Texas Insurance Code - INS § 1551.256. Optional Term Life Insurance Coverage After Retirement

(a) A participant in the optional group term life insurance coverage plan may maintain optional term life insurance coverage after retirement in addition to basic term life insurance coverage after retirement.

(b) The board of trustees may adopt rules to implement and administer Subsection (a).

(c) Under Subsection (a), the participant may maintain an amount of optional term life insurance coverage on the participant's life on the date of retirement, not to exceed two times the participant's annual salary on the last September 1 before retirement and subject to benefit reduction factors based on age as determined by the board of trustees.

(d) The board of trustees shall determine the premium rate for optional term life insurance coverage for annuitants under Subsection (a).  The rate must be comparable to the premium rate for optional term life insurance coverage for employees of the same age.

(e) As an alternative to the optional term life insurance coverage plan, an annuitant may choose a minimum optional term life insurance coverage amount not subject to benefit reduction factors based on age, with a coverage amount and premium rate determined by the board of trustees.