Audience: Participants
Product: Defined Benefit
Contacts: All vested deferred participants eligible to begin collecting a benefit, or who will soon be eligible to collect a benefit
Date Sent: Postcards will be sent in batches beginning on 10/11/16 with the last batch going out on 10/31/16.
Description: In order to meet the MERS Retirement Board Deferred Service Status Policy, MERS is mailing out a postcard notification to terminated participants that are vested (deferred). The postcard informs those currently eligible as well as future eligible participants that they have a benefit with MERS.
Action Item: Log in to myMERS to ensure your contact information is correct (you can also contact the MERS Service Center at 800.767.6377). If you are eligible to begin receiving a benefit, complete and submit the Application for Defined Benefit Retirement.