Webinar
Sep 25, 2025 6:00pm Event Open

WRS Benefits: For New and Mid-Career Employees

Are you a new employee or someone who still has at least 5 years to go before you can retire? ? It's never too early to start planning for a secure retirement. Learn how to maximize your WRS benefits. Get your questions answered by a benefits specialist.

WRS News Online for Employees
Aug 29, 2024 8:00am
Young Black woman with pen in her left hand while reading a laptop. Graphics include WDC logo and tagline "Helping You Turn Over a New Retirement Leaf"

Two Ways to Actively Manage WDC Investments

Regardless of your age or level of experience, here are two ways you can actively manage your WDC investments for retirement readiness.

Benefit Enrollment Opportunities

There are certain times throughout the year when you may enroll in health and supplemental insurance benefits, or change your coverage.

Plan Year
  • 2025
Program Option
  • Local Deductible Health Plan (PO14) & Supplemental Benefits
  • Local Deductible Health Plan with Uniform Dental (PO4) & Supplemental Benefits
  • Local Health Plan (PO16) & Supplemental Benefits
  • Local Health Plan with Uniform Dental (PO6) & Supplemental Benefits
  • Local High Deductible Health Plan (PO17) & Supplemental Benefits
  • Local High Deductible Health Plan with Uniform Dental (PO7) & Supplemental Benefits
  • Local Traditional Health Plan (PO12) & Supplemental Benefits
  • Local Traditional Health Plan with Uniform Dental (PO2) & Supplemental Benefits
WRS News Online for Employees
Jan 30, 2025 12:00pm
SWIB Executive Director Edwin Denson

Denson: A Retirement Security You Deserve

Two questions I am typically asked: How did the Trust Funds perform? What can we expect this year? I realized that my yearly answers don't change much.

Find the Cost of Your Drugs

Employees and Retirees without Medicare: learn how much you can expect to pay at the pharmacy.

Program Option
  • State Employee and Retiree Health Plan & Supplemental Benefits
Plan Year
  • 2025
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Manual Active Employee / Retiree / Other Benefit Recipient / Local Employer / State Employer

My Insurance Benefits HR Administrator Guide

For UWs only: This guide demonstrates procedures to help support the HR administrative duties within My Insurance Benefits and covers a variety of scenarios, such as enrollment, task management, and document management.

Department News
May 24, 2024 8:30am
Graphic image representing insurance

GIB Sets 2025 Health Insurance Program Rates

(Updated June 18, 2024) The Group Insurance Board has set premium rates for 2025, while taking action to stabilize the reserve of the State of Wisconsin Group Health Insurance Program. The Board also approved health plan service areas for the 2025 plan year at its meeting yesterday.

Find the Cost of Your Drugs

Employees and Retirees without Medicare: learn how much you can expect to pay at the pharmacy.

Program Option
  • Local Annuitant Health Program (LAHP)
  • Local Deductible Health Plan (PO14) & Supplemental Benefits
  • Local Deductible Health Plan with Uniform Dental (PO4) & Supplemental Benefits
  • Local Health Plan (PO16) & Supplemental Benefits
  • Local Health Plan with Uniform Dental (PO6) & Supplemental Benefits
  • Local Traditional Health Plan (PO12) & Supplemental Benefits
  • Local Traditional Health Plan with Uniform Dental (PO2) & Supplemental Benefits
Plan Year
  • 2025

What a Guardian Can Do

Each time a guardian makes a request on behalf of a member, ETF will review the Letters of Guardianship of the Estate. The request will be approved or denied based on the authority granted in the letters.

Find the Cost of Your Drugs

Employees and Retirees without Medicare: learn how much you can expect to pay at the pharmacy.

Program Option
  • Local High Deductible Health Plan (PO17) & Supplemental Benefits
  • Local High Deductible Health Plan with Uniform Dental (PO7) & Supplemental Benefits
Plan Year
  • 2025