Posted on Friday, 22nd September 2023 by Dennis Damp
Good news for those planning their retirement and annuitants. OPM’s retirement center has improved considerably over the past few years. When I retired 18 years ago, their online support was a shadow of what it is today, this is why I developed and published the Federal Employee’s Retirement Planning website in 2004. When I was […]
Tags: Benefits, CSRS, FERS, OPM Retirement Center, Survivor Benefits
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Posted on Friday, 2nd June 2023 by Dennis Damp
Please forward this to others that may find this information helpful. They can sign-up to receive my free Retirement Planning Newsletter. The first part of this article discussed the delays survivors can expect before receiving their first annuity check, electing a survivor’s annuity, survivor’s annuity cost, reporting a death, and submitting the application for death […]
Tags: OPM Death Benefit Processing, Reporting a Death to OPM, Survivor Benefits, Survivor's Annuity
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Posted on Friday, 19th May 2023 by Dennis Damp
Please forward this to others that may find this information helpful. They can sign-up to receive my free Retirement Planning Newsletter. Few are prepared for the delays a spouse and heirs will experience after applying for an annuitant’s death benefits. I recently reviewed and updated our estate plans and contacted the Office of Personnel Management […]
Tags: Completing the Application for Death Benefits, Reporting a Death, Survivor Benefits, Survivor's Annuity
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Posted on Friday, 14th October 2022 by Dennis Damp
Please forward this alert to others that may need to review their beneficiary designations. A site visitor contacted us about her husband’s untimely death. He died the day before he was scheduled to retire from federal service. His wife was notified by a HR specialist that she might not receive any of her husband’s retirement […]
Tags: Beneficiary Election Forms, estate planning, Order of, Survivor Benefits
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