10. Death

The benefits payable upon the death of a HOOPP member are different depending on whether or not the member dies before or after retirement, and whether or not the member is survived by a qualifying spouse.

Notifying HOOPP

When you learn of the death of a current employee, please notify HOOPP immediately by initiating a Death Before Retirement event through HOOPP Insight. HOOPP will require the following information:

• Next of kin contact information

• Final weeks and contributions

• Pension adjustment

• Annualized earnings (if member completed a contribution waiver prior to January 2013)

• Leave of Absence information (if applicable)

• Contributory leave information (if applicable)

• Retroactive contributions (Important! Retro contributions should be provided to HOOPP through the Remittance process before you submit the final data)

If you are notified of the death of a former employee or a retired member, please refer the person reporting the death directly to HOOPP or report the information to HOOPP yourself through a HOOPP Insight secure message.

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