
Benefits forAnderson School District Five
Congratulations on your new employment!
PEBA Benefits – Visit https://mybenefits.sc.gov/ or https://online.retirement.sc.gov/MemberAccess/welcome
Colonial Benefits – Please call the Service Center within 30 days of your date of hire. The Service Center number is located at the bottom of this page.
Benefits Plan Overview
Pre-Tax Benefits
Cancer Benefits: Colonial Life
Accident Benefits: Colonial Life
Medical Bridge Benefits: Colonial Life
Post-Tax Benefits
Disability Benefits: Colonial Life
Critical Illness Benefits: Colonial Life
Whole Life Insurance: Colonial Life
Please note your insurance products will remain in effect unless you speak with a representative to change them.
Enrollment Period: SEPTEMBER 15, 2022 – OCTOBER 31, 2022
Effective Dates: JANUARY 1, 2023 – DECEMBER 31, 2023
QUALIFICATIONS:
– You must work 30 hours or more per week.
IMPORTANT FACTS:
– The plan year for Colonial Insurance products lasts from January 1, 2023 through December 31, 2023.
– Deductions for Colonial Insurance products will begin January 2023.
– If signing up for any coverage on your spouse and/or children, please have their dates of birth and social security numbers available when speaking with the Benefits Representative.
– Elections made during this enrollment period CANNOT BE CHANGED AFTER THE ENROLLMENT
PERIOD unless there is a family status change as defined by the Internal Revenue Code. Examples of a family
status change are: marriage, divorce, death of a spouse or child, birth or adoption of a child, termination or
commencement of a spouse’s employment, or the transition of spouse’s employment from full-time to
part-time, or vice-versa. Once a family status change has occurred, an employee has 30 days to notify the
Pierce Group Benefits Service Center at 1-833-556-0006 to request a change in elections.
– The Colonial Cancer plan and the Health Screening Rider on the Colonial Accident and Colonial Medical
Bridge plan have a 30-day waiting period for new enrollees. Coverage, therefore, will not begin until January
31, 2023.
– Additionally, some policies may include a pre-existing condition clause. Please read your policy carefully for full details.
– Please be aware there are certain coverages that may be subject to federal and state tax when premium is paid by pretax deduction or employee contribution.