Servicing Your Plan – Beneficiary Information

Changing Your Beneficiary Designation

You are permitted to designate a person(s) who will receive payment of benefits in the event of your death. You designate a beneficiary (or make changes to your previous designation) by completing a Participation Agreement, or you can update your beneficiary online by accessing your account click here. If you complete a paper form, you must return the form to the Topeka office for processing.

To ensure that death benefits under the Plan are paid to the individual(s) of your choice, you should periodically review your beneficiary designation(s) and determine whether any changes are appropriate. This is especially true if you have a life change event (e.g. marriage, birth of a child, divorce or death).

It is important to note that with respect to the beneficiary(ies) you have designated:

If you have a change in status, your designation is not automatically updated. For example, if your spouse is your beneficiary, that designation is not void as a result of your divorce. Your ex-spouse would remain your plan beneficiary until you make a change to your designation.

The beneficiary you designate under this Plan is separate from any designation you may have made under any other program in which you participate.

If you do not designate a beneficiary under this Plan, in the event of your death, benefits will be paid to your estate.

Participation Agreement

Insurance products issued by ING Life Insurance and Annuity Company. Securities offered through ING Financial Advisers, LLC (member SIPC), One Orange Way, Windsor, CT 06095-4774, or other broker/dealers with which it has a selling agreement.