MetLife Advantages℠
Services include:
Face-to-Face Will Preparation Services1 offers you and your spouse unlimited face-to-face or telephone meetings with an attorney, from MetLife Legal Plans network of over 14,000 participating attorneys, to prepare or update a will, living will and Power of Attorney. To contact a Client Service Representative, call 1-800-821-6400 or visit legalplans.com/estateplanning.
This is another option to help you or your spouse prepare a will, living will, Power of Attorney and HIPAA Authorization form on your own, at your own pace, 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Visit www.willscenter.com and register as a new user. Follow the simple instructions to create your online document.
This service is designed to simplify the funeral planning process for your loved ones and beneficiaries to assist them with organizing an event that will honor a loved one’s life from a self-paced funeral planning guide to services such as locating funeral homes, florists and local support groups.
Call Dignity Memorial 24 hours a day at 866.853.0954 or visit finalwishesplanning.com. To locate funeral homes and other important service providers, call 855.609.9989.
Face-to-Face Grief Counseling4 provides you and your dependents up to five private counseling sessions per event with a professional grief counselor to help cope with a loss, no matter the circumstances, whether it’s a death, an illness or divorce. Sessions may also be held over the phone.
Call LifeWorks, US Inc. 24 hours a day, 7 days a week at 888.319.7819.
The Total Control Account (TCA) is a settlement option that provides your loved ones with a safe and convenient way to manage life insurance proceeds. They’ll have the convenience of immediate access to any or all of their proceeds through an interest bearing account with unlimited check-writing privileges. The Total Control Account also allows beneficiaries time to decide what to do with their proceeds.
This service, offered through MetLife Legal Plans, fully covers attorney fees by a participating plan attorney to settle an estate.
To contact a Client Service Representative, call 1-800-821-6400 or visit legalplans.com/estateplanning.
Additional plan features:
You can generally convert your group term life insurance benefits to an individual whole life insurance policy if your coverage terminates in whole or in part due to your retirement, termination of employment or a change in your employee class. Please note that you cannot convert your Accidental Death and Dismemberment coverages.
MetLife has contracted with Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company (MassMutual) to help with converting coverage. Call MassMutual at 877.275.6387, prompt 1, Monday – Friday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. ET.
You can receive up to 100 percent of your coverage amount of Basic Life and/or Optional Life Insurance in the event that you become terminally ill and are diagnosed with less than 12 months to live. This is also applicable for Dependent Life Insurance in the event that your eligible covered dependent becomes terminally ill and diagnosed with less than 12 months to live. The Accelerated Benefit Option proceeds cannot be less than $10,000 and there is a maximum payout based on each eligible class. This can go a long way toward helping your family meet medical and other related expenses at this difficult time.
Provides an opportunity to continue your group term life insurance with MetLife if your coverage terminates due to an involuntary loss of coverage through job loss, change in eligibility and loss or reduction in coverage.
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* Some of the additional plan features may not be available to all employees. Please refer to your SPD or Certificate to determine if these apply.
1 Will Preparation Services and Estate Resolution Services are offered by Hyatt Legal Plans, Inc., a MetLife company, Cleveland, Ohio. In certain states, Will Preparation Services and Estate Resolution Services are provided through insurance coverage underwritten by Metropolitan Property and Casualty Insurance Company and its affiliates, Warwick, RI. These services are provided at no additional cost to those who purchase Supplemental Life Insurance only. Certain services are not covered by Estate Resolution Services, including matters in which there is a conflict of interest between the executor and any beneficiary or heir and the estate; any disputes with the group policyholder, MetLife and/or any of its affiliates; any disputes involving statutory benefits; will contests or litigation outside probate court; appeals; court costs, filing fees, recording fees, transcripts, witness fees, expenses to a third party, judgments or fines; and frivolous or unethical matters.
2 WillsCenter.com is a document service provided by SmartLegalForms, Inc., an affiliate of Epoq Group, Ltd. SmartLegalForms, Inc. is not affiliated with MetLife and the WillsCenter.com service is separate and apart from any insurance or service provided by MetLife. The WillsCenter.com service does not provide access to an attorney, does not provide legal advice, and may not be suitable for your specific needs. Please consult with your financial, legal, and tax advisors for advice with respect to such matters. WillsCenter.com is available to anyone with internet access regardless of affiliation with MetLife.
3 Grief Counseling and Funeral Planning services are provided through an agreement with LifeWorks, US Inc. LifeWorks is not an affiliate of MetLife, and the services LifeWorks provides are separate and apart from the insurance provided by MetLife. LifeWorks has a nationwide network of over 30,000 counselors. Counselors have master’s or doctoral degrees and are licensed professionals. The Grief Counseling program does not provide support for issues such as: domestic issues, parenting issues, or marital/ relationship issues (other than a finalized divorce). For such issues, members should inquire with their human resources department about available company resources. This program is available to insureds, their dependents and beneficiaries who have received a serious medical diagnosis or suffered a loss. Events that may result in a loss are not covered under this program unless and until such loss has occurred. Services are not available in all jurisdictions and are subject to regulatory approval. Not available on all policy forms.
4 Subject to state law, and/or group policyholder direction, the Total Control Account is provided for all Life and AD&D benefits of $5,000 or more. The TCA is not insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any government agency. The assets backing TCA are maintained in MetLife’s general account and are subject to MetLife’s creditors. MetLife bears the investment risk of the assets backing the TCA, and expects to earn income sufficient to pay interest to TCA Accountholders and to provide a profit on the operation of the TCAs.
5 The Accelerated Benefits Option is subject to state regulation and is intended to qualify for favorable federal income tax treatment, in which case the benefits will not be subject to federal income taxation. This information was written as a supplement to the marketing of life insurance products. Tax laws relating to accelerated benefits are complex and limitations may apply. You are advised to consult with and rely on an independent tax advisor about your own particular circumstances. Receipt of accelerated benefits may affect your eligibility, or that of your spouse or your family, for public assistance programs such as medical assistance (Medicaid), Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF), Supplementary Social Security Income (SSI) and drug assistance programs. You are advised to consult with social service agencies concerning the effect that receipt of accelerated benefits will have on public assistance eligibility for you, your spouse or your family.
* MetLife administers the Transition Solutions and Delivering the Promise programs but has arranged for Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company (MassMutual) to have specially-trained financial professionals offer financial education and, upon request, provide personal guidance to employees and former employees of companies providing Transition Solutions and Delivering the Promise through MetLife.