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

Life Insurance: Colonial Life

– Whole Life Insurance

Please note your insurance products will remain in effect unless you speak with a representative to change them.

Enrollment Period: MARCH 6, 2023 – MARCH 31, 2023

Effective Dates: JULY 1, 2023 – JUNE 30, 2024

QUALIFICATIONS:

– You must work 20 hours or more per week.

IMPORTANT FACTS:

– The plan year for Colonial Insurance products lasts from July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2024.

– Deductions for Colonial Insurance products will begin July 2023.

– Your employer offers an Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for you and your eligible family members. An EAP is an employer-sponsored benefit that offers confidential support and resources for personal or work-related challenges and concerns. Please see the EAP pages of this benefit booklet for more details and contact information.

– 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 July 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.

PEBA PERKS INFORMATION:

– PEBA administers the state’s employee insurance programs for South Carolina’s public workforce. Learn more about the benefits available to employees by visiting the link below.

https://peba.sc.gov/pebaperks.html