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Life Insurance Election Form Approved:
OMB No. 3206-0230
Federal Employees' Group Life Insurance Program
.

Federal Employees'
Group Life Insurance See Privacy Act Statement on back of Part 3
1 General Instructions Read the back of Part 3 - Employee Copy carefully

By law, unless you waive all coverage or are ineligible, you are automatically Assignees completing this form should read Items 5 and 6 on the
covered for Basic life insurance as an employee. When you first become back of Part 3

eligible for FEGLI, you may (1) do nothing and have Basic automatically, Give all parts of your completed form to your employing office

(2) elect Basic and any or all of the options, or (3) waive all life insurance Your employing office will complete Section 6 of this form (or its
coverage. If you are changing a previous election, see the back of Part 3 - electronic equivalent) and return your copy to you

Employee Copy

*This election supersedes all previous elections.*
2
Fill in identifying information concerning the employee

Name (last, first, middle) Date of birth (mm/dd/yyyy) Social Security Number
Employing department or agency OWCP claim number, Location of department or agency where you Daytime telephone number
if applicable work (city, state, ZIP code) (including area code)
3 To elect or retain Basic, sign and date below. If you do not sign for Basic, you (or your assignee) may not elect or retain any form of optional
insurance. If you do not want any insurance at all, skip to Section 5

I want Basic. I authorize deductions to pay my share of the cost. (Basic may be provided without cost to U.S. Postal Service employees.)
SIGNATURE (Do not print. Only you or your assignee may sign. Signatures by guardians, conservators or through a power of Date (mm/dd/yyyy)
Basic attorney are not valid.)
4
If you signed for Basic in item 3 above, you may elect or retain any or all of the following options (UNLESS you have previously waived any or all
of these options, in which case you may elect only those options which you are eligible to elect as outlined in the FEGLI Program Booklet). Sign the
Optional box(es) below for any option(s) you are eligible for and wish to elect or retain. If you do not sign for an option, you have waived it and your future
opportunities to enroll in it are strictly limited

You will not be covered for any option(s) for which you do not sign below, regardless of whether you previously elected the option(s)

Option A - Standard Option B - Additional Option C - Family
I want Option A. I want Option B in the multiple of my annual basic pay I I want Option C in the multiple I indicate below

I authorize deductions to pay the full cost. indicate below. I authorize deductions to pay the full cost. I understand that each multiple is worth $5,000 upon
the death of my spouse, and $2,500 upon the death of an
eligible child. I authorize deductions to pay the full cost

3 times my pay 3 multiples
1 times my pay 4 times my pay 1 multiple 4 multiples
2 times my pay 5 times my pay 2 multiples 5 multiples
SIGNATURE (Do not print. Only you or your assignee SIGNATURE (Do not print. Only you or your assignee SIGNATURE (Do not print. Only you or your assignee
may sign. Signatures by guardians, conservators or may sign. Signatures by guardians, conservators or may sign. Signatures by guardians, conservators or
through a power of attorney are not valid.) through a power of attorney are not valid.) through a power of attorney are not valid.)
Date (mm/dd/yyyy) Date (mm/dd/yyyy) Date (mm/dd/yyyy)
5 If you want NO life insurance coverage, sign and date below

I want NO life insurance coverage. I understand that any life insurance I have will stop at the end of the last day of the pay period in which my
employing office receives this waiver. Further, I cannot get Basic life insurance unless (1) I wait at least 1 year after I sign this form and submit
Waiver of satisfactory medical information, or (2) I experience a life event, or (3) I have a break in Federal service of at least 180 days, or (4) I participate in an
all life open season, which is held infrequently. I understand that I cannot get any optional insurance unless I first have Basic. I understand that my decision to
waive life insurance coverage now may affect my eligibility for coverage as a retiree

insurance SIGNATURE (Do not print. Only you or your assignee may sign. Signatures by guardians, conservators or through Date (mm/dd/yyyy)
coverage a power of attorney are not valid.)
6
Agency Remarks: If new/newly eligible employee,
Use enter "0" for event

