{"id":2207,"date":"2014-10-21T18:20:34","date_gmt":"2014-10-21T23:20:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/ohrwd\/benefits\/?page_id=2207"},"modified":"2026-03-06T19:41:42","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T01:41:42","slug":"name-address","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/ohrwd\/benefits\/life-events\/famchng\/name-address\/","title":{"rendered":"Change in Address, Name, or Gender"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"cfct-build-2207\" class=\"cfct-build grid\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-md-3 cfct-block\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"cfct-module cfct-supplemental\">\n\t\t\t\t    <div class=\"cfct-mod-content hidden-print\">\n<h3 class=\"cfct-mod-title\" id=\"title-cfct-module-7ce7527e86744a6207ace9d94d09d06e\" hidden-print\">Life Events<\/h3>    <nav class=\"widget widget_meta\" aria-labelledby=\"title-cfct-module-7ce7527e86744a6207ace9d94d09d06e\">\n\n        <div 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href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/ohrwd\/benefits\/life-events\/empcha\/univ-staff-to-fasl\/\">Change from University Staff to Faculty, Academic Staff or Limited Appointee<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li id=\"menu-item-6274\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-6274\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/ohrwd\/benefits\/life-events\/empcha\/chapct\/\">Change in Appointment Percentage<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li id=\"menu-item-16464\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-16464\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/ohrwd\/benefits\/life-events\/empcha\/furloughs\/\">Furloughs<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li id=\"menu-item-6275\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-6275\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/ohrwd\/benefits\/life-events\/empcha\/layoff\/\">Layoff<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li id=\"menu-item-6281\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-6281\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/ohrwd\/benefits\/life-events\/empcha\/loa\/\">Leave of Absence<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li id=\"menu-item-6278\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-6278\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/ohrwd\/benefits\/life-events\/empcha\/eligiblewrs\/\">Moving to WRS Covered Employment<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li id=\"menu-item-6279\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-6279\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/ohrwd\/benefits\/life-events\/empcha\/ra\/\">Rehired Annuitant<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li id=\"menu-item-6280\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-6280\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/ohrwd\/benefits\/life-events\/empcha\/ret\/\">Retirement<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li id=\"menu-item-16725\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-16725\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/ohrwd\/benefits\/life-events\/empcha\/twr\/\">Temporary Work Reduction<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li id=\"menu-item-6277\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-6277\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/ohrwd\/benefits\/life-events\/empcha\/term\/\">Termination<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li id=\"menu-item-6276\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-6276\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/ohrwd\/benefits\/life-events\/empcha\/transferuw\/\">Transfer to a Different Universities of Wisconsin Institution<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li id=\"menu-item-6283\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-6283\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/ohrwd\/benefits\/life-events\/empcha\/transferstate\/\">Transfer To or From a State Agency<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li id=\"menu-item-6284\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-6284\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/ohrwd\/benefits\/life-events\/empcha\/temp-to-nontemp\/\">WRS Temporary to WRS Non-Temporary<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-6255\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-has-children menu-item-6255\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/ohrwd\/benefits\/life-events\/famchng\/\">Family Changes<\/a>\n<ul class=\"sub-menu\">\n\t<li id=\"menu-item-6258\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-6258\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/ohrwd\/benefits\/life-events\/famchng\/birth-adoption\/\">Birth or Adoption<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li id=\"menu-item-6265\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-6265\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/ohrwd\/benefits\/life-events\/famchng\/name-address\/\">Change in Address, Name, or Gender<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li id=\"menu-item-6263\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-6263\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/ohrwd\/benefits\/life-events\/famchng\/child-loss-dep-status\/\">Child Loss of Dependent Status<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li id=\"menu-item-6266\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-6266\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/ohrwd\/benefits\/life-events\/famchng\/death\/\">Death of Employee<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li id=\"menu-item-6264\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-6264\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/ohrwd\/benefits\/life-events\/famchng\/death-spouse-dp-child\/\">Death of Spouse, Domestic Partner or Child<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li id=\"menu-item-6269\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-6269\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/ohrwd\/benefits\/life-events\/famchng\/divorce\/\">Divorce<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li