Burial Benefit

The following applies to active full-time members of the FA and the Guild or their spouses and domestic partners only.

The FA Benefit Fund provides a $1,000 benefit to help defray the funeral expenses from the death of the covered member or the covered member’s spouse or domestic partner. In the case of a married member or a member in a domestic partnership, this benefit will be paid to the surviving spouse or domestic partner unless a signed beneficiary form naming another beneficiary is on file with the Fund Office. In the case of a single member, the benefit will be payable to the member’s beneficiary. Obtain a beneficiary form from the Fund Office. Single members must file a designated beneficiary form for this benefit to be payable.

LIMITATIONS

Covered members are those defined as such by the FA Benefit Fund and include members on a paid leave of absence.

The covered member will be the beneficiary upon the death of his or her spouse or domestic partner. The covered member’s spouse or domestic partner will be the beneficiary upon the death of a covered member unless a signed form naming another beneficiary is on file with the Fund Office.

OBTAINING THE BENEFIT

Submit a certified copy of the death certificate to the Fund Office, along with a note listing the covered member’s name and Social Security number in order to receive benefits. The death certificate must be sent to the Fund Office within 12 months from the date of death.