Your benefits plan is designed to provide group insurance benefits to plan beneficiaries as determined by the Group Insurance Trust Committee and the employer.

It helps protect you for the times in your life when you need assistance covering health and dental expenses and provides financial protection in times of illness, injury or unexpected events.

The plan is guided by in the following principles:

• Quality - provides sound financial protection in times of need.
• Comprehensive - provides a wide range of benefits for both you and your family in times of illness, injury or unexpected events.
• Convenient - offers a practical drug card with many advantages - no need to pay the total cost of a drug up-front, no claim form to complete, and more.
• Promotes responsibility - it’s your plan … and your money. As a result, you have a direct impact on both cost savings and increases.

The plan is managed by the Group Insurance Trust Committee, a group of member appointees consisting of:

• Carolyn Vandaele - Chair - Local 3260
• Paula Annear - Vice Chair - Employer Representative
• Kelly Matheson - Local 1770
• Rob Coughlin - Local 1145
• Sheila Sentner - Local 1775
• Lisa Kinnear - Department of Education - Employer Representatives
• Jason MacKinnon - Local 1145
• Sawyer Murphy - Local 1770
• Brenda Doucette - Local 3260
• Chantal Chanel-Walsh - Local 1775

Trustees’ Mission

To achieve the plan’s objectives, the Trustees are committed to the following qualities:

The Group Insurance Trust Committee works diligently to ensure that the plan runs smoothly. They act solely in the best interests of the plan and its beneficiaries, in accordance with their mission statement and the Trust Document.

Activities of the Group Insurance Trust Committee include:

• establishing and administering the fund,
• entering into all necessary contracts,
• establishing and administering reserve funds,
• appointing and monitoring the performance of the administrator, consultants, insurance carriers, etc.,
• investing funds and paying expenses,
• communicating regularly and openly with plan members and parties,
• reviewing requests from parties for additional or expanded services,
• making plan changes, where permitted, and
• adjusting rates as a result of plan experience.

This member website summarizes the benefits and some provisions of your group insurance plan. It does not include all details, provisions, exclusions and limitations. This site supersedes and replaces all previous communication material. It does not constitute the group insurance policies and is not a contract of insurance, nor does it create or confer any contractual or other rights. Benefits may be changed at any time. Every effort has been made to ensure that the information is accurate. However, if there is any question as to interpretation, all rights with respect to an insured person will be governed solely by the official group insurance policies.

You may obtain a copy of the official group insurance policies by writing to:

Group Insurance Trust Committee

c/o Eastern Language School District

P.O. Box 8600

Stratford, PEI  C1A 8V7

Links to external sites are provided for information purposes only. The CUPE Group Insurance Trust Committee, its insurers and any party involved in creating the benefits website, are not responsible for the content of external sites, nor do they endorse any of the sites in any way. Also, external sites do not reflect your benefits coverage, nor are they part of your group insurance policies.