The WRS Retirement Benefit is a pension plan that is intended to provide you with a lifetime retirement payment. It offers a retirement benefit based on a defined contribution plan or a defined benefit plan.
If you become disabled while working for a WRS employer, you may be eligible to receive WRS disability benefits that will give you income for the time you are unable to return to work.
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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.
Learn the difference between Mutual Funds and Collective Trust Funds (CITs) in this video on demand 24/7. A presentation by the Wisconsin Deferred Compensation Program.
WRS members can be targets of scams and fraud, as well as unsolicited marketing. Here’s how to identify bad apples from legitimate communications about your retirement and other benefits.
If you need to correct or change your personal information, you may be asked to provide acceptable documents for verification. Know the required documents and how to submit them.
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This report presents the results of the annual actuarial valuation of benefit liabilities and costs of the Local Income Continuation Insurance Plan as of December 31, 2020.
Notice for members where all or a portion of a payment from the WRS is eligible to be rolled over to an individual retirement account (IRA) or an employer plan.
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This report presents the results of the annual actuarial valuation of benefit liabilities and costs of the Local Income Continuation Insurance Plan as of December 31, 2006.
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