All employees who are enrolled in any of the following benefit plans must assign life insurance beneficiary designations:

  • Life
  • Supplemental Life
  • Accidental Death & Dismemberment (AD and D)
  • Supplemental AD and D

Beneficiaries must be separately assigned to each of the plans above.  To assign beneficiaries, follow these easy steps:

Step-by-step guide

  1. Log in to MaineStreet;
  2. Navigate to Employee Self-Service > Benefits > Benefits Summary;
  3. Click on any one of the benefits listed above;
  4. Click Edit in the Beneficiary section.
  5. Repeat steps 3 & 4 for every life insurance benefit listed above.


Retirement plan beneficiaries are assigned directly with the vendor. For TIAA-CREF accounts, log in to tiaa-cref.org to assign beneficiaries.

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