id=\"menu-item-6271\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-6271\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/ohrwd\/benefits\/life-events\/famchng\/dp\/\">Domestic Partnership<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li id=\"menu-item-8107\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-8107\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/ohrwd\/benefits\/life-events\/famchng\/gain-coverage\/\">Gain of Other Coverage<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li id=\"menu-item-6267\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-6267\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/ohrwd\/benefits\/life-events\/famchng\/legal-guardianship\/\">Legal Guardianship<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li id=\"menu-item-8108\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-8108\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/ohrwd\/benefits\/life-events\/famchng\/loss-of-coverage\/\">Loss of Other Coverage<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li id=\"menu-item-6262\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-6262\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/ohrwd\/benefits\/life-events\/famchng\/marriage\/\">Marriage<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>    <\/nav>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/div><div class=\"col-md-9 cfct-block\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"cfct-module uwsa-rich-text\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cfct-mod-content copy\"><p>Below is information to change, update, or correct your personal information with the Universities of Wisconsin.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Name: Review <a href=\"https:\/\/kb.wisconsin.edu\/workday\/internal\/144831\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Legal name Change-Employee (KB 144831)<\/a> for information on how to update your legal name. Documentation may be necessary.\n<ul>\n<li>Dependent&#8217;s Name: Update your dependent&#8217;s name in My Insurance Benefits.\u00a0To make changes log into Workday (<a href=\"http:\/\/myworkday.wisconsin.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">myworkday.wisconsin.edu<\/a>). Once in Workday, from the Menu in the left go to Personal, then select Benefits and Pay. In the Suggested Links, select <em>My Benefits<\/em> to access the benefits enrollment system, <em>My Insurance Benefits<\/em>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Address: Review <a href=\"https:\/\/kb.wisconsin.edu\/workday\/internal\/144891\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Home Contact Change-Employee (KB 144891)<\/a> for information on how to update your home address.<\/li>\n<li>Gender: Reach out to your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/ohrwd\/hr\/contact\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">human resources contact<\/a> for information on the process to change or correct gender and for documentation required.\n<ul>\n<li>Dependent&#8217;s Gender: Update your dependent&#8217;s gender in My Insurance Benefits. To make changes log into Workday (<a href=\"http:\/\/myworkday.wisconsin.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">myworkday.wisconsin.edu<\/a>). Once in Workday, from the Menu in the left go to Personal, then select Benefits and Pay. In the Suggested Links, select <em>My Benefits<\/em> to access the benefits enrollment system, <em>My Insurance Benefits<\/em>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Information on how benefit vendors are notified of changes and changes you can make to your benefits as a result of an address change is below.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"cfct-module uwsa-tabs-accordions\">\n\t\t\t\t    <div class=\"bs-accordion \">\n            <div class=\"accordion-all-buttons\">\n          <a href=\"#\" class=\"accordions-showall btn btn-primary btn-xs\" role=\"button\" data-panel=\"s5k98\"><span class=\"uw-resize-full\">Open All<\/span><\/a>\n        <\/div>\n        <div id=\"s5k98\" class=\"panel-group\">\n        \n            <div class=\"panel panel-default \" id=\"panel_benefit-plans\">\n    <div class=\"panel-heading\" id=\"heading_benefit-plans\">\n        <h4 class=\"panel-title\"><button href=\"#benefit-plans\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" class=\"collapsed panel-link\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"benefit-plans\">Benefit Plans<\/button><\/h4>    <\/div>\n    <div id=\"benefit-plans\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse\"  role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"heading_benefit-plans\" role=\"region\">\n        <div class=\"panel-body copy\">            \n            \n        <p>After you make the update with the Universities of Wisconsin and it has been processed, the plan administrators for the following benefit plans will automatically be notified:<\/p><ul><li>State Group Health Insurance<\/li><li>Dental Insurance<\/li><li>Vision Insurance<\/li><li>State Group Life Insurance<\/li><li>Individual &amp; Family Life Insurance<\/li><li>Accidental Death &amp; Dismemberment Insurance<\/li><li>Accident Insurance<\/li><li>Flexible Spending Account(s)<\/li><li>Health Savings Account<\/li><li>Income Continuation Insurance<\/li><li>Wisconsin Retirement System (WRS)<\/li><li>Wisconsin Deferred Compensation (WDC) 457 Program<\/li><\/ul>                <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n            <div class=\"panel panel-default \" id=\"panel_state-group-health-insurance\">\n    <div class=\"panel-heading\" id=\"heading_state-group-health-insurance\">\n        <h4 class=\"panel-title\"><button href=\"#state-group-health-insurance\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" class=\"collapsed panel-link\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"state-group-health-insurance\">State Group Health Insurance<\/button><\/h4>    <\/div>\n    <div id=\"state-group-health-insurance\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse\"  role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"heading_state-group-health-insurance\" role=\"region\">\n        <div class=\"panel-body copy\">            \n            \n        <p>You may change health insurance plans and\/or health insurance carriers within 30 days of your <strong>address<\/strong> change. The change is effective the first of the month on or following receipt of your application. To make a change log into Workday (<a href=\"http:\/\/myworkday.wisconsin.