Active employees regularly scheduled to work 1300 hours per year on the regular payroll are eligible for group life insurance coverage. Eligible employees may also purchase optional group term life insurance coverage.
University Human Resources
Life Insurance and AD&D
Brown University provides up to $50,000 of basic life insurance, depending on employee group, base salary, and date of hire.
Accidental Death and Dismemberment (AD&D) Insurance pays you or your beneficiaries a set amount of money if your death or dismemberment is the direct result of an accident.
Optional Coverage
Voluntary Life Insurance*
- Eligible employees may also purchase optional group term life insurance coverage in amounts ranging from one to six times the employee base salary, provided that the combined basic and optional coverage amount does not exceed $1,000,000.
- Employees pay the full cost of optional coverage based on the amount of coverage elected and current age.
- Employees that elected and have been approved, if applicable, for optional life insurance coverage are eligible to elect optional coverage for a spouse.
- Employees may purchase up to $50,000 of voluntary group term life insurance in increments of $10,000 for a spouse. The amount paid for the coverage is based on the employee’s current age.
- Employees that elected and have been approved, if applicable, for optional life insurance coverage are also eligible to elect optional coverage for dependent children. Employees may purchase $4,000 of voluntary group term life insurance for each eligible child.
*In some instances, employees may have to complete Evidence of Insurability for the carrier and be approved for coverage. This can be done online at MyLincolnPortal. The company code is Brown. For rates, view section 5 of the Decision Guide.
Life Insurance Benefits Summaries
- Class 1 - Full-Time Faculty, Non-Union Staff, Police & Security and Library members hired on or after 1/1/1994
- Class 2 - Full-Time Dining Services and Facilities Management members hired on or after 1/1/1995
- Class 3 - Full-Time Faculty, Non-Union Staff, and Police & Security hired before 1/1/1994
- Class 4 - Full-Time Library Union Members hired before 1/1/1994
- Class 5 - Full-Time Dining Services and Facilities Management Members hired before 1/1/1994
- Voluntary Life, Spousal Life and Child Life (Optional Life)
Information for Employees Leaving Brown
Conversion and Portability Options
- For employees that separate from service at Brown, the optional life insurance coverage is fully portable.
- Employees will also have the option of converting employee basic, optional life, and dependent life insurance amounts that were in place at the time of retirement or termination to an individual life policy.
- The amounts available for conversion are equal to the amount(s) of group life benefits that ended.
Contact the Benefits Office at benefits_office@brown.edu for more information.