Ending or Converting ORP Insurance Coverage

Events That May Affect ORP Insurance Coverage
Calculating Insurance Coverage End Dates
Eligibility to Convert ORP Insurance Coverage
Converting ORP Insurance

Events That May Affect ORP Insurance Coverage

A Participant is no longer eligible for ORP Group Life and Long-Term Disability Insurance if:

• he/she changes positions to one that is not eligible for ORP participation;
• his/her workload in a covered position is reduced to a level below the minimum required in Mass. General Laws Chapter 32 (50% FTE);
• he/she takes a leave of absence without pay; or
• he/she terminates employment with the Commonwealth.

A Participant may or may continue to be eligible for ORP Group Life and Long-Term Disability Insurance if:

• he/she takes a military leave of absence under certain circumstances. More information is available in the Participants' section of this website.
• he/she takes a non-military leave of absence under certain circumstances. More information is available in the Participants' section of this website.

Calculating Insurance Coverage End Dates

Group Life and Long-Term Disability Insurance coverage ends at the end of the month for which the final premium is paid. The premiums are paid when the Plan Administrator calculates and remits the Employer Matching Contribution. This is usually done one week after the close of each biweekly payroll cycle.

In cases where ORP Participants terminate employment at the end of the spring semester, yet remain on the payroll through August for the “balance of their contract” payments, the final premium would likely be paid in September. In these cases, the Participants’ insurance coverage would end on September 30.

Eligibility to Convert ORP Insurance Coverage

ORP Participants who are covered by the Group Life and Long-Term Disability Insurance policies may be eligible to "convert" their ORP group coverage to individually owned policies in situations where their coverage would otherwise end. Eligibility is outlined in this table:

Converting ORP Insurance

ORP Participants who are covered by the Group Life and Long-Term Disability Insurance policies may be eligible to "convert" their ORP group coverage to individually owned policies in situations where their coverage would otherwise end.

Terms of Converted Insurance Policies

The insurance company is compelled to issue the individual insurance policy, without regard to the Participant’s health. Participants pay the premiums for their "converted" coverage on their own, directly to the insurance company.

Converting Group Life Insurance

Participants may convert their ORP Group Life Insurance coverage when:

• they are no longer in an eligible class of employees (an ORP Participant), or
• they terminate employment with their institution.

As soon as the Campus Administrator is aware that a Participant is eligible, they must provide the Group Life Insurance Conversion Form to the employee.

To apply to convert the insurance, Participants must:

1. Complete the Group Life Insurance Conversion Form; and
2. Submit it directly to the insurance company within 31 days of becoming eligible.

Converting Long-Term Disability Insurance

Participants may convert their ORP Long-Term Disability coverage upon termination of employment.

As soon as the Campus Administrator is aware that a Participant is eligible, they must provide the Long-Term Disability Insurance Conversion Form to the employee.

To apply to convert the insurance, Participants must:

1. Complete the Long-Term Disability Insurance Conversion Form; and
2. Submit it directly to the insurance company within 31 days of becoming eligible.

Questions

You should always contact the Plan Administrator with any questions you have about these issues.