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The State of Illinois TRAIL Medicare Advantage open enrollment period for participating annuitants and survivors is October 15 - November 15, 2021. The 2022 plan year will begin January 1, 2022, and will run through December 31, 2022. The state of Illinois offers...

Read about the outcome of the trustee election, Money Purchase Factor change, Plan Choice Decision Tool, SURS new supplemental plan, website redesign and more. https://surs.org/advocate

SURS has been chosen as a recipient of a 2021 Leadership Recognition Award by the National Association of Government Defined Contribution Administrators, Inc (NAGDCA) for the redesign of our Retirement Savings Plan (RSP). Earlier this year SURS received an Eddy Award...

Surs.org has been redesigned to benefit our members and other users. Our new design will: Improve usability for visitors. That includes simpler, easier to use navigation and search tools.Enhance ADA compliance by further adapting best practices for accessibility by...

The FY 2022 Benefit Choice Period to make health insurance changes is May 1 through June 1, 2021. This affects SURS active members as well as annuitants and survivors not enrolled in the Medicare Advantage 'TRAIL' Program. This is the only time of the year, other than...

SURS is offering a new voluntary savings plan called the SURS Deferred Compensation Plan (DCP) through participating SURS employers. The SURS DCP will provide members another avenue to save more and generate additional retirement income. Learn more and see if your...

Read details about the upcoming trustee election, new Deferred Compensation Plan, investments, legislation and a letter from our interim executive director. Click here to read.

SURS has won a first-place Eddy Award from Pensions & Investments newspaper for its communications efforts in promoting the redesign of its defined contribution plan - the Retirement Savings Plan. The Eddy Awards are given annually to private companies and public...

Martin Noven, executive director of the State Universities Retirement System (SURS), resigned his position on Feb. 18 to focus his attention on a new career opportunity. SURS Board of Trustees thanked Noven for his accomplishments over the past four years. Noven...