U.S. Office of Personnel Management - Ensuring the Federal Government has an effective civilian workforce

You may retain your reemployment-acquired life insurance (except accidental death and dismemberment benefits) if:

1. you complete at least one year of continuous full-time service (or part-time service which is equivalent to one year of full-time service) and qualify for a supplemental annuity or you acquire a new retirement right, and

2. you were insured for the five years of service immediately preceding your separation from reemployment or for the full period(s) of service during which the insurance was available to you, if less than five years.

If you are eligible for a supplemental annuity and you meet the requirements above for retaining reemployment-acquired life insurance, you can choose to continue some or all of your reemployment acquired life insurance and have some or all of your suspended retiree coverage reinstated.

• If you decided to continue your Option B life insurance as a retiree, your reemployment has no effect on your Option B insurance.

• If you filed Standard Form (SF) 2817 with your employing agency electing Option B and you are eligible for a supplemental annuity and meet the requirements listed above for retaining reemployment-acquired life insurance, your reemployment-reacquired Option B will continue after you are no longer reemployed. We will withhold the premiums from your annuity after we receive proper notification from your employing agency.

If your annuity continued during your reemployment but you are not eligible to continue your reemployment acquired life insurance, we will reinstate the life insurance coverage you had as a retiree. The reinstated coverage will be the amount you would have had if the coverage had not been suspended, i.e., your coverage may be reduced if you are age 65 or older. We will resume withholding premiums from your annuity, if appropriate, after we receive notification from your former agency.