Number of event permitting
Name and address of employing office Date received in employing office Effective date of coverage change
(mm/dd/yyyy) (mm/dd/yyyy) (See back of Part 2)
I followed the instructions on the back of Part 1

Signature of authorized agency official
The employee's copy of this form, when completed by the employing office, together with the FEGLI Program Booklet (FE 76-21 or FE 76-20 for U.S. Postal Service employees)
constitute the employee's Certificate (proof) of Insurance

PRINT SAVE CLEAR
PART 1 - File in Official Personnel Folder
U.S. Office of Personnel Management Standard Form 2817
www.opm.gov/insure/life Previous edition is not usable. Revised November 2011
Instructions for Agencies
1. Who Should File This Form? Y An employee who is already enrolled in Option B and/or
Y New employees eligible for life insurance who want Option C may elect from 1 to 5 multiples (up to 5 total)
optional insurance or no insurance. Note: New employees within 60 days based on the life event

who want only Basic do not have to file

3. What Should You Review After The Employee
Y Employees appointed to positions that allow life insurance
coverage following service in positions that did not allow Submits This Form?
life insurance coverage. Review all three parts of the SF 2817 to see that they are
legible and complete. If an employee signs the box for
Y Employees who want to change their life insurance. Option A, Option B, or Option C, he or she must also sign
Reinstated employees who filed a previous waiver of any Section 3, Basic. If the employee uses a downloaded copy,
Y
type of life insurance, were separated from service for at be sure all parts are completed. Contact the employee if any
least 180 days, and wish to elect coverage. part is unclear

Y Assignees who want to decrease or cancel coverage. Only the employee may sign this form in Sections 3, 4, or 5,
with one exception (noted below). Signatures by guardians,
Y Department of Defense employees designated "emergency conservators, or through a power of attorney are NOT valid

essential" and civilian employees deployed in support of a
contingency operation per Public Law 110-417. Exception: If the employee assigned the insurance, only the
assignee(s) may waive or reduce some or all of the
Give a new employee a copy of the FEGLI Program Booklet employee's coverage. In that case, the assignee(s) must sign
(FE 76-21 or FE 76-20 for U.S. Postal Service employees) the form (although the information in Section 2 must refer to
when he or she reports for duty and ask the employee to the employee). Please note that assignees cannot increase the
return the completed SF 2817 as soon as possible (preferably employee's coverage. Only the employee can do that

before the end of the first pay period), but no later than 60
days after his or her appointment. The employee is solely responsible for ensuring that the
SF 2817 accurately reflects his or her intentions

Employees with prior government service in non-excluded
positions who were separated after March 31, 1981, should If the employee is electing new coverage, always make sure
have an SF 2817 on file in their personnel folders, and that that the authorized agency official confirms that the
election or waiver of coverage may still be in effect. Do not employee is eligible for the coverage, and that the official
accept a new SF 2817 unless the employee has a break in signs the form in Section 6

Federal service of at least 180 days or is eligible to cancel a
previous waiver that has been in effect for at least one 4. When Did You Receive This?
year, or wishes to reduce coverage. Enter the date the employing office received this form

Until you verify an employee's SF 2817 on file, make 5. What Is The Event Permitting The Change?
deductions based on his or her statement about earlier Enter the number of the event permitting a change, if
insurance coverage. Once coverage is confirmed, make any applicable. See the Table of Effective Dates on the back of
necessary adjustments to correct the withholdings. Part 2 for event numbers

