You can enroll in or make changes to your medical, dental, vision, supplemental health and legal insurance benefits during our annual fall open enrollment period, or if you experience a qualified life change (such as adding a family member). But, there are some changes you can make to your voluntary disability, supplemental life insurance, and accidental death and dismemberment (AD&D) coverage at any time throughout the year.
What changes can I make?
- Voluntary Disability Insurance: You can apply to enroll in voluntary short or long-term disability at any time by submitting an online Evidence of Insurability application to Lincoln Financial, the insurance company. Previous or existing medical conditions, including pregnancy, may prevent approval.
- Supplemental Life Insurance: You can apply to enroll in employee and or spouse/domestic partner supplemental life insurance at any time by submitting a short-form health statement questionnaire to Prudential, the insurance company. You may enroll your children in dependent life insurance at any time – no application is required.
- Accidental Death and Dismemberment: You may enroll in or increase coverage at any time.
Changed your mind? You can also cancel or reduce your voluntary disability, supplemental life, or AD&D insurance at any time.
How do I make changes?
You can make changes at UCPath online. Here’s what to do:
- On your UCPath dashboard, navigate to Employee Actions > Health and Welfare > Life Events / Benefit Changes
- Before you enter a life event or benefits change, you’ll need to validate your identity by correctly answering one of the randomly displayed security questions set up on your profile.
- On the Life Events page, select “Benefit Changes for AD & D, Disability or Life” and follow the prompts corresponding to the change you’d like to make.
After you have submitted your benefit changes, a confirmation email will be sent to the primary email address stored in UCPath. You can identify your primary email address under Employee Actions > Personal Information > Personal Information Summary.
Need help with your benefits change? Contact your local benefits office or a UCPath representative (call 855-982-7284 or submit an inquiry through your account).