{"id":5732,"date":"2015-07-24T11:41:51","date_gmt":"2015-07-24T15:41:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.clgw.ca\/Admin\/?p=5732"},"modified":"2015-07-24T11:41:51","modified_gmt":"2015-07-24T15:41:51","slug":"empire-group-bulletin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/old.clgw.ca\/Admin\/2015\/07\/24\/empire-group-bulletin\/","title":{"rendered":"Empire Group Bulletin"},"content":{"rendered":"

Overage Dependant Students<\/h3>\n
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Does your plan include health and dental benefits? If it does and you have employees with dependants over the age of 22 (the regular age at which we terminate coverage) but under age 26 attending college or university on a full-time basis, it\u2019s important you let us know. This will ensure overage dependant students receive uninterrupted health and dental coverage for the duration of their formal education up until they turn age 26.<\/p>\n

There is no increase in premiums for continuation of coverage for eligible overage dependant students.<\/strong><\/p>\n

What you need to do<\/strong><\/p>\n

If you are managing the administration of your plan online, you can easily add this information.<\/p>\n

Not signed up for the Plan Administrator website? Just go to www.empire.ca<\/a> and click on the \u201cGroup Plan Administrator<\/strong>\u201d link in the \u201cSign in<\/strong>\u201d section at the bottom right hand corner of the page. Then click on \u201cRequest a User ID<\/strong>\u201d.<\/p>\n

Alternatively, you can find the \u201cRequest for Overage Dependant Student Coverage Form\u201d on our website at www.empire.ca<\/a>.\u00a0 You can enclose the completed form with your premium cheque, mail it separately, fax it to 1-888-841-9145 or email it to group.administration@empire.ca.<\/p>\n

Post secondary institutions outside of Canada or the United States<\/strong><\/p>\n

For overage dependant students attending an accredited post secondary institution outside of Canada or the United States, contact our Customer Service Unit at 1-800-267-0215 or by email at group.administration@empire.ca and provide the following information:<\/p>\n

\u2022 insured employee\u2019s name, group and certificate numbers,
\n\u2022 dependant\u2019s name and date of birth,
\n\u2022 name and location (country) of the post secondary institution they will be attending,
\n\u2022 the exact school term start and end dates for the current school year, and
\n\u2022 confirmation that the dependant\u2019s provincial health insurance coverage has been extended.<\/p>\n

Once Empire Life approves the information, a confirmation of coverage letter will be sent.<\/p>\n

Important information regarding the Travel Emergency Assistance Program<\/strong><\/p>\n

Travel Emergency Assistance applies to an insured dependant who is attending an accredited post secondary institution outside of his province\/country of residence if the medical emergency incurred is the result of a sudden and unforeseen sickness or injury.<\/p>\n

Travel Emergency Assistance coverage applies only to designated countries and may change from time to time. The insured dependant can visit the Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada Website at http:\/\/www.voyage.gc.ca\/countries_pays\/menu-eng.asp<\/a> prior to departure to confirm whether services apply in a specific country.<\/p>\n

Important Notes<\/strong><\/p>\n

You need to update us every year, even if a dependant is a returning student. Please note if you are entering the information online this information is also required every year. Coverage for overage dependant students is extended for each school year (September 1 to August 31). The year of graduation coverage will terminate on August 31 or the overage dependant student\u2019s 26th birthday, if earlier.<\/p>\n

Please provide this information by August 31, 2015 <\/strong>to ensure there is no interruption in health and dental coverage for overage dependant students. Empire Life must authorize coverage for overage dependant students.<\/p>\n

Contact Us<\/strong><\/p>\n

As always, if you have any questions, please contact our Customer Service Unit at 1-800-267-0215, or by email at group.csu@empire.ca.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Overage Dependant Students <\/p>\n

Does your plan include health and dental benefits? If it does and you have employees with dependants over the age of 22 (the regular age at which we terminate coverage) but under age 26 attending college or university on a full-time basis, it\u2019s important you let us know. This will ensure overage . . . → Read More: Empire Group Bulletin<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5732","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-staff-info","odd"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/old.clgw.ca\/Admin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5732","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/old.clgw.ca\/Admin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/old.clgw.ca\/Admin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old.clgw.ca\/Admin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old.clgw.ca\/Admin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5732"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/old.clgw.ca\/Admin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5732\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5734,"href":"https:\/\/old.clgw.ca\/Admin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5732\/revisions\/5734"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/old.clgw.ca\/Admin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5732"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old.clgw.ca\/Admin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5732"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old.clgw.ca\/Admin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5732"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}