance is not provided for any employee whose Plan coverage is being continued under COBRA coverage. If you lose coverage under the Plan for any reason, or if your Life Insurance is going to terminate because you start making COBRA self-payments, refer to the section titled “Conversion Privilege”.
PAYMENT OF LIFE INSURANCE – If you die while you are eligible for this benefit, the amount of your Life Insurance shown on the Schedule of Benefits is payable to your beneficiary regardless of the cause of death. (If a person other than your beneficiary pays medical or burial expenses on your behalf, the insurance company may pay up to but not to exceed $2,000 of your Life Insurance to that person upon receipt of acceptable proof of such expense.)
Written notice and proof of your death must be submitted to the Fund Office within 90 days of your death. Your beneficiary will be provided with a form for filing proof of claim as soon as the notice of your death is submitted. Failure to submit the notice and/or proof within the 90-day period will not endanger the claim if it is shown that it was not reasonably possible to submit the notice and/or proof within the required time and that notice and/or proof was submitted as soon as it was reasonably possible.
BENEFICIARY – Be sure that the person you want to receive your Life Insurance has been named as your beneficiary and is on file in the Fund Office. If you name more than one beneficiary and don’t state how much each is to get, the beneficiaries will share equally. If you haven’t named a beneficiary, or if your beneficiary predeceases you, your Life Insurance will be paid to the first of the following successive classes of survivors: your spouse; your children; your parents; your brothers and sisters; or your estate. If there is more than one survivor in the class, the survivors in that class will share equally.
You can change your beneficiary at any time. Just get the proper form from the Fund Office, fill it in and return it to the Fund Office for forwarding to the insurance company. The change of beneficiary will be effective on the date the insurance company receives the change of beneficiary form.
EXTENDED LIFE INSURANCE (Waiver of Premium) – If you become totally disabled and unable to work, your Life Insurance may be continued at no cost to you under the following rules:
CONVERSION PRIVILEGE – If your Life Insurance is going to terminate because your eligibility for Life Insurance terminates, or because the group insurance policy terminates, you can convert your Life Insurance under this Plan to an individual policy for which you pay the premiums as follows:
Employee Accidental Death and Dismemberment (AD&D) Insurance
ELIGIBILITY FOR AD&D INSURANCE – AD&D Insurance is provided only for eligible active employees. AD&D Insurance is not provided for any employee whose Plan coverage is being continued under COBRA coverage.
PAYMENT OF BENEFITS – AD&D Insurance benefits are payable if you suffer any of the losses on the Table of Losses below. The loss must result from an accident that occurs to you while you are eligible for AD&D Insurance and must occur within 365 days of the date of the accident.
The full amount of your AD&D Insurance is shown on the Schedule of Benefits. The amount payable for all losses resulting from any one accident cannot exceed this full amount. If you suffer any combination of the losses shown on the Table of Losses as the result of one accident, only one amount (the largest) is payable for all losses.
The amount paid for accidental death (loss of life) is payable to your beneficiary in addition to your Life Insurance benefit. Your beneficiary for loss of life under this benefit is the same as for your Life Insurance. If you change your beneficiary for your Life Insurance, you automatically change your beneficiary for this benefit.
Table of Losses | |
Loss of | Benefit Amount |
Life | Full amount paid to beneficiary |
Two hands, two feet, or sight of two eyes | Full amount paid to you |
One foot and sight of one eye, one hand and sight of one eye, or one hand and one foot | Full amount paid to you |
One hand, one foot, or sight of one eye | One-half of full amount paid to you |
Loss of a hand or foot means dismemberment by severance at or above the wrist or ankle joint. Loss of sight in an eye means total and irrecoverable loss of sight in that eye.
EXCLUSIONS – No AD&D Insurance benefits will be paid for any loss resulting from or caused directly or indirectly or wholly or partly by:
DEPENDENT DEATH AND DISMEMBERMENT BENEFITS (Dependents of Active Employees Only)
The amounts of the Death Benefit and AD&D Benefit for dependents are shown on the Schedule of Benefits. These benefits are self-insured by the Fund; any benefits payable as a result of a dependent’s death or accident will be paid directly to you by the Plan.
If you or the dependent make COBRA self-payments for continued Plan coverage for a dependent, the COBRA coverage does not include continued Death or AD&D Benefits for the dependent.
Dependent Death Benefit
If a covered dependent dies due to any cause, the amount of the dependent’s Death Benefit will be paid to you, the employee.
Dependent AD&D Benefit
PAYMENT OF BENEFITS – The Plan pays benefits as shown below if a dependent suffers any of the losses listed below within 90 days of the accident causing the loss:
EXCLUSIONS – The exclusions that apply to the employee AD&D Insurance benefit also apply to the dependent AD&D Benefit.
RETIREE DEATH BENEFIT
If you (the eligible retiree) die due to any cause, the amount of the Retiree Death Benefit shown on the Schedule of Benefits will be paid to your beneficiary.
Written notice and proof of your death must be submitted to the Fund Office within 90 days of your death. Your beneficiary will be provided with a form for filing proof of claim as soon as the notice of your death is submitted. Failure to submit the notice and/or proof within the 90-day period will not endanger the claim if it is shown that it was not reasonably possible to submit the notice and/or proof within the required time and that notice and/or proof was submitted as soon as it was reasonably possible.
YOUR BENEFICIARY – The rules governing the naming of your beneficiary are the same as those for active employees.