21.1 Coverage

The County will pay group life insurance and accidental death insurance premiums for the following coverage:

A. Life insurance for each employee with a maximum benefit amount of Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000)

B. Life insurance for the employee’s spouse and/or registered domestic partner with a maximum benefit amount of Five Hundred Dollars ($500)

C. Life insurance for each of the employee’s children depending on age, with up to a maximum benefit amount of Five Hundred Dollars ($500).

The County shall provide additional life insurance payable to the employee’s beneficiary if the employee’s death results from an accident either on or off the job, up to a maximum benefit amount of One Hundred Ten Thousand Dollars ($110,000).

21.2 Supplemental Coverage

Employees, depending on pre‑qualification, may purchase additional term life insurance to a maximum of Seven Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dollars ($750,000) for employee, Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000 ) for spouse or registered domestic partner, and Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000) for each qualifying dependent.