Provided you did not close your WRS account by taking a separation benefit, your beneficiaries may be entitled to a benefit after your death. Understand how and what benefits are paid upon your death.
Provided you did not close your WRS account by taking a separation benefit, your beneficiaries may be entitled to a benefit after your death. Understand how and what benefits are paid upon your death.
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Other Benefit Recipient
This handbook provides general information about benefit plans administered by ETF and does not contain complete information for all benefits. Use this handbook as an overview and contact your employer’s benefits office for specific information applicable to you.
A tool for an employer to confirm information was presented to a new employee, due dates identified and appropriate information and forms supplied for all ETF-administered benefits offered by the employer.
Today, the Group Insurance Board approved benefit changes for plan year 2026. In addition, the Board decided to not adjust cost-sharing for any of the Group Health Insurance Program plan designs offered.
A disability retirement benefit is a lifetime annuity paid to eligible WRS employees who become disabled and are unable to work until normal retirement age.
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Board Member /
Local Employer /
State Employer
As of Sept. 23, 2017, the State of Wisconsin no longer allows the establishment of new domestic partnerships under Chapter 40 of the Wisconsin statutes. This brochure provides information about the benefit changes for established domestic partnerships.
Supplemental Benefit Plans are types of insurance that are generally supplementary to group health insurance, providing coverage for dental, vision, accidental injury, or accidental death and voluntary for eligible employees and retirees.