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How to Enroll
If your TACC is more than $400,000 and you meet the requirements outlined under "Eligibility", you will receive separate IDI enrollment information regarding the IDI coverage after the Group LTD enrollment period concludes. In order to receive Individual Disability Insurance, you must complete the IDI enrollment forms and authorize Unum to issue your policy.
If you are a current employee and did not elect IDI coverage when you were first eligible and later wish to enroll, you will be required to submit evidence of insurability, see "Evidence of Insurability." Please contact Covala to request the appropriate Unum EOI forms. Your contributions toward the cost of coverage will begin on or near the first day of the pay period after your coverage has been approved. If you elect to reduce or discontinue your IDI coverage during Annual Benefits Enrollment, your election will take effect the following January. If you become newly eligible for IDI due to a change in TACC (set in August of each year), you will receive IDI enrollment materials during the fall. No EOI is required if you elect coverage when you are first eligible for the plan.
If you are a newly hired employee, or newly eligible due to a work status change, and want to elect IDI coverage, and meet the actively-at-work definition as stated under "Defined Terms", your IDI coverage is guaranteed and no EOI is required as long as you elect coverage during this first eligibility period. Coverage takes effect as follows:
  • If you are a full-time employee, coverage begins on the first of the month following your date of hire.
  • If you are a part-time employee regularly scheduled to work at least 20 but less than 40 hours per week, coverage begins on the first of the month following 60 days from your date of hire.
Your contributions toward the cost of coverage, if applicable, will begin on or near the first day of the pay period after your coverage has been approved.
Employees who are not actively at work can still make changes in IDI coverage. However, the change in coverage will not become effective until the day you return to active employment.
Please Note: Changes to Individual Disability Insurance ("IDI") can be made during Annual Benefits Enrollment. Mid-year plan changes (unrelated to a change in status) are not permitted.