Albuquerque Public Schools

Protect What Matters Most

Building a financial safety net is important. Standard Insurance Company provides Life and Accidental Death and Dismemberment (AD&D) insurance to eligible Albuquerque Public Schools (APS) employees. By enrolling in valuable insurance coverage from Standard Insurance Company – at affordable group rates – you can close key gaps in your financial safety net.

You Can Count On The Standard

Albuquerque Public Schools trusts The Standard, and you can too. Founded in 1906, The Standard has been keeping promises for more than 100 years. We specialize in employee benefits and offer plans designed to help give you peace of mind. Doing the right thing for our customers is in our DNA. Whether you have a question or need to file a claim, we’re easy to reach and ready to help – online or on the phone.

Life and AD&D Insurance

Apply for the right amount of protection for you and your family at very competitive group rates.

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To Apply for Coverage

Albuquerque Public Schools (APS) benefit eligible employees may apply for Additional Life insurance anytime during the year except between September 20th and October 31st (except as noted below for child Life insurance). Additional Life insurance is subject to Evidence of Insurability (medical underwriting). There is no guarantee that you will be approved for coverage.

Follow the two steps below to apply for:

• Additional Life insurance for yourself
• Additional Life insurance for your spouse
• An increase to your existing Additional Life insurance coverage amount
• An increase to the existing Additional Life insurance coverage amount for your spouse

If you have Additional Life insurance for yourself and wish to pick up Additional Life insurance for your child(ren), that must be done during the APS Open Enrollment period. Open Enrollment is held each year in October. Watch for announcements in the APS Perspective electronic newsletter or contact the APS Employee Benefits Department at employee.benefits@aps.edu or 505.889.4859 for those dates.

Step 1

Complete a Medical History Statement and submit it directly to The Standard. You may complete an electronic form or a paper form. Follow the instructions on the form to submit it to The Standard. Do not send the Medical History Statement to APS.

Step 2

Complete an APS Additional Life insurance Enrollment/Change Form. To obtain this electronic form, please contact the Albuquerque Public Schools Benefit Specialist assigned to your last name. Find the contact list at aps.edu/human-resources/benefits-staff-listing. The Benefit Specialist will assign the appropriate Enrollment/Change Form to you through the APS Winocular system. Complete the electronic form and submit it to the APS Employee Benefits Department using the Winocular process.

• Adding or Increasing Coverage

 

Medical History Statements (MHS)

• Basic Life Enrollment and Change Form
• Additional Life Enrollment and Change Form
• Retiree Life Insurance Change Form

 

• Beneficiary Designation Commonly Asked Questions

If instructed by the APS Employee Benefits Department, download and complete the appropriate form and submit it to the Employee Benefits Department following the directions you were given. Please do not complete one of these forms without specific instructions to do so from the APS Employee Benefits Department.

 

To Apply for Benefits

Filing a Life Claim

• Beneficiary Statement
  • Submit a Beneficiary Statement along with a copy of a death certificate and any funeral assignment to your benefits department.

• Continued Dependent Life for Disabled Children
• Accelerated Benefit
• Waiver of Premium Claim Packet: English | Spanish

 

 

Life Services Toolkit
Group Life insurance through your employer gives you assurance that your family will receive some financial assistance in the event of a death. But coverage under a Group Life policy from The Standard does more than help protect your family from financial hardship after a loss. We have partnered with Health Advocate to offer a lineup of additional services that can make a difference now and in the future.

Online tools and services can help you create a will, make advance funeral plans and put your finances in order. After a loss, beneficiaries can consult experts by phone or in person, and obtain other helpful information online.

The Life Services Toolkit is automatically available to those insured under a Group Life insurance policy from The Standard. Recipients of an Accelerated Benefit can access services for 12 months after the date of payment. Life insurance beneficiaries can access services for 12 months after the date of death.

Visit the Life Services Toolkit website at standard.com/mytoolkit with username of “assurance” for information and tools to help you make important life decisions.

For beneficiary services, please visit standard.com/mytoolkit with username of “support” or call 800.387.5742 for assistance.

To learn more about the support tools available and the beneficiary services, please see details in the flyer English or Spanish.

 

 

Travel Assistance

Designed to respond to most medical care situations and many other emergencies you and your family may experience when you travel 100 miles or more from your home, Travel Assistance provides a wide-ranging program of information, referral, coordination and assistance services. These services include pre-trip assistance, medical assistance, emergency transportation, travel and technical assistance, legal services and medical supplies. Assistance is available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year whether you are 100 or 10,000 miles from home. For more details see the Travel Assistance Flyer in English or Spanish and simply print and carry the Travel Assistance Card from the back of the brochure to use this service.

Program Descriptions

• English
• Spanish