An employee may at any time file an SF 2817 to waive or 6. What Is The Effective Date Of The Coverage?
reduce coverage, unless the employee has assigned his/her
insurance coverage. If the employee has assigned the Enter the effective date of coverage. For new and newly
insurance, only the assignee(s) may waive or reduce the eligible employees: Basic is effective on the first day the
coverage (except for Option C which cannot be assigned). employee is in a pay and duty status; Optional coverage is
effective on the first day the employee is in a pay and duty
2. How Else Can An Employee Elect More Coverage? status on or after the day the employing office receives the
SF 2817. For changes in elections, see the Table of Effective
Y Provide Medical Information. An employee may elect Dates on the back of Part 2. If there is more than one
or increase Basic, Option A, or Option B insurance (but effective date for this election, the 2nd effective date should
not Option C), if a previously completed SF 2817 be notated in Part 6 under "Remarks."
waiving coverage has been in effect for more than one
year, by submitting satisfactory evidence of insurability 7. What Do You Do With Parts 1, 2, and 3?
via a Request for Insurance, SF 2822. If approved, the
employee should make the election on the SF 2817 and After completion, give Part 3 to the employee. File Part 1
submit to the employing agency. More details are in the employee's personnel folder. Destroy Part 2 after
contained on the SF 2822. payroll office use. Part 3, and the FEGLI Program Booklet
(FE 76-21, or FE 76-20 for U.S. Postal Service employees),
Y Experience A Qualifying Life Event. An employee may serve as the employee's certificate of insurance

elect Basic, Option A, Option B and/or Option C within
60 days following a FEGLI qualifying life event. These 8. Where Can You Find More Information?
events are: marriage, divorce, spouse's death, or the Consult the FEGLI Program Booklet (FE 76-21 or FE 76-20
acquisition of an eligible child. for U.S. Postal Service employees) or the FEGLI Handbook,
which are available on the FEGLI web site at
For Option B and Option C, an employee may elect from www.opm.gov/insure/life

1 to 5 multiples (up to 5 total) based on the life event

Back of Part 1 Standard Form 2817
Revised November 2011
Life Insurance Election Form Approved:
OMB No. 3206-0230
Federal Employees' Group Life Insurance Program
Federal Employees'
Group Life Insurance
1 INSURANCE SF 50 SF 50 Equivalents of Insurance Codes
INELIGIBLE A0
1005 E5 1011 I1 1114 J4 1025 M5 1031 Q1 1134 R4 1045 U5 1051 Y1 1154 Z4
0000 B0
1101 F1 1012 I2 1115 J5 1121 N1 1032 Q2 1135 R5 1141 V1 1052 Y2 1155 Z5
1000 C0
1102 F2 1013 I3 1020 K0 1122 N2 1033 Q3 1040 S0 1142 V2 1053 Y3
1100 D0 1103 F3 1014 I4 1120 L0 1123 N3 1034 Q4 1140 T0 1143 V3 1054 Y4
1001 E1 1104 F4 1015 I5 1021 M1 1124 N4 1035 Q5 1041 U1 1144 V4 1055 Y5
1002 E2 1105 F5 1111 J1 1022 M2 1125 N5 1131 R1 1042 U2 1145 V5 1151 Z1
1003 E3 1010 G0 1112 J2 1023 M3 1030 90 1132 R2 1043 U3 1050 W0 1152 Z2
1004 E4 1110 H0 1113 J3 1024 M4 1130 P0 1133 R3 1044 U4 1150 X0 1153 Z3
2
Fill in identifying information concerning the employee

Name (last, first, middle) Date of birth (mm/dd/yyyy) Social Security Number
Employing department or agency OWCP claim number, Location of department or agency where you Daytime telephone number
if applicable work (City, state, ZIP Code) (including area code)
3 In item 7: If this block is not signed, enter 0 in ALL FOUR boxes

If this block is signed, enter 1 in box 1

SIGNATURE (Do not print. Only you or your assignee may sign. Signatures by guardians, conservators or through a power of Date (mm/dd/yyyy)
Basic attorney are not valid.)
4
Option A - Standard Option B - Additional Option C - Family
In item 7, box 2: In item 7, box 3: In item 7, box 4:
If this block is not signed, enter 0 If this block is not signed, enter 0 If this block is not signed, enter 0
If this block is signed, enter 1. If this block is signed, enter the number marked "X" If this block is signed, enter the number marked "X"
below. below

3 times my pay 3 multiples
1 times my pay 4 times my pay 1 multiple 4 multiples
2 times my pay 5 times my pay 2 multiples 5 multiples
SIGNATURE (Do not print. Only you or your assignee SIGNATURE (Do not print. Only you or your assignee SIGNATURE (Do not print. Only you or your assignee
may sign. Signatures by guardians, conservators or may sign. Signatures by guardians, conservators or may sign. Signatures by guardians, conservators or
through a power of attorney are not valid.) through a power of attorney are not valid.) through a power of attorney are not valid.)
Date (mm/dd/yyyy) Date (mm/dd/yyyy) Date (mm/dd/yyyy)
5 If you want NO life insurance coverage, sign and date below

