What happens when you…

apply for Life Insurance?

Steps you need to take:

• Contact the Benefits Office for enrollment forms.
• Sign up for your group term life insurance and designate a beneficiary within first 30 days of employment.
• Contributory Life Insurance is also available during this time. You may elect to participate in this plan and receive additional insurance.

Eligibility and Benefit Description (link to Administrative Handbook, Dean of College, and Union Contract)

All regular full-time employees are eligible for the group term life insurance coverage. You are eligible to be enrolled on the first of the month coincident with or next following your employment date.

Note: This summary is designed to acquaint you with some of the features of the Wellesley College benefit plans and every attempt has been made to summarize these plans and policies accurately. However, this summary is not designed to serve as your sole reference for the details of these benefits. There is additional information for administrative staff available in the Administrative Handbook, for faculty in the Faculty Handbook on the Dean of the College website and for union employees in their collective bargaining agreement (link), as well as in the Human Resources Office. This summary does not constitute a contract for any benefit; Wellesley College reserves the right to modify or terminate any of its benefit plans.