2019 Annual Renewal and Annual Enrollment Dates
Annual renewal is the time of year when cooperatives choose the NRECA group benefits they will offer to their employees for the upcoming plan year. Annual enrollment is when employees choose the NRECA group benefits offered to them by their co-ops for the upcoming year. The dates for 2019 are:
- Annual renewal: August 8–September 21, 2018
- Annual enrollment: October 22–November 21, 2018
- BA preview period: October 22–24, 2018
- Wave 1 (blue): October 25–November 8, 2018
- Wave 2 (yellow): November 5–19, 2018
- BA approval period: November 20–21, 2018
Note: To prepare for annual renewal, the Benefit Plan Rating and Renewal feature of the Employee Benefits website will be unavailable from 8 pm, ET, June 8 through 9 am, ET, August 8, 2018. If you need to model group benefit plans during this period, contact your field service representative.
For your co-op’s annual enrollment wave, check the map below or visit the Admin dashboard on the Employee Benefits website.
We will be sharing more information on annual renewal and annual enrollment in coming issues of I&FS Weekly and Benefits Bulletin, as well as at the INTERACT Conference.
If you have questions about annual renewal or annual enrollment, speak with your field representative. You also can contact the Member Contact Center at 866.673.2299 or contactcenter@nreca.coop.
