It’s almost time to enroll in benefits for the 2023 plan year. At Star Protection Agency, LLC we are committed to providing you with all the resources you need to make the best benefit choices for you and your family. Upon careful consideration, we have decided to terminate our current medical and dental coverage with Cigna and effective 1/1/2023 – our medical and dental plan offerings will be through Premera. Below is information on how to check if your current providers are covered by Premera.

We are now offering Legal Support and Identity & Fraud Protection as new voluntary elections, more information can be found below.

Full-Time (Benefits Eligible) Employees, who were hired on or before November 1st will be receiving an open enrollment email from EASE. This email will provide you access to our open enrollment materials and portal access to our enrollment platform. You will NOT be automatically enrolled.

Please be sure to keep an eye on your email for this notification from EASE (please be sure to check your spam and promotion folders – as sometimes these emails end up there). If you do not see an email for open enrollment, please email benefits@starprotection.com. If you are unable to remember your password – please click the “Forgot Password” button on the EASE Portal to reset your password.

Open Enrollment Meeting Date and Time

This Open Enrollment meeting will be conducted virtually via WebEx :

Wednesday, November 16th at 10:00 am PST – to join by web/phone please see details below:

Join from the meeting link:

https://meetusi.webex.com/meetusi/j.php?MTID=m7d9b6e4c460d431439437f2e564b5cd3

Or by clicking the button below.

Join by meeting number:

Meeting number (access code): 2335 954 2090

Meeting password: cAchmue*875

In addition to a virtual meeting in real time, we will also be providing you with a recorded presentation so that you can review this information in your own time.

Your electronic benefits guide is attached, and will be available on the Ease Portal, to help you navigate through the process and make the best choices for you and your family. It’s important to take time to review your current benefits and determine whether they still meet the needs of you and your family or if you are interested in evaluating other options for next year.

We will be collecting our enrollments via EASE (link to the website is below). EASE will be sending out open enrollment communications/reminder emails as well.

If you don’t want to make any changes to your current benefit elections, you don’t need to take any action. We will automatically move your current enrollments from our previous medical carrier over to Premera. Additionally, any elections you have for benefits through MetLife will automatically roll over as well. All your current benefit elections will automatically carry over and remain effective for the 2023 plan year. If you want to change any of your current benefit elections/who you cover on the plan/waive any coverage, you will need to go in and make those elections via the EASE Portal via your personal account.

We do ask that employees confirm they have a beneficiary designated through EASE. While you can make changes to your beneficiary at any time throughout the year, it is advisable to ensure that you have the correct person designated each year at open enrollment.

NOTE: Due to federal regulation, we are unable to process late enrollment forms. We cannot make changes to your coverage during the year unless you experience a legal qualifying event such as change in family status, such as:

Loss or gain of coverage through your spouse

Loss of eligibility of a covered dependent

Death of your covered spouse or child

Birth or adoption of a child

Marriage, divorce or legal separation

Switch from part-time employment to full-time employment

More information about our benefits plans will be available during our upcoming virtual Open Enrollment meeting and via recorded presentation. In the meantime, click the button below or go to https://starprotection.ease.com to review your current benefits.

If you have questions in the meantime, contact your HR Team via e-mail at benefits@starprotection.com.