In item 7: If this block is signed, enter 0 in ALL FOUR boxes

Waiver of
all life
insurance SIGNATURE (Do not print. Only you or your assignee may sign. Signatures by guardians, conservators or through a Date (mm/dd/yyyy)
coverage power of attorney are not valid.)
6
Agency Remarks: If new/newly eligible employee,
Use enter "0" for event

Number of event permitting
Name and address of employing office Date received in employing office Effective date of coverage change
(mm/dd/yyyy) (mm/dd/yyyy) (See back of Part 2)
I followed the instructions on the back of Part 1

Signature of authorized agency official
7
INSTRUCTIONS: Enter codes in the boxes on the right as directed in items 3, 4 and 5 above. Insurance Code SF 50
1 2 3 4 Equivalent
PART 2 - For Agency Use
U.S. Office of Personnel Management Standard Form 2817
www.opm.gov/insure/life Previous edition is not usable. Revised November 2011
Table of Effective Dates: Changes in Life Insurance Coverage
Deductions: Begin, increase, stop or decrease in the same pay period in which coverage begins, increases, stops, or decreases

Change Permitted? (To elect any option, employee must elect or retain Basic)
Event Allowing Change
Basic Option A - Standard Option B - Additional Option C - Family
0. New/Newly Eligible Yes. See "Instructions to Agencies", #5, back of Yes. Same as Basic. Yes. Same as Basic. Yes. Same as Basic

Employee: Part 1

1. PROVIDING Yes. Coverage is automatically effective the first day Yes. Coverage is effective the first day the employee is in Yes. Same as Option A. No. An employee may NOT elect Option C by
MEDICAL the employee is in a pay and duty status on or after a pay and duty status on or after the date of OFEGLI's providing medical information

INFORMATION: date of OFEGLI's approval. approval and the agency receives the SF 2817

Approval of Request for
Insurance (SF 2822) by Time Limit - on or after OFEGLI's date of approval. Time Limit - Employee must submit the SF 2817 and be
the Office of Federal If employee is not in a pay and duty status within 60 in a pay and duty status within 60 days after date of
Employees' Group days, Basic does NOT become effective, and the OFEGLI's approval. If employee is not in a pay and duty
Life Insurance (OFEGLI). employee must start over. status or doesn't submit the SF 2817 within those 60 days,
Option A does not become effective, and the employee
must start over

2. LIFE EVENT: Yes. Coverage is effective the day of the event if the Yes. Same as Basic. Yes. Same as Basic. Yes. Employee may elect or increase multiples (up to 5
Marriage, divorce, death SF 2817 is received before the event and the total). If the employee has Basic, Coverage is effective
of spouse, or acquisition employee is in pay and duty status on the day of the Coverage - Same as Basic. Employee may elect or increase multiples (up to 5 total). the day the employing office receives the election, or the
of an eligible child. event. Otherwise, Coverage is effective the first day date of the event, whichever is later. If Basic and Option
in pay and duty status after the event and after Time Limit - Same as Basic. Coverage - Same as Basic. C are elected at the same time, Option C is effective
receipt of the SF 2817. when Basic becomes effective

Time Limit - Same as Basic

Time Limit - Agency must receive the SF 2817 and Time Limit - Same as Basic

proof of the event within 60 days after the day of the
event. (Note: If the employee already has Basic, there is no pay
and duty status requirement for Option C.)
3. REINSTATEMENT: Yes. Coverage is effective on the first day the Yes. Employee may elect Option A within 60 days after Same as Option A. Same as Option A

