The State and School Employees Health Insurance Management Board is authorized by state law to provide certain specified group life insurance benefits for active employees and retirees. The Board's coverage is underwritten by Minnesota Life Insurance Company, an affiliate of Securian Financial Group, Inc. Minnesota Life provides a fully insured group term life insurance policy for eligible employees and retirees of State agencies, State universities, public libraries and certain public community colleges and public school districts. Those public community colleges and public school districts that are not covered under the Board's policy with Minnesota Life have elected to opt out of the State and School Employees' Life Insurance Plan and instead purchase similar coverage through an alternative policy from a private carrier. The following information pertains primarily to coverage under the Minnesota Life contractual policy between the Board and Minnesota Life in the State and School Employees' Life Insurance Plan only. Questions relative to the aforementioned alternative policy should be directed to the respective public community college or public school district, or to the private carrier.
The State of Mississippi offers group term life insurance coverage for active full‚Äêtime employees. Life insurance coverage can be continued when a covered employee retires or becomes totally disabled (as determined by Minnesota Life). The following is a summary of the pertinent information relative to the State and School Employees' Life Insurance Plan. Participants should refer to the Certificate of Insurance booklet for a comprehensive description of the benefits and policy provisions. The Certificate of Insurance booklet may be accessed on the Plan's website at [https://www.dfa.ms.gov/insurance](https://www.dfa.ms.gov/insurance). Active employees who do not have access to the internet should contact their employer unit for a paper copy of the Certificate of Insurance booklet, while participating retirees and totally disabled employees without internet access should contact the Department of Finance and Administration, Office of Insurance.