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Planning and preparation are essential for a successful retirement. This page has a list of things you can do to help ensure a smooth changeover to retirement.

Events happen in life and can affect your coverage. Make sure you know when you lose your coverage and what steps to take to make sure you can keep it.

An estimate of the cost to offset the actuarial reduction in a member’s formula retirement annuity.

A benefit may be paid during your lifetime or upon your death.  You or your beneficiary must make sure to follow the correct steps to receive your benefit.

Sick leave is an important fringe benefit available to State of Wisconsin employees.

Court order to divide a WRS account after a marriage termination outside of Wisconsin, but within the United States.

Understand the features of your WRS retirement benefit, which is intended to provide a lifetime retirement annuity.

Wayne Koessl granted ETF an interview on July 17, 2024. This article retains its original form as written before Koessl's passing on August 12, 2024.

Living Benefits are the proceeds of your life insurance coverage under the Wisconsin Public Employers Group Life Insurance program that are paid to you while you are still living rather than to your beneficiaries after your death.

A divorce’s financial impact can have long lasting effects. Here’s how divorce affects your WRS benefits.