Life Insurance
Life insurance provides financial protection for you and your family in case of a serious accident or death.
BMO automatically provides Basic Life and Business Travel Accident insurance to eligible employees. You can purchase additional Supplemental Life for you and your dependents.
Here’s a high-level overview of these plans. For details, review the Life Insurance and Business Travel Accident Plans SPD.
| Features | |
|---|---|
| Basic Life Insurance | |
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Benefit Amount |
Company-provided coverage, $50,000 |
| When Coverage Begins | First day of the month following 30 days from your hire date |
| Administrator | Voya |
| Business Travel Accident Insurance (BTA) | |
| Benefit Amount |
Company-provided BTA covers you, and your family, while you are traveling for any BMO-related business. The amount of your coverage is equal to three times your annual base pay:
For an eligible spouse, coverage is equal to 50% of your benefit up to a maximum of $300,000; for eligible dependent children, coverage is $5,000 per child. |
| When Coverage Begins | First date of employment |
| Administrator |
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| Supplemental Life Insurance | |
| Benefit Amount |
You can purchase from one to five times your base salary (or applicable benefits base rate for certain commissioned employees), up to $1,000,000. Rates are determined based on your tobacco user status – nontobacco users will have lower rates. |
| When Coverage Begins |
You have 31 days from your date of hire to elect Supplemental Life insurance. Coverage begins on the first day of the month following 30 days of employment. If you don’t enroll when first eligible, you are required to provide medical evidence of insurability (EOI) if enroll in or increase coverage later (during annual enrollment or due to a qualifying life event). |
| Administrator | Voya |
| Family Life Insurance | |
| Benefit Amount |
The total amount of Family Life insurance for all dependents cannot exceed 100% of your combined Basic and Supplemental Life insurance. |
| When Coverage Begins |
You have 31 days from your date of hire to elect Supplemental Life insurance. Coverage begins on the first day of the month following 30 days of employment. If you don’t enroll your spouse/domestic partner when you’re first eligible, you are required to provide medical evidence of insurability (EOI) if enroll in or increase coverage later (during annual enrollment or due to a qualifying life event). |
| Administrator | Voya |
Beneficiary designation
Be sure to designate a beneficiary or beneficiaries who would receive the insurance benefits in the event of your death. Keep your beneficiary designation current as your life circumstances change, like the birth of a child or marriage.
To change your beneficiary:
- Go to Workday, click My Benefits & Retirement application
- Select your network status (on or off the BMO network)
- Click Review your beneficiaries-Life and Accident tile
Beneficiary designation
Be sure to designate a beneficiary or beneficiaries who would receive the insurance benefits in the event of your death. Keep your beneficiary designation current as your life circumstances change, like the birth of a child or marriage.
To change your beneficiary:
- Go to Workday, click My Benefits & Retirement application
- Select your network status (on or off the BMO network)
- Click Review your beneficiaries-Life and Accident tile
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What is EOI?
Certain levels of Supplemental and Family Life insurance require medical evidence of insurability (EOI). In general, you will need to complete a short medical questionnaire that is sent directly to the administrator (on a confidential basis). The administrator may require you to have an examination by a physician. Any requests for additional information will come directly from the administrator.