If you change your name or address, you must notify your human resources offices and/or your benefit plan companies directly. See the information below to see who and how you notify your institution and benefit plans of your name or address change.
Name Change – Notify your institution's human resources office. Documentation requirements vary by institution.
Address Change – Update your address in your MyUW portal (Personal Information).
Benefit Plans that Automatically Update when You Update Name or Address with Institution
After you update your name and/or address with your institution, the following benefit plans will automatically be notified:
- State Group Health Insurance (address only)
- State Group Life Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- Individual & Family Life Insurance
- UW Employees, Inc. Life Insurance
- University Insurance Association (UIA) Life Insurance
- Accidental Death & Dismemberment Insurance
- Accident Insurance
- Flexible Spending Account
- Health Savings Account
- Income Continuation Insurance
- Wisconsin Retirement System
To update your name, and submit it to your institution's human resources office.
Note: Supporting documentation is required if you legally change your name for reasons other than marriage or divorce. Submit documentation to your institution's human resources office.
You may change health insurance plans and/or health insurance carriers within 30 days of your address change by submitting an application to your institution's human resources office. The change is effective the first of the month on or following receipt of your application.
- If you change health insurance plan carriers (e.g. GHC, Dean, Quartz, etc.), your annual deductible and medical out-of-pocket limit will reset at $0. However, your prescription drug annual out-of-pocket limit will not reset at $0.
- If you change to or from an HDHP and:
- You change health insurance plan carriers, all limits will reset at $0 (ex: non-HDHP with GHC to HDHP with Dean or HDHP with GHC to non-HDHP with Dean).
- Stay with the same health insurance plan carrier, your limits will not reset at $0. (ex: non-HDHP with GHC to HDHP with GHC)
After you update your name and/or address with your institution, the dental insurance plans will automatically be notified.
After you update your name and/or address with your institution, the FSA administrator will automatically be notified.
Health Care FSA
No impact. You may not make any changes to your Health Care FSA election.
Dependent Day Care FSA
You may change your Dependent Day Care FSA election within 30 days of your move if the change in residence results in a change to the cost of your Dependent Day Care. To change your election, submit a Change of Election form to your human resources office.
Complete your address change with your TSA Program provider over the phone or in writing. Only TIAA permits online address changes.
Name changes must be made in writing; contact your provider to obtain a form.
Contact Wisconsin Deferred Compensation at 1-877-457-9327 to update your name and/or address.
Every effort has been made to ensure this information is current and correct. Information on this page does not guarantee enrollment, benefits and/or the ability to make changes to your benefits.
Updated: 04/09/2020