Employee is reinstated employee is in a pay and duty status, unless waived by reinstatement. However, if employee does not submit
after a break in service of employee. SF 2817 electing coverage within 60 days after
at least 180 days in a reinstatement, s/he has the same Optional
position that is not insurance carried before the break in service
excluded from life effective the beginning of the reinstatement

insurance by law or
regulation

4. REINSTATEMENT: No. However, if employee is later converted to a No. However, if employee is later converted to a Same as Option A. Same as Option A

Employee is reinstated non-excluded position, the coverage is effective on the non-excluded position, the coverage is effective on the first
after a break in service of first day the employee is in a pay and duty status on or day the employee is in a pay and duty status in the
at least 180 days in a after being converted to such a position. converted position on or after the date the agency receives
position that is excluded the SF 2817 electing such coverage

from life insurance by law
or regulation. Time Limit - Employee must submit the SF 2817 within 60
days after conversion to an eligible position

5A. CANCELING/ A. Yes. If the coverage is canceled in the first pay A.Same as Basic. A. Same as Basic. A. Same as Basic

WAIVING period, no premiums are due. Otherwise,
COVERAGE: coverage stops at the end of the last day of the Option C cannot be assigned

employee/assignee pay period in which the agency receives the
SF 2817, with no 31-day extension of coverage. If Option C is canceled because there no longer are
eligible family members, the effective date is
retroactive to the end of the pay period in which
Time Limit - None. Employee may cancel there no longer are any eligible family members

or coverage at any time. However, if the insurance The employing agency must refund Option C
is assigned, only the assignee(s) may cancel premiums retroactive to that effective date

5B. REDUCING B. Not applicable. B. Not applicable. B. Yes. Employee may at any time reduce the number B. Yes. Employee may at any time reduce the number
OPTION B and/or of multiples, unless the insurance has been assigned. of multiples. This new coverage is effective at
OPTION C In that case, only the assignee(s) may reduce coverage the beginning of the pay period following the
MULTIPLES: – the employee may not. This new coverage is one in which the employing office receives the
employee/assignee effective at the beginning of the pay period following SF 2817. Assignee(s) cannot reduce Option C

the one in which the employing office receives the
SF 2817

6. Open Season. If permitted under conditions specified by OPM. Same as Basic. Same as Basic. Same as Basic

7. CERTAIN DEPT. OF Yes, if employing agency determines employee meets Same as Basic. Same as Basic. No. An employee may NOT elect Option C via these
DEFENSE AND criteria to elect coverage. Coverage is effective the provisions of law

CIVILIAN first day the employee is in a pay and duty status on or Employee may elect or increase multiples (up to 5
EMPLOYEES after the date the agency receives the SF 2817. total)

AFFECTED
BY PUBLIC LAWS Time Limit - Agency must receive the SF 2817
106-398 AND 110-417: within 60 days of the date the employee receives
official notice of deployment in support of a
contingency operation or designation as an emergency
essential employee

Back of Part 2
Standard Form 2817, Revised November 2011
Instructions for Employees
1. General Information signature. Return the completed form to the employee's employing office. If
The major provisions of this program are described in the Federal the insured is an annuitant, return the completed form to OPM, Retirement
Employees' Group Life Insurance (FEGLI) Program Booklet (FE 76-21 Operations Center, P.O. Box 45, Boyers, PA 16017-0045. See #11 for where
or FE 76-20 for U.S. Postal Service employees). Please read the entire booklet to return the completed form if the insured is a compensationer

carefully. Your completed copy of this election form (SF 2817) and the
FEGLI Program Booklet constitute your certificate (proof) of insurance. 7. How Do I Complete The Form?
These publications, as well as comprehensive FEGLI information, are Follow the instructions for each item carefully. After you fill out the form,
available at www.opm.gov/insure/life. review it to be sure it is complete and correct. The following checklist should
help

2. I Am A New Employee or Newly Eligible for Life Insurance. What
If you sign Section 3, you elect (or retain) Basic

Do I Need To Know?
You are automatically enrolled in Basic (even if you don't complete this form) If you sign any block in Section 4, you elect (or retain) Optional Insurance

unless you waive it. If you waive Basic, you automatically waive all forms of You must also elect (or retain) Basic by signing Section 3

