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SURS Employer and Member Websites may be unavailable for use Saturday, November 28 due to maintenance.

SURS apologizes for any inconvenience.

Attention active SURS members in the Traditional and Portable Plans, you can log on to the SURS secure Member Website and view your current account information via your personal Member Summary page.

It’s easy! Go to www.surs.org, click the gold login button in the upper right-hand corner of the homepage and follow the prompts.

First-time users will need to complete the secure Member Website registration process to access their homepage. Once you’re logged in, click on the "My SURS" tab from your homepage to view the Member Summary page.

The State Universities Retirement System (SURS) will hold a board election April 1 – May 3, 2021, to fill four expiring trustee positions: two annuitant seats and two active-participant seats. An impartial election services company, YesElections, will conduct the election. Candidate packets and petition forms are available from SURS. Candidates should contact Kelly Carson at kcarson@surs.org for information. Applications are due Dec. 31, 2020. Completed petitions will be due to SURS on Jan. 31, 2021.

The State Universities Retirement System of Illinois is searching for its first Chief Diversity Officer (CDO) to help shape and foster the system’s internal diversity and inclusion strategy, as well as strengthen investment manager and contractor programs.

The State of Illinois TRAIL Medicare Advantage open enrollment period for participating annuitants and survivors is October 15 - November 16, 2020. The 2021 plan year will begin January 1, 2021, and will run through December 31, 2021.

Be up to date on all the latest SURS news including enhancements coming to the Self-Managed Plan on Sept. 1, a new supplemental savings plan, 2021 trustee election and more.

SURS has redesigned and renamed the Self-Managed Plan. We are excited to launch the new, enhanced Retirement Savings Plan (RSP) starting Sept. 1! The transition includes a new plan recordkeeper, new investment options and other benefits. Visit www.surs.org/RSP for more information.

If you notice a change in your July benefit payment, please note that it is likely due to an increase in insurance premiums for members and dependents.

The insurance information was distributed by the Illinois Department of Central Management Services (CMS) during the recent Benefit Choice Period that ended June 1. The new premiums begin July 1.

SURS will resume sending medical recheck requests to disability benefit (DB) and disability retirement annuity (DRA) recipients beginning this week. The requests had been temporarily discontinued due to the COVID-19 pandemic making it difficult to schedule required reevaluation appointments.

Mailing schedule:

April reevaluation orders will be mailed the week of May 25, 2020.
May reevaluation orders will be mailed the week of June 1, 2020.
June reevaluation orders will be mailed the week of June 8, 2020.

Since the coronavirus outbreak, markets have been experiencing a period of heightened uncertainty. As a pension member, we understand that can be worrying. However, it is important to know that your pension is a long-term investment. SURS has a diverse investment portfolio specifically designed to protect against market risk and produce steady returns over a long-term period. Member retirement benefits continue to be secure.