Did you know that your Life Insurance with the Company has an Accelerated Benefit Option (ABO) for your Group Insurance plan? Under the ABO, if you are diagnosed with a terminal illness and with a life expectancy of six months or less, you may be eligible to receive a portion of your Group Life Benefits.…
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Flex Spending Accounts for 2011
The expiration date for using your 2011 Flexible Spending Account balance is fast approaching. The last date to use all of your 2011 Flexible Spending account is March 15,2012. Remember if you do not use all of your money you will lose it.
Please Check Your Insurance!!
There have been numerous problems with members not having insurance coverage for themselves and their Dependents. D’Ann Johnson and Malinda Hamm have been working to help all of the members who have been affected and make sure their coverage is available when they need it. Please do not wait until it is to late to get your…
MetLife Payroll Deduction Error
Recently, a small number of employees received a letter from MetLife stating that their payroll deductions for Hyatt Legal, Long-term Care, Auto or Home insurance coverage would increase for the month of February. MetLife sent these letters in error and is working hard to fix the problem and to ensure this does not happen again.…
New Year, New Claim Administrator, New Online Registration
For some employees, a new year may mean a new network/claims administrator for their individual or family’s healthcare claims and services. If you changed your medical benefit administrator this year–or added a new one–and would like to have easy access to your benefits, you may register online. Depending on which one you chose, Aetna, Blue…
Insurance Information Update
Due to a policy uploading issue with the enrollment firm, we were not able to start the deductions on the majority of the AFLAC Whole Life & Critical Illness policies. USI will send out invoices to these members requesting the premium for the month of January. All of these member’s deductions will then start on…
Attention, Everyone Please Read
It has come to our attention that American Airlines has made errors in Local 514’s members insurance cards and coverage. We are advising you to take time and make sure you have received your insurance and Medco Pharmacy cards. Everyone should have received them the last part of December 2011. Temporary medical or Medco cards…
Long Term Disability Update…
The Long Term Disability deductions for members who have a 1/1/12 effective date will begin on January 20, 2012.
UPDATE : Transamerica Canceling Policies
There have been many communications about the letters received at home concerning the Termination of your Transamerica Short Term Disability Policy. These letters are to the members that have opted out of the Transamerican policy and transfered over to the Standard Short Term Disability Policy last year. Last year when we changed companies, anyone with Transamerica was automatically rolled…
Prefunding Trust Review Letter, November 7, 2011 Robert Gless
To: AA Local President’s & Members Re: Pre-funding Trust Review Brothers and Sisters, In follow up to the discussions at the October 19th and 20th 2011 Presidents’ Council meeting and per requests from the Title Ill Negotiations team we have had TWU General Counsel, along with outside counsel and prior negotiators of the critical agreements…