OFEGLI: Office of Federal Employees' Group Life Insurance

FEGLI is a program that offers group term life insurance to federal employees, retirees, and their family members. The Federal Group Life Insurance (FEGLI) Program was established August 29, 1954. FEGLI is the largest group life insurance program in the world, the program covers over 4 million Federal employees, retirees, and their family members.

The Office of Federal Employees' Group Life Insurance (OFEGLI) is a private company (MetLife) that administers the Federal Employees' Group Life Insurance (FEGLI) Program on behalf of the federal government.

OFEGLI is an administrative unit of MetLife, a private insurance company. OFEGLI is not part of the federal government, but it works with the government to provide life insurance benefits to federal employees, retirees, and their families.

OFEGLI's main responsibilities are:

1. Processing claims and paying benefits to beneficiaries or survivors.
2. Helping eligible individuals convert their group coverage to individual policies when they leave federal service or lose their eligibility.
3. Providing guidance on how to designate beneficiaries, set up trusts, or change beneficiary information.
4. Evaluating requests to enroll in or increase life insurance coverage based on medical information (SF 2822).
5. Allowing individuals to receive living benefits if they are terminally ill or have a life expectancy of nine months or less.

OFEGLI does not have any records on current or former federal employees, annuitants, or compensationers. For questions about enrollment, premium coverage, or eligibility you should contact your human resources office, retirement system or workers compensation program. Please refer to the following contact information for additional information.