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">myworkday.wisconsin.edu<\/a>). Once in Workday, from the Menu in the upper left go to Personal, then select Benefits and Pay. In the Suggested Links, select <em>My Insurance Benefits<\/em> to access the benefits enrollment system. For assistance with determining the correct date to use when entering your life event in My Insurance Benefits review <a href=\"https:\/\/etf.wi.gov\/publications\/et-1142a\/download?inline=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Effective Dates of Qualifying Life Events (ET-1142a)<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p><ul><li>If you change health insurance plan carriers (for example, GHC, Dean, Quartz, etc.), your annual deductible and medical out-of-pocket limit <strong>will reset<\/strong>. However, your prescription drug annual out-of-pocket limit <strong>will not reset<\/strong>.<\/li><li>If you change to or from an HDHP <strong>and<\/strong>:<ul><li>Change health insurance plan carriers, all limits <strong>will reset<\/strong> (for example, non-HDHP with GHC to HDHP with Dean or HDHP with GHC to non-HDHP with Dean).<\/li><li>Stay with the same health insurance plan carrier, your limits <strong>will not reset<\/strong>. (for example, non-HDHP with GHC to HDHP with GHC)<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>                <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n            <div class=\"panel panel-default \" id=\"panel_flexible-spending-accounts\">\n    <div class=\"panel-heading\" id=\"heading_flexible-spending-accounts\">\n        <h4 class=\"panel-title\"><button href=\"#flexible-spending-accounts\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" class=\"collapsed panel-link\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"flexible-spending-accounts\">Flexible Spending Accounts<\/button><\/h4>    <\/div>\n    <div id=\"flexible-spending-accounts\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse\"  role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"heading_flexible-spending-accounts\" role=\"region\">\n        <div class=\"panel-body copy\">            \n            \n        <p>After you update your name and\/or address with the Universities of Wisconsin, the FSA administrator will automatically be notified.<\/p><h4>Health Care FSA<\/h4><p>No impact. You may not make any changes to your Health Care FSA election.<\/p><h4>Dependent Day Care FSA<\/h4><p>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\u00a0log into Workday (<a href=\"http:\/\/myworkday.wisconsin.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">myworkday.wisconsin.edu<\/a>). Once in Workday, from the Menu in the upper left go to Personal, then select Benefits and Pay. In the Suggested Links, select <em>My Insurance Benefits<\/em>\u00a0to access the benefits enrollment system.<\/p>                <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n            <div class=\"panel panel-default \" id=\"panel_uw-403b-supplemental-retirement-program-srp\">\n    <div class=\"panel-heading\" id=\"heading_uw-403b-supplemental-retirement-program-srp\">\n        <h4 class=\"panel-title\"><button href=\"#uw-403b-supplemental-retirement-program-srp\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" class=\"collapsed panel-link\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"uw-403b-supplemental-retirement-program-srp\">UW 403(b) Supplemental Retirement Program (SRP)<\/button><\/h4>    <\/div>\n    <div id=\"uw-403b-supplemental-retirement-program-srp\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse\"  role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"heading_uw-403b-supplemental-retirement-program-srp\" role=\"region\">\n        <div class=\"panel-body copy\">            \n            \n        <p>Complete your address change with your <u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/ohrwd\/benefits\/ret\/tsa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">403(b) recordkeeper<\/a><\/u> over the phone or in writing. TIAA permits online address changes.<\/p><p>Name changes must be made in writing; contact your recordkeeper to obtain a form.<\/p>                <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n            \n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"cfct-module uwsa-rich-text\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cfct-mod-content copy\"><p><em>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. <\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"cfct-module cfct-lastupdate\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"listing-module\"><p><span class=\"item-date\">Updated: 03\/06\/2026<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":0,"parent":59,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2207","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","cfct-can-haz-build"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/ohrwd\/benefits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2207","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/ohrwd\/benefits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/ohrwd\/benefits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/ohrwd\/benefits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/ohrwd\/benefits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2207"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/ohrwd\/benefits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2207\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36896,"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/ohrwd\/benefits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2207\/revisions\/36896"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/ohrwd\/benefits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/59"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/ohrwd\/benefits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2207"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}