Short Term Disability Insurance Summary
This document outlines the short term disability insurance benefits for employees, detailing eligibility, available coverage, and instructions for calculating monthly costs.
Offered by Life Insurance Company of North America Short Term Disability Insurance Summary of Benefits Prepared for: Elkhart Community Schools Class 2 Eligibility: All active Employees of the Employer classified as Classified, regularly working a minimum of 30 hours per week in the United States, who are citizens or permanent resident aliens of the United States. Employee: You will be eligible for coverage the first of the month following 56 days of Active Service. Available Coverage: Maximum Benefit Gross Weekly Maximum Gross Benefit Waiting Period Disability Benefit Weekly Benefit Period (includes benefit waiting period) Employer Paid - Your 13 weeks for Employer provides 60% of your weekly 14 days for Accident Accident the following $1,000 covered earnings 14 days for Sickness 13 weeks for coverage at no cost Sickness to you. Employee Paid - 13 weeks for You have the option 60% of your weekly 30 days for Accident Accident to elect this plan to $1,000 covered earnings 30 days for Sickness 13 weeks for enhance what your Sickness Employer provides. Monthly Rate per $10 of Weekly Benefit = $0.440 Actual per pay period premiums may differ slightly due to rounding. Rates may be subject to change in the future. How to Calculate Your Monthly Cost: Step 1: Divide your annual salary by 52 to calculate your weekly earnings. Step 2: Multiply your weekly earnings by the benefit percentage defined above in the Available Coverage section. For example, 60% would be .60. Now, you have your Gross Weekly Benefit. Step 3: Use the chart above to find your Monthly rate. Multiply this rate by your Gross Weekly Benefit, or the Maximum Gross Weekly Benefit of $1,000, whichever is less. Step 4: Divide the total by 10. The result is your Monthly cost. Important Definitions and Policy Provisions: Disability - “Disability” or “Disabled” means if solely because of a covered injury or sickness, you are unable to perform the material duties of your regular job and you are unable to earn 80% or more of your covered earnings from working in your regular job. We will require proof of earnings and continued disability. Covered Earnings - “Covered Earnings” means your wages or salary, not including bonuses, commissions, overtime pay and other extra compensation. When Benefits Begin - Core - You must be continuously Disabled for 14 days for an Accident and 14 days for a Sickness before benefits will be paid for a covered Disability. Buy-Up 1 - You must be continuously Disabled for 30 days for an Accident and 30 days for a Sickness before benefits will be paid for a covered Disability.
How Long Benefits Last - Once you qualify for benefits under this plan, the maximum number of weekly Disability benefits is 13 weeks for an Accident and 13 weeks for a Sickness. Disability benefits will end sooner if you no longer qualify for benefits. When Coverage Takes Effect - Your coverage takes effect on the later of the policy’s effective date, the date you become eligible, the date we receive your completed enrollment form if required, or the date you authorize any necessary payroll deductions if applicable. If you’re not actively at work on the date your coverage would otherwise take effect, your coverage will take effect on the date you return to work. If you have to submit proof of good health, your coverage takes effect on the date we agree, in writing, to cover you. Benefit Reductions, Conditions, Limitations and Exclusions: Effects of Other Income Benefits - This plan is structured to prevent your total benefits and post-disability earnings from equaling or exceeding pre-disability earnings. Therefore, we reduce this plan’s benefits by an amount equal to any Social Security retirement and/or disability benefits payable to you, your dependents, or a qualified third party on behalf of you or your dependents. Your disability benefits will not be reduced by any Social Security disability benefits you are not receiving as long as you cooperate fully in efforts to obtain them and agree to repay any overpayment when and if you do receive them. Disability benefits will be reduced by amounts received through other government programs, sick pay, employer funded retirement benefits, workers’ compensation, franchise/group insurance, auto no-fault, and damages for wage loss. For details, see your Certificate of Insurance. Pre-existing Condition Limitation - Benefits are not payable for medical conditions for which you incurred expenses, took prescription drugs, received medical treatment, care or services (including diagnostic measures), or for which a reasonable person would have consulted a physician during the 3 months just prior to the most recent effective date of insurance. Benefits are not payable for any disability resulting from a pre-existing condition unless the disability occurs after you have been insured under this plan for at least 6 months after your most recent effective date of insurance. Termination of Disability Benefits - Your benefits will terminate when your Disability ceases, when your benefit duration period is exceeded, you earn more than your allowable Covered Earnings, or the date benefits end because you did not comply with the terms and conditions of the policy. Exclusions - This plan does not pay benefits for a Disability which results, directly or indirectly, from any of the following: Suicide, attempted suicide, or intentionally self-inflicted injury while sane or insane; War or any act of war, whether or not declared; Active participation in a riot; Commission of a felony; The revocation, restriction or non-renewal of an Employee’s license, permit or certification necessary to perform the duties of his or her occupation unless due solely to Injury or Sickness otherwise covered by the Policy; Any cosmetic surgery or surgical procedure that is not Medically Necessary; An Injury or Sickness for which the Employee is entitled to benefits from Workers' Compensation or occupational disease law; An Injury or Sickness that is work related. In addition, the plan does not pay disability benefits any period of Disability during which you are incarcerated in a penal or corrections institution. 1. Your benefit amount will be reduced by any amounts payable to you by any of the sources listed under the “Effects of Other Income Benefits” section. Terms and conditions of coverage for Short Term Disability insurance are set forth in Group Policy No. VDT0962155. This is not intended as a complete description of the insurance coverage offered. This is not a contract. Complete coverage details, including premiums, are contained in the Policy Certificate. If there are any differences between this summary and the group policy, the information in the group policy takes precedence. Product availability and/or features may vary by state. Please keep this material as a reference. Insurance coverage is issued on group policy form number: Policy Form TL-004700. Coverage is underwritten by Life Insurance Company of North America, 51 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10010. Group insurance products are insured by Life Insurance Company of North America and New York Life Group Insurance Company of NY, affiliates of New York Life Insurance Company. ©2024 New York Life Group Insurance Company, New York, NY. All Rights Reserved. NEW YORK LIFE and the New York Life box logo are trademarks of New York Life Insurance Company. Created on 05/2024