Optional insurance. You will not have any Optional insurance unless you elect it

If you sign Section 4 for Option B and/or Option C, you must also mark
To elect Basic: You do not have to submit this form unless you also wish to one of the five boxes to show how many multiples you wish to elect (or
elect Optional insurance. retain). Do not mark more than one box

To waive Basic: Sign Section 5 of the form and give it to your employing Be Sure You Sign For All Options You Want. This election supersedes all
office. Your agency will withhold Basic premiums from your salary from previous ones. If you have optional coverage and wish to keep it, you must
your first day at work in a pay status UNLESS you submit your waiver before sign the appropriate box(es). If you do not sign for it, you have waived it

the end of your first pay period

If you sign Section 5, you waive all FEGLI coverage

To elect Optional: Sign Section 3 and one or more of the blocks in Section 4
of the form and give it to your employing office within 60 days after the date Only you, the employee, may sign this form. Signatures by guardians,
you are appointed or first become eligible for life insurance. conservators, or through a power of attorney are not acceptable

Exception: If you have assigned your insurance, only the assignee(s) may
To waive Optional: If you do not sign for a particular type of Optional cancel some or all of your coverage. In that case, the assignee(s) must sign
coverage in Section 4, you automatically waive that coverage. the form (although the information in Section 2 must refer to you)

REMEMBER THAT YOU, NOT YOUR AGENCY, ARE
3. I Am An Employee With Prior Government Service. What Do I RESPONSIBLE FOR ENSURING THAT YOUR SF 2817 (OR ITS
Need To Know? ELECTRONIC EQUIVALENT) IS CORRECT AND ACCURATELY
When you return to work after a break in service of less than 180 days, your REFLECTS YOUR INTENTIONS. IF YOU DO NOT SIGN FOR IT,
human resources office will automatically enroll you in the same coverage YOU HAVE CANCELED/WAIVED IT

that you had before you left your prior position, if any. This coverage will be
effective on your first day in a pay and duty status in a FEGLI eligible
position. You will have to qualify to elect other coverage (open season, 8. Open Seasons
providing medical information, or a life event). If you waived some coverage, If you elected coverage during an Open Season, and that coverage has not yet
then the waiver of that coverage is still in effect. become effective, and you want to make a further change to your FEGLI
coverage on this SF 2817, you should check with your employing office

When you return to work after a break in service of 180 days or more, your That office can tell you about any special election procedures that may apply

human resources office will automatically enroll you in Basic and the same
Optional insurance that you had in your prior position. This coverage will be 9. What If I Waive or Reduce My Coverage?
effective on your first day in a pay and duty status in a FEGLI eligible If you do not sign for a particular type of coverage, you have waived that
position. You may elect more insurance (if you don't already have the coverage. If you waive Basic or one or more of the options, your opportunities
maximum) within 60 days of your appointment to an eligible position. If you to enroll in the coverage you waived are strictly limited. A waiver may
previously waived coverage then that waiver is no longer in effect. You will also affect your eligibility to continue coverage into retirement. See the
automatically be enrolled in Basic, unless you file a new waiver. FEGLI Program Booklet (FE 76-21 or FE 76-20 for U.S. Postal Service
employees) for more details

See the FEGLI Program Booklet (FE 76-21 or FE 76-20 for U.S. Postal
Service Employees) for more details. 10. Where Do I Send The Completed Form?
After you have completed this form and verified that it accurately reflects your
4. I Am A Reemployed Annuitant. What Do I Need To Know? intentions, send the entire form (without separating the parts) to your human
If you waive your insurance when you return to Federal Service as a resources office. Do not send the form to OPM or OFEGLI

reemployed annuitant, you also waive your insurance with your retirement
annuity. You will have no FEGLI life insurance. It is important that you 11. What If I Receive Workers' Compensation?
contact your human resources office and inform them that you are a If you are receiving compensation payments from the Office of Workers'
reemployed annuitant. More details can be found in OPM Form 1482, Compensation Programs (OWCP), provide your OWCP number in Section 2
Agency Certification of Status of Reemployed Annuitants. of the form. If you are still employed, return the completed form to your
employing office. If you are not still employed or if you have been receiving
5. What If I Assigned My Coverage? compensation payments for at least 12 months, see your human resources
If you have assigned your insurance by filing an RI 76-10, Assignment of office about your continued eligibility under the FEGLI Program

Federal Employees' Group Life Insurance, you may not cancel any of your
insurance coverage (except Option C). Only the assignee(s) may cancel your 12. How Do I Verify That My Agency Processed My Election?
coverage. However, you may elect new coverage if you otherwise meet the After your employing office processes your election form, you will receive
requirements for electing such coverage. Any new coverage you elect will an SF 50, Notification of Personnel Action. A two digit code appearing on
automatically be subject to your existing assignment, except for Option C, the SF 50 will explain your insurance coverage. These codes are explained
which you cannot assign. All assignments are automatically canceled after a in Part 2 of the SF 2817. Also check your pay statement for the correct
break in service of at least 31 days, or upon cancellation of all life insurance withholdings. If you are insured as a compensationer, you will receive a notice
coverage by the assignee(s). from OPM which will explain your insurance coverage

6. I Am An Assignee. What Can I Do? 13. Where Do I Get More Information About The FEGLI Program?
If you are completing this form in order to cancel some or all of the Consult the FEGLI Program Booklet (FE 76-21 or FE 76-20 for U.S. Postal
employee's life insurance coverage, you must sign the form. The Service employees) or the FEGLI Handbook (RI 76-26), which are available
information in Section 2 of the form refers to the employee, but you must on the FEGLI web site at www.opm.gov/insure/life

sign in Section 3, 4 or 5, as applicable. Indicate "assignee" after your
Privacy Act and Public Burden Statements
Chapter 87, title 5, U.S. Code, Federal Employees' Group Life Insurance, authorizes solicitation of this information. The data you furnish will be used to determine your life insurance coverage. This
information may be shared and is subject to verification, via paper, electronic media, or through the use of the computer matching programs, with national, state, local or other charitable or social
security administrative agencies to determine and issue benefits under their programs or law enforcement agencies, when they are investigating a violation or potential violation of civil or criminal law

Executive Order 9397 (November 22, 1943) authorizes use of the Social Security Number to distinguish between the applicant and people with similar names. Failure to furnish the requested
information may result in your agency's inability to determine your life insurance coverage

We estimate this form takes an average of 15 minutes to complete including the time for getting the needed data and reviewing both the instructions and completed form. Send comments regarding our
estimate or any other aspect of this form, including suggestions for reducing completion time, to the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Retirement Services Publications Team (3206-0230),
Washington, DC 20415-3430. The OMB Number, 3206-0230 is currently valid. OPM may not collect this information, and you are not required to respond, unless this number is displayed

Back of Part 3 Standard Form 2817
Revised November 2011

Give all parts of your completed form to your employing office. (2) elect Basic and any or all of the options, or (3) waive all life insurance Your employing office will complete Section 6 of this …

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is the life insurance election form approved by the omb?

Life Insurance Election Form Approved: OMB No. 3206-0230 Federal Employees' Group Life Insurance Program See Privacy Act Statement on back of Part 3 1General Instructions By law, unless you waive all coverage or are ineligible, you are .... Read the back of Part 3 - Employee Copy carefully.

Do federal employees have to fill out life insurance forms?

Federal employees use this form to enroll or to cancel life insurance coverage. New Federal employees in eligible positions are automatically covered by Basic insurance and do not need to use this form if they want only the Basic coverage. Annuitants do not use this form.

Where do i return the election form for an insured?

If the insured is an annuitant, return the completed form to OPM, Retirement Operations Center, P.O. Box 45, Boyers, PA 16017-0045. See #11 for where to return the completed form if the insured is a compensationer. 7. How to Complete and Review Your Election Form Follow the instructions for each item carefully.

How long does a life insurance election stay in effect?

3. Employees With Prior Government Service A life insurance election or waiver on SF 2817 filed during a prior period of Federal employment stays in effect unless you change coverage or have a break in service of at least 180 days. A break in service of at least 180 days cancels any previous waiver of insurance.