25.1 The County will pay group life insurance and accidental death insurance premiums for the following coverage:
- Life Insurance for each employee with a maximum benefit amount of forty thousand dollars ($40,000).
- Life Insurance for the employee’s spouse or registered domestic partner with a maximum benefit of five hundred dollars ($500).
- Life Insurance for each of the employee’s children up to a maximum benefit amount of five hundred dollars ($500), depending on ages of the children, in accordance with the plan document. .
- 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 five thousand dollars ($5,000).
25.2 Employees, depending on pre-qualification, may purchase, at the employee’s expense, additional term life insurance up to a maximum of seven hundred fifty thousand dollars ($750,000) for employee, two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) for spouse or registered domestic partner, and ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for each qualifying dependent.