In order to maintain eligibility for retiree health insurance, you must do the following at retirement:

1. If you have assets in the SURS Lifetime Income Strategy (LIS), convert at least 50% of your SURS LIS account balance to secure income.

2. If you have assets in the core funds (or in any funds remaining at TIAA), annuitize 100% of those assets or move them to the SURS LIS to be used in the SURS LIS calculation.

A combination of Nos. 1 and 2 is also permitted. You may convert at least 50% of your SURS LIS account balance to secure income and purchase an annuity with 100% of your assets that are invested in the SURS core funds. 

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