Life Insurance
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Postdocs are eligible for life insurance through Penn’s carrier, MetLife. Postdocs will be required to provide their life insurance beneficiary information via the Workday@Penn portal.
You can find more information about any of the insurance offerings here.
Note: Your benefits base salary for life insurance purposes is calculated and frozen in March of each year. This amount will not change even if your salary changes during the course of the plan year.
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