DATE: December 9, 2025
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: Hollis Magill, Director of Human Resources
SUBJECT: Amendment to Agreement No. 24-669 with ReliaStar Life Insurance Company
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
1. Approve and authorize the Chairman to execute Amendment No. 1 to Agreement No. 24-669 with ReliaStar Life Insurance Company; and
2. Approve and authorize the Chairman to sign the ReliaStar Life Insurance Company Group Insurance Application (CA) for Hospital Confinement Indemnity insurance.
REPORT
Approval of the recommended actions will amend Agreement No 24-669 (the "Agreement") with ReliaStar Life Insurance Company (ReliaStar) to provide enhanced benefits, at no additional cost, for optional Accident, Critical Illness, and Hospital Confinement Indemnity insurance policies offered to County employees and their dependents. There is no net County cost associated with this item, as all premiums are paid by the employees who elect coverage. This item is Countywide.
ALTERNATIVE ACTION(S):
Your Board may choose to maintain current benefits under the Agreement. However, this would cause County employee policy holders to lose the enhanced benefits provided by the recommend actions, which are being offered at no additional cost to policy holders.
FISCAL IMPACT:
There is no Net County Cost associated with the recommended actions. The benefits provided under the Agreement are fully paid by employees who elect to become policy holders.
DISCUSSION:
1. Description of Supplemental Health Benefits
On December 17, 2024, the Board of Supervisors approved the Agreement, which allows ReliaStar to provide employee-paid Accident Insurance, Critical Illness Insurance, and Hospital Confinement Indemnity Insurance to County employees and their dependents. These benefits are considered supplemental health insurance and are fixed indemnity policies which may pay a limited dollar amount if a covered employee becomes sick, injured, or hospitalized.
* Accident Insu...
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