Updating coverage information

Use this procedure when you want to make changes to coverage data in a benefit plan. For example, you have renewed a policy and you need to only change the coverage level.

  1. Access Benefit Plan (BN15.1).
  2. Select the Company, Benefit Type, and Plan for which you want to change the coverage information.
  3. Select the Inquire function.
  4. Click Coverage.
    For more information about See
    Coverage Options (BN17.1) Defining Coverage Amounts
    Coverage Amounts (BN17.3) Defining Coverage Amounts
  5. If the coverage you want to change is Coverage Options, then click Coverage on Coverage Options by Plan (BN17.1).
  6. Specify the date of the coverage record that you want to change in the Start Date field.
  7. Select the Inquire function.
  8. Specify a new Start Date.

    If you are correcting information that was entered my mistake, then do not specify a new start date.

    Note: If you have already gone through a pay period, then specify a new start date.
  9. Specify your new information into the appropriate fields.
    Note: Depending on the how the coverage was defined, the application will prompt you to enter new salary or coverage limits.

    See Defining Coverage Salary Parameters or Defining coverage limits.

  10. Select the Add function. If you did not specify a new start date, then select Change function.

Options for updating coverage information

Click Limits if you want to update coverage limits. See Defining coverage limits.