Section 20. Life Insurance

The County will pay group life insurance and accidental death insurance premiums for the following coverage:

A. Life Insurance for each employee with a maximum benefit amount of $50,000.

B. Life Insurance for the employee’s spouse or registered domestic partner with a maximum benefit amount of $2,000.

C. Life Insurance for each of the employee’s children up to a maximum benefit amount of $2,000, depending on ages of the children, in accordance with the plan document.

D. The County shall provide an additional life insurance payable to the employee’s beneficiary if the employee’s death results from an accident either on or off the job up to a maximum benefit amount of $110,000..

Employees, depending on pre-qualification, may purchase, at the employee’s expense, additional term life insurance up to a maximum of $750,000 for employee, $250,000 for spouse or registered domestic partner, and $10,000 for each qualifying dependent.