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All about Your Health & Life Insurance

Welcome to the website of the UN Health and Life Insurance Section (HLIS). We trust that this site provides you with everything you need to know about UNHQ-administered health & life insurance, including the onboarding process, plan maintenance and transition after your retirement.

It is the common responsibility of all plan participants of the self-funded UNHQ-administered health plans to safeguard the sustainability of these plans, funded by all plan participants and the Member States. This website allows staff members and retirees to be fully informed of the insurance benefits as well as ways to contribute to reducing costs. You will have access to reference material such as guidance material from Third-Party Administrators (TPAs), insurance rate simulators, checklists, brochures, forms and updates as well as various Toolkit pages designed for the specific needs of each of our more than 200,000 plan participants worldwide.

Should you have personal questions regarding the health and life insurance plans, please note that HLIS provides in-person client services on Tuesday from 9 am to 12:30 pm and Thursday from 12:00 pm to 3:30 pm. The UN Heath and Life Insurance Section is located on the 3rd floor of the FF building (304 E 45th St, New York). Clients will be seen on a first come first serve basis. Please have your UN index number handy as you will need it to register with the UN HLIS Client Services. 

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Upcoming Events

ActiveHealth lunch and learn: join one of the monthly wellness webinars

 Register to one of the 2024 monthly wellness webinars and learn how to improve your health and wellbeing. Find more information and register here. 

Important Updates

UNJSPF announced a cost-of-living adjustment of 3.4% effective 1 April 2024

 In accordance with the UNJSPF Pension adjustment system and based on CPI (consumer price index) data from the Monthly Bulletin of Statistics (MBS) published by the UN Statistics Division, there will be a 3.4 percent cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) to the US dollar track of periodic benefits for this year, effective 1 April 2024. Please find more information here.

NewYork-Presbyterian Healthcare System may be leaving Aetna's network

Aetna's contract with NewYork-Presbyterian Healthcare System may end on April 1, 2024. All impacted members have been notified in February 2024. Please find more information here.

After Service Health Insurance (ASHI) Tax Statements

 The ASHI Tax Statements will be sent out to ASHI participants by end of February 2024. Please find more information here.

Empire is now Anthem

 As of January 1, 2024, the Empire BlueCross BlueShield and Empire BlueCross names are Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield and Anthem Blue Cross. This will not impact your coverage, access to care, or level of support. Please find more information here.

2024 Medicare Part B Standard Premium

 The Health and Life Insurance Section wishes to inform all Medicare B participants that effective 1 January 2024 the monthly Medicare Part B Standard Premium is $174.70. Please find more information here.

 

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