Types of Service Credit
Rounding Out Your Retirement Plans
When your retirement application is processed, we forward your insurance information to the health, prescription drug, dental, and vision insurance carriers. You should receive insurance identification cards and materials a few weeks after your pension begins.
As a retiree, your state-sponsored life insurance continues for you and your dependents at no charge to you. Your coverage is 25 percent of the coverage you carried when you left work; your dependents' policies are capped at $1,000 each.
To view Long-Term Care Insurance (LTC) plan details, visit the Employee Benefits Division of the Michigan Civil Service Commission under Retiree Eligibility. If you previously enrolled in a state-sponsored LTCI plan with LifeSecure, Prudential or MetLife, you can call the vendor directly. For the LifeSecure Indiv
Eligible dependents for health, dental, and vision insurance plans include your spouse (as long as he or she is not also separately enrolled as an eligible state employee or retiree) and your unmarried children by birth, legal adoption, or full legal guardianship.
The Benefits for Life, the retiree-paid, optional coverage program offered through the state of Michigan offers you the opportunity to apply for coverage in key benefit areas. These offerings do not replace your state-sponsored benefit plans. Instead, the program offers additional financial protection with premiums payable through the convenience of pension deduction. Because the plans are optiona
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The State of Michigan Retirement Board provides oversight of the State Employees' Retirement System Defined Benefit plan, the Judges Retirement System Defined Benefit plan, and the Military Retirement System. The Governor appoints five of the nine members to represent active and retired state employees. Four Board members represent the state government offices that are required to participate in the Board. Upon expiration of a term a member may continue to serve, at the pleasure of the governor, until a successor is appointed.
| Board Member | Representing |
| Phil Thompson Term expires Dec. 31, 2023 |
General Public |
| Ann Marie Storberg | for State Treasurer ex-officio |
| David A. Berridge Term expires Dec. 31, 2024 |
State Employees |
| John Gnodtke | for State Personnel Director ex-officio |
| Lauri Schmidt Term expires Dec. 31, 2023 |
State Retirees |
| Lisa Geminick | for Attorney General, ex officio |
| Craig Murray | Deputy Auditor General, ex officio |
| Judge David H. Sawyer?, Vice Chair Term expires Dec. 31, 2021 |
Judges |
| Col. John Wojcik, Chair Term expires Dec. 31, 2022 |
Michigan National Guard |
| Meg Skelley, Executive Secretary | |