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Federal Employees' Group Life Insurance Program

Employee (Or Employee's Family Member)

Main

Death Claims

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For Human Resources Professionals

Other Federal Benefits

You must report the death to the human resources office of the employee's employing agency. Be sure to have the employee's full name and social security number. You'll also need the deceased's date of death.

The agency will send you (and anyone else who appears eligible for life insurance benefits) the life insurance claim form.

IF YOU WISH, you may complete the claim form ahead of time by downloading the form from this web site:

For Employee's Death -- FE-6
For Family Member's Death -- FE-6DEP NOTE: This electronic form requires Adobe Acrobat 5.0 or above.

Be sure to read the instructions on the form. You will have to print out the claim form and give or mail it to the employing agency, with a certified copy of the death certificate.

This page can be found on the web at the following url: http://opm.gov/insure/archive/life/death_2.asp

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