It is good practice to periodically check your beneficiary designations to ensure they reflect your intentions. It is particularly important to update these records if you have recently had a significant life change such as a marriage, birth or divorce.
If you are enrolled in a retirement plan, a supplemental retirement plan, life insurance, or accidental death & dismemberment insurance through TU and wish to update your beneficiaries on any or all of these benefits, please follow the guidelines below. Submit all beneficiary changes directly to the plan. Please remember to keep a copy for your personal records.
Also, remember that you have to complete a separate beneficiary request for each benefit and also that you may have different beneficiaries for different benefits.
If you have any questions, please call the Benefits department at 410-704-6328
- Maryland State Retirement & Pension System Beneficiary Form – This form is used for members in the Teachers and Employees System & the Law Enforcement Officers System:
Form 4 – Designation of Beneficiary
- Optional Retirement Program – contact your plan vendor directly:
Fidelity: 800-343-0860
TIAA: 800-842-2252
- Supplemental Retirement Program – contact your plan vendor directly:
Fidelity: 800-343-0860
Nationwide: 800-966-6355
TIAA: 800-842-2252
- UNUM Life Insurance through the University System of Maryland
USM – UNUM Beneficiary Designation Form
- Securian Life Insurance through the state of Maryland – This form can also be used for Accidental Death & Dismemberment Insurance through the state of Maryland
