Designate Beneficiaries

Use the Designate Beneficiaries screen to specify the beneficiary type and allocation percent for each beneficiary, for each plan. You can access this screen from the Menu, or through the Life Events/New Hires or Benefits Enrollment process.

When do I use the Designate Beneficiaries screen?

Both current plan information and newly elected plan information may display.  

Current Benefit Plans

Your current benefit plans and beneficiaries display in this table, in which you can specify the beneficiary type and allocation percent for each beneficiary, for each plan.

If no current benefit plans exist, the system will display the following message:  "There are no current benefits and/or beneficiaries on record."

Plan

This non-editable field displays all of your benefit plans currently attached to dependents/beneficiaries.

Beneficiary

This non-editable field displays all of your beneficiaries for each benefit plan listed.

Relationship

This non-editable field displays the relationship of the beneficiary to you.

Type

Select the type of beneficiary from this drop-down box.  The options are "Primary," "Contingent," and "Neither."

Allocation %

This field displays the percentage allocation based on the selected dependent and your selected Type for each beneficiary.

Selecting "Neither" from the Type field disables the Allocation % field.

New Benefit Plans

Your new benefit plans and your beneficiaries display in this table. Use it to specify the beneficiary type and allocation percent for each beneficiary for each plan.

If no new benefit plans exist, the system will display the following message: “There are no new benefits and/or beneficiaries on record."

Plan

This non-editable field displays all of your benefit plans that are currently attached to dependents/beneficiaries.  

Beneficiary

This non-editable field displays any beneficiaries assigned to the plan(s) for each benefit plan listed.

Relationship

This non-editable field displays the relationship of the beneficiary to you.

Type

Select the type of beneficiary from this drop-down box.  The options are "Primary," "Contingent," and "Neither."

Allocation %

This field displays the percentage allocation based on the selected dependent and your selected Type for each beneficiary.

Selecting "Neither" from the Type field disables the Allocation % field.