{"id":15894,"date":"2021-10-12T08:30:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-12T12:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/?p=15894"},"modified":"2021-10-12T08:01:25","modified_gmt":"2021-10-12T12:01:25","slug":"updates-to-accidental-death-and-dismemberment-add-insurance-for-the-2022-plan-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/?p=15894","title":{"rendered":"Updates to Accidental Death and Dismemberment (AD&#038;D) Insurance for the 2022 Plan Year"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>AD&amp;D insurance is a voluntary, employee-paid benefit that provides various amounts of coverage for accidental death or dismemberment that occurs at any time (not just during work). AD&amp;D insurance is available to all benefit-eligible employees and their spouse\/other eligible individual (OEI) or dependent children. You can only enroll, make changes or cancel coverage in AD&amp;D insurance during the Open Enrollment period in October.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>AD&amp;D coverage is available at 1 to 10 times your annual salary. Benefit levels vary by type of insurance selected (employee-only or family) and the extent of the injury. Benefit amounts for your spouse\/OEI and\/or child(ren) are based on a percentage of your benefit amount. To calculate your monthly rate, review the <a href=\"https:\/\/hr.msu.edu\/benefits\/documents\/2022-SS-OE-Guide.pdf#page=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Support Staff Open Enrollment Guide<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/hr.msu.edu\/benefits\/documents\/2022-FAS-OE-Guide.pdf#page=21\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Faculty\/Academic Staff Open Enrollment Guide<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please review the <a href=\"https:\/\/hr.msu.edu\/benefits\/life-insurance\/documents\/MSULifeInsuranceBrochure.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Prudential brochure for AD&amp;D insurance<\/a> to find details about the plan. We\u2019ve highlighted a few plan enhancements for the 2022 plan year below that may help you determine if this optional benefit is right for you and your family:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>The maximum benefit has increased for employee coverage to $1,500,000 (from $1,000,000) and spouse\/OEI coverage to $750,000 (from $600,000).<\/li><li>The child only benefit amount has increased from 20% to 25% of the eligible employee benefit.<\/li><li>The spouse &amp; child benefit amount increased to 50% spouse\/20% child (from 50% spouse\/15% child).<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Additionally, other updates for the 2022 plan period include benefit amounts for triplegia, motorcycle safety equipment, home alteration\/vehicle modification, critical burns, mortgage payment, funeral expenses, monthly rehabilitation, and surgical replantation. Find details about these new benefits for the 2022 plan year <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/hr.msu.edu\/benefits\/life-insurance\/documents\/MSULifeInsuranceBrochure.pdf#page=10\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Questions?<\/strong> MSU\u2019s plan administrator for AD&amp;D insurance is Prudential. If you have questions, we encourage you to speak to a Prudential representative during the <a href=\"https:\/\/hr.msu.edu\/open-enrollment\/benefits-fair.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">MSU Virtual Benefits Fair<\/a> this October or contact Prudential at 877-232-3555. Additionally, find further details about AD&amp;D insurance in the <a href=\"https:\/\/hr.msu.edu\/benefits\/life-insurance\/documents\/MSULifeInsuranceBrochure.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Prudential brochure<\/a> available on the HR website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AD&amp;D insurance is a voluntary, employee-paid benefit that provides various amounts of coverage for accidental death or dismemberment that occurs at any time (not just during work). AD&amp;D insurance is available to all benefit-eligible employees&hellip; <a class=\"continue\" href=\"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/?p=15894\">Continue Reading&#8230;<span> Updates to Accidental Death and Dismemberment (AD&#038;D) Insurance for the 2022 Plan Year<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":15895,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"__cvm_playback_settings":[],"__cvm_video_id":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0},"categories":[2],"tags":[481,651,16],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/add-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1408&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pb1fcA-48m","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15894"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15894"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15894\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15922,"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15894\/revisions\/15922"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/15895"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15894"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15894"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}