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Important Information Regarding Fraud Attempts

SERS members have recently been targeted by a variety of phishing scams, including emails, phone calls, and text messages that attempt to impersonate or imply affiliation with SERS.  Visit https://ilsrs.illinois.gov/alerts.html for additional information.

SERS Income Verification for a Selected Date Range Letters now available on your Member Services account. More information and Instructions

Who to Contact

Contact the State Employees' Retirement System

Contact our call center at (217)785-7444,  Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. or email SERS@srs.illinois.gov for questions about:

  • Overpayments for Disability/Pension/Survivor
  • Annuity/ARCP Benefits
  • Incorrect Insurance Premium Deductions
  • Dependent Deaths
  • Opt Out Financial Incentive
  • W2-GI+
  • Reciprocal Retirement Systems Service
  • Address Discrepancy Regarding Insurance
  • Change of Address/Name Requests
  • Income Verifications
  • Member Fraud Alerts
  • POA/Guardianship/Executor/Trust Inquiries
  • Taxes and Other Deductions
  • 1099Rs
  • Overpayments for Pension/Survivor

Contact MyBenefits

Contact mybenefits.illinois.gov or the MyBenefits Service Center (toll-free) (844)251-1777 or (TTY toll-free) (844)251-1778, Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. CST for questions about:

  • Changing/Opting out of Health Coverage
  • Making Changes to your MAPD Plan
  • Life Insurance Coverage & Requests to Increase/Decrease Amounts
  • Adding/Dropping Dependents
  • Insurance Premiums

Contact the Illinois Department of Central Management Services (CMS)

Contact the CMS Medicare Unit – (217)782-7007, the CMS Benefits & Claim Support Unit – (217)558-4486, the CMS Premium Collection Unit – (217)558-4783, or CMS General (toll-free) – (800)442-1300 for questions about:

  • Medicare
  • Insurance Claims
  • Insurance Premium Payments for Direct Pay

Contact Metlife

Contact MetLife at (toll-free) (800)880-6394 or at metlife.com/ for questions about:

  • Life Insurance
  • Beneficiaries, Payment of Claims & Assignments

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