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Updating Beneficiaries

As you navigate life changes such as marriage, divorce, or the birth of a child, it is important to maintain up-to-date beneficiary information with ERSC. While ERSC is the first stop for some of your beneficiary designations, ERSC staff is not able to report or confirm the beneficiaries on your existing plans. Beneficiaries may be updated at any time by completing and submitting the following Hub+ or paper forms as indicated. 

Life Insurance

MCPS employees are required to redesignate/add or change their life insurance beneficiaries in Hub+. The life insurance beneficiary(ies) election you made previously on a paper form or in a previous system will not display in Hub+. This is an opportunity to make sure your beneficiaries are in line with your wishes.

Basic Employee Life Insurance

  • Redesignate or remove your Basic Employee Life Insurance beneficiary(ies) by logging in to Hub+ and following these instructions.

Optional Employee Life Insurance

  • Redesignate or remove your Optional Employee Life Insurance beneficiary(ies) by logging in to Hub+ and following these instructions.

Basic Dependent Life Insurance and Optional Dependent Life Insurance

  • You are always the beneficiary for these coverages.

Update State/County Retirement System Beneficiary(ies)

If you are uncertain of the beneficiary(ies) you designated previously for your core and/or supplemental retirement plan(s), submit a new beneficiary form to make sure your beneficiaries are designated as intended.

State Core Pension Plan Members

MCPS Core and Supplemental Pension Plan Members

Update Fidelity 403(b)/457(b) Plan Beneficiary(ies)

  • Visit Fidelity NetBenefits®
  • Scroll down and, under Make Updates to My Account, click Update My Beneficiary. 
  • Follow the online instructions.

Update 403(b)/457(b) Plan Beneficiary(ies) with a Former Plan Vendor

  • Contact your vendor—forms must be submitted directly to your vendor.