Summary Annual Report-Health and Welfare Benefit Plan
This is a summary of the annual report of the BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY HEALTH AND WEALTH BENEFIT PLAN, a life insurance, vision, long-term disability and severance pay plan (Employer Identification Number 04-2103352, Plan Number 522), for the plan year 01/01/2023 through 12/31/2023. The annual report has been filed with the Employee Benefits Security Administration, as required under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA).
BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY has committed itself to pay certain Medical, Dental, and Severance claims incurred under the terms of the plan.
Insurance Information
The plan has insurance contracts with VISION SERVICE PLAN, STANDARD INSURANCE COMPANY and ZURICH AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY to pay certain Vision, Life insurance, Business Travel Accident, Long-term disability claims incurred under the terms of the plan. The total premiums paid for the plan year ending 12/31/2023 were $3,093,746.
Because they are so called "experience-rated" contracts, the premium costs are affected by, among other things, the number and size of claims. Of the total insurance premiums paid for the plan year ending 12/31/2023, the premiums paid under such "experience-rated" contracts were $600,676 and the total of all benefit claims paid under these experience-rated contracts during the plan year was $1,746,664.
Your Rights to Additional Information
You have the right to receive a copy of the full annual report, or any part thereof, on request. The items listed below are included in that report:
1. Insurance information, including sales commissions paid by insurance carriers.
To obtain a copy of the full annual report or any part thereof, write or call Brandeis University, Office of Human Resources, 415 South Street MS 118, Waltham, MA 02453-2728, or by telephone at (781) 736-4474. The charge to cover copying costs will be $2.50 for the full annual report, or $.30 per page for any part thereof.
You also have the legally protected right to examine the annual report at the main office of the plan: 415 South Street, Waltham, MA 02454-9110, and at the U.S. Department of Labor in Washington, D.C., or to obtain a copy from the U.S. Department of Labor upon payment of copying costs. Requests to the Department should be addressed to: Public Disclosure Room, Room N-1513, Employee Benefits Security Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20210.The annual report is also available online at the Department of Labor website www.efast.dol